The quilt was an idea I had several years ago. To get t-shirts from past Geek Galas, along with from some of our sponsors, and put them together as an auction item to help raise money for the event. It took a while to get it together – to gather enough shirts, to find someone to…
Tag: love
When the Wrong One Does the Right Stuff
“So you guys dated, huh?” I nod. “Wow, I can’t picture you guys together.” It’s a statement I’ve heard a few times. The Geek world tends to run in small circles, so it’s not uncommon to run in to ex-boyfriends or dating partners. My goal is always that if we liked each other enough to…
Happy Trails Day
It was 9 years ago today that I packed my Toyota Corolla and headed west to Colorado. I stopped by my mom’s to tell her goodbye, then got in my car and just started driving. My reason for leaving on February 13th was calculated: I didn’t want to spend another Valentine’s Day with someone who…
Romance vs. 7-11
I once dated a taxicab driver for about 5 months. I worked days, he worked nights and weekends. We would meet for lunch and/or dinner at my place, sometimes bounce some springs, and then he’d head off in to the night. I broke it off when I started to feel like his personal 7-11: a place…