Tuesdays with Muerte

My experience last year (5 parts) Vooray-sponsored Devin Graham sharing his experience, this year

Image Source:  iTunes I Think I've Got A Screw Loose When I talk with my family about the girls I date, they get really excited for me.  But I can quickly shut down their enthusiasm by adding, " she's a beautiful girl, but I'm not attracted to her ." And here's the crazy part (which is never verbalized, but is evident after I share all the great things I think about her) In every case, without exception, the woman in question is way out of my league. Only a crazy person would look at my dating record and not arrive at the conclusion that I am crazy for not having pulled the trigger before now.  My "beauty meter" must be skewed.  And I blame the media & pop culture! Like every other male blinded by pop culture, I measure women against a vague standard of perfection (by which they are eliminated from my dating pool soon as I met them). Historically, it's a pageant of sorts, where women are scored in a number of categories, resul...

Pope is a good friend of mine; he's my best friend at work. We eat lunch together regularly in the company cafeteria to discuss work-related stuff and check in with one another generally. It's wonderful having someone with whom I can be completely open with.  However, I'm afraid it was that same closeness that caused the following debacle... One week, Pope was suffering some weird respiratory symptoms—labored breathing followed by wheezing (like a subtle Darth Vader).  After a day or two of this, we both got used to Pope's condition. After lunch one day later in the week, Pope invited me up to his office to look at some of his work.  We hoped into one of the six elevators along with a lovely senior missionary couple. Between floors three and four I very innocently asked Pope about his raspy breathing (not giving thought to our fellow passengers).  " How's that respiratory disease? " I inquired.  The poor missionary couple was petrified. ...