Ensenada, Baja, MX – "Leave a Little Room"
Three pairs of boxer shorts. Lime squeezer. Sunscreen. Two handkerchiefs.Practice using imperfecto and subjunctivo verbs. Headlamp and extra batteries. Real vanilla. Quesatortas con adobada. Toothbrush and toothpaste. Work gloves. At least ten minutes at the beach. Five houses. A few years ago, when my over-packed suitcase returned from a Florida trip filled with crushed sand-dollars [...]
"An Introduction to the Michigan Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)" – October 2005
Self-report inventories and other objective assessments are widely used by psychological professionals. These tests offer clinicians a cost-effective and efficient means for diagnosing individuals beyond more subjective methods such as projective tests or pure clinical judgment. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and its successor, the MMPI-2, remain one of the most popular self-report assessments available. [...]
Moab, Utah, USA – “At the Pipe”
A few days before we left, Gomez handed me an empty plastic jug, along with excited, cryptic instructions. “It’s the best water in the world. And it’s free, just coming out of the rock.The pipe is at the highway on the river, near the Mashed Potatoes, right before the dump. It’s on the side of [...]
World Naked Bike Ride Promotional Emails – 2005
World Naked Bike Ride – Boulder, CO Please scroll down for longer writing samples. The following clips were delivered over three months to email list subscribers. Clips were also frequently used to promote the ride on various bicycling message groups, blogs, and local Boulder websites. Because you’re sick and tired of letting squirrels have all [...]
"Tiger Lady" – Fiction – 2005
Some days, as she grasps the steel handrail to board the bus, I remember the first time I noticed her scars—the jagged, pale parallel stripes on both her obsidian cheeks. I distinctly recall the metallic taste of autonomic empathy, as I moved my tongue around my mouth in search for dirty nickels, loosened teeth or [...]
