July 31. Day 31. Today I had a perfect asking opportunity and passed it up. The owner of a coffee spot I love (the spot, that is, not the ow...

July 30. Day 30. I met a poet yesterday. A goateed gentleman who composed a poem at the very table where Mr. A and I were playing scrabble, ...

July 29. Day 29. The earth just rattled, and I sprinted under a door. I checked the Earthquake Map , and sure enough, a 5.4-er rocked Southe...

July 28. Day 28. I'm sitting at Rubio's, where I've just eaten two of their new gourmet tacos. "Gourmet" being a code ...

July 27. Day 27. I'll skip the narrative this evening in favor of the direct, bullet point approach. -- Purchased: 2 tanktops, one black...

July 26. Day 26. I don't remember where I read that electronics stores sometimes honor mail-in rebates at the cash register. Save the ha...

July 25. Day 25. My intention, for whatever that's worth, was to be very productive this week. I had a full to-do list that included suc...