• It’s Hot

    I wake up at 7:00am to the sound of a loud fire alarm. It must be national test-your-fire-alarm-day. I remember those from middle school. I try to go to sleep, but it’s no use. I flop out of bed, head to the kitchen and make some breakfast. After breakfast I go back into my room…

  • Pure Food and Wine

    A year ago, when I decided to go raw, I bought a cookbook recommended to me by a friend called Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow. At first glance it looked like a hippie book, but if the food tasted half as good as it looked in the glossy photos, it would…

  • I’m Writing a Book

    I have the predicament of wanting to do everything before I die. Number 234,220 on that list is writing a novel, so we’re going to get that one knocked out this month. Why November? Because it’s NaNoWriMo, the unfortunately acronymed National Novel Writing Month. You can go sign up at the web site and pledge…

  • You Are What You Practice

    I was sitting around this weekend thinking about practice. I had just read an article that said that to get good at something one had to spend ten years practicing. Studies show that practicing is the one strong predictor of success in nearly any field. Then I thought, “what am I practicing?”. I’m practicing eating…

  • Shafted!

    I’ve been wanting to write this story for a while, but I can’t find the one picture I have of it. Oh well, when I find it I’ll just add it on to the end. Full from dinner, we get into the elevator as we always do. The rumor is that the more likely one…

  • I Have an Advertiser!

    Today is a big day for btyb. Why? I have an actual advertiser besides google. Actually, google has recently been paying me about twice what I used to get. I have no idea why. My best guess is that they’re getting better at figuring out what sorts of ads are appropriate for my site, and…

  • Japan is Better than the US

    Instead of writing a million more posts about Japan, I’m going to finish it off here so that I can start writing other things. When you boil all of my experiences in Japan down, you’re left with one common theme – Japan is way better than the US. In America we’re all so proud that…

  • I’m Pregnant

    A monday afternoon some time ago, she texts me with, “Call me. It’s important.” Strange. I’m in the car, so I ponder what’s so important as we drive back to the office. I can’t figure it out. We get to the office and I step into the echoey stairwell for some semblance of privacy. I…

  • Tynan Goes to Japan : Part Two

    Tynan Goes to Japan : Part Two

    Man… I just had an awesome jaunt through Japan. I misunderstood a web page I read and thought that we had to pay $280 for a week long subway pass. I knew Tokyo was really expensive, so I didn’t question it. The only problem was that this mysterious train pass could only be bought in…

  • Tynan goes to Japan : Part One

    So, I’m in Japan right now. I stayed up all night packing, laundering, and cleaning the kitchen so that it would be pleasant when I got back. Jonah and Evan hung out with me to keep me awake. The best part was that I miscalculated the time and had to race to the bus station…