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Colin Wright

My Parents are Slowly Going Insane

By Colin Wright on February 15th 2010 in Mobile Lifestyle 19 comments

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It seems that every time I see my parents they are a little bit more childlike. I like to say that they’re slowly going insane because as the (four) children have left home for college and then real life, they’ve been left with little companionship except for each other, a dog and a turtle, and they’re both a little nutty to begin with (plus, I’m not certain the dog doesn’t encourage them).

Flexing Mental Micromuscles

By Colin Wright on January 21st 2010 in Mobile Lifestyle 9 comments

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Sackcloth and Ashes It’s amazing how quickly a nice pair of shoes can wear out. There are cracks in the soles, a small chunk is taken out of the left shoe’s toe, and the pair has taken on the texture of an old saddle, used and abused in life but now slowly collecting dust in [...]

Bad Movies and Deep Thoughts

By Colin Wright on January 7th 2010 in Mobile Lifestyle 15 comments

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Wisdom of the Hostel-Dweller It’s 11pm on a Monday night and I’m watching a movie that I can only assume is titled ‘Vin Diesel Drives Recklessly and Doesn’t Show Emotion.’ I just finished a meal consisting of a hard roll, cold, greasy rice and an array of unidentifiable somethings…I think they were supposed to be [...]