Jolie LaBrot and the Case of the Lunch Looter

The following story is true.  The names have been changed (sort of) to protect the innocent.

A very strange thing happened to me today.  Very strange indeed.

It was right about lunchtime that my stomach informed me that I had neglected her all morning and that, should I avoid placating her any longer, she would have to [...]

Jaded: Part II

I last said that I was a true idealist who was becoming jaded.  What changed that forced “reality” into my life?  What happened?

I live in Virginia and work in Washington, DC.  The people in DC really seem to loathe smiling.  One is really hard-pressed to find someone, a stranger, to help a tourist find their [...]

Jaded: Part I

Call it a quarter-life crisis; I’m 25, after all.  Perhaps it’s just “growing up”, I’m losing my naivity.  Whatever it is, I’m becoming jaded.

This is a two-parter.  You need to understand how I normally react to my environment and my general outlook to understand how I’ve changed:
I took the Myers-Briggs test.  This was the fourth [...]