Apparently “harder” is a horrible safe word.
Roc’s Rule #650
Do all things with kindness, you fucker.
Roc’s Rule #649
How many men does it take to open a beer?
None. It should be opened by the time she brings it to the couch.
The Healthiest Recipe in the Universe
I am so sick and tired of seeing “The healthiest” recipes all over social media. These beautifully crafted videos show gorgeous foods being thrown together into culinary masterpieces, and often times, they even start with good intentions. “Get your range free, gluten free, chicken free chickens, raised locally without any food at all to keep the additives to a minimum!”, but from there they quickly, and inevitably, all lead to the same steps in the recipe: Continue reading
The Struggle is Real
She’d been saying it for years. I had just never listened. I could already see her “I told you so” dance and wicked smile of victory when I finally would get the chance to share the news, but the two of us had been slowly losing contact. Not in a negative “Oh no Roc! What about true love? Don’t lose her!” kind of way; rather more in a “Yes it’s good to be busy but when I can come up for air?” kind of way. Continue reading
Day 8
Day 5
More gym. More drones. More grit. More Roc. Use that pain, that emotion to fuel you forward. Driven. Focused. My year. Get more done. Longing. Loneliness. Fuel. I got this, just like a thousand times before. Me. Pushing against the universe. Continue reading
Day 4
I win. I love you.
Day 3
I’d love to tell you this is a romantic story about a man missing a woman, sitting down to savour a soothing cup of cocoa she had bought him before her departure, and that as he wrapped himself inside a blanket, bundled up contently on the couch in their quarters to stay warm during one of the station’s frequent malfunctions, he sipped gently on the frothy liquid, smiling at the little things she did for him. Continue reading
Day 2
What most people didn’t realize is that manufacturers always appealed to the lowest common denominator. This was often in part due to the harmonized regulations they would have to adhere to, and/or to reduce production costs, and/or to accommodate TTP Continue reading