musings on the fly 

Traveling to Creative-ville on the Espresso

The barista hands me my Dirty Chai, “I accidentally put two shots of espresso in this – is that OK?” But of course it’s OK! I now have my go-juice with an extra kick! What a way to start out my creative day! While doing an inventory of stuff in my spare room closet earlier this week, I ran across my senior year scrapbook from 1990. I always get a laugh or two at the photos and crazy things my friends and I used to say and do. In my wildest…

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Valentine's Day Laura Bock writer musings on the fly relationships 

Love and Valentine’s Day

This has not started out as being the best Valentine’s Day I’ve ever had – it’s also not the worst – so I am thankful for that. I did, however, break out in tears on my way into work today; sadly I cannot blame it on PMS, but I can blame it on stress. Buried deep underneath all of my badass and hard shell casing, there is a hopeless romantic slowly suffocating from lack of sensual human contact. Sure, I have sex, at least on an irregular basis, but sex…

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life rants 

Dressed to Kilt – Eye Candy or Porn?

I’ve recently been hit with an onslaught of total hatred to the photos I’ve been posting on Facebook of sexy men in kilts. This person has even gone as far as reporting the photos to Facebook as being pornographic.   WOW. REALLY?! I enjoy the occasional eye candy, as do many of my friends online, both male and female. I’m not one to objectify and play the perverted voyeur to muscular men – ok, maybe on some occasions I do – but I post photos that are both aesthetically and…

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