![Cottages, cottages](https://isthismychair.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1930CottagesX-150x150.jpg)
In addition to writing what I feel like writing, I wanted to start this blog in order to share some of the work I have done in the past that has not found its chair. This piece was recently rejected…
![T and I on the circular stairs at ZMM 1998. Yummy.](https://isthismychair.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/MyPicture-150x150.jpg)
Growing up in St. Clair, Michigan was not that much fun. However, there were some great restaurants, at least (only?) to me, a kid crazy for Food Cooked Elsewhere. One place I remember was not a restaurant, per se, nor…
![Thanks, Sam!](https://isthismychair.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sam_harris-273x300-150x150.jpg)
Over the years I have been able to interview lots of cool people about the topic I love the most: being. While I have done tons of talking to folks for various projects (see About This Situation), some interviews have…
![The Relative Nature of Trauma, or Something](https://isthismychair.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/anne-frank-150x150.jpg)
Much of what has always made it difficult for me to move past my barriers in life is this pervasive feeling of illegitimacy. Like, whatever happened to make me the nut job that I am today is no big deal,…