Trailing Geek

Girlfriendy and I have increasingly felt like Misfit Toys here in Smallville. It doesn’t seem to matter what we do or say, we just don’t mesh with the people or places surrounding us. We’re like social kryptonite. Every time I find myself in a situation that’s awkward or where I feel out of place, I [...]

It’s the calm before the storm that will be September and the start of school. We have been in Smallville for 3 months now and the last few weeks have worked on setting up a serious nest for ourselves in our new house, complete (finally!) with all of our belongings from Metropolis. We also have [...]

I went on OkCupid, land of random quizzes, and took the “Can You Date a Ph.D. Student?” test. I answered truthfully, and thought I was totally awesome, like in the upper echelon of Awesome Trailing Partners. I kinda failed. Like, in the 60s. Like, Below Average. What does this stupid test know anyway. I demand [...]

Our condo in Metropolis has been on the market since April and we’ve had some traffic and interest, but no bites. This crummy real estate market is, well, crummy. I wish I had the cash flow to just carry the mortgage along with everything else indefinitely, but nope, time for Plan B: renting it out! [...]

Being a techie, I spend a lot of time online and the first place I go to research and learn about any topic is the internet. So when Girlfriendy started applying to doctoral programs and the reality of moving with her finally hit, I went online to try and figure out this whole new world: [...]