So, we’re in the midst of the technology age. We have gadgets that fit into the palm of your hand that can hold thousands of songs, games and videos. There are GPS systems that can tell you the best route to go to avoid traffic and your mother-in-law. And these devices know when you don’t [...]

So, I was taking a one mile hike to pick up my car from the mechanic the other day. Apparently cars need routine maintenance and they get very upset when you don’t do stuff like change the oil or give them gas. Well, you learn something new everyday. Now, I could have called a friend [...]

Having a blog is like having your own reality show, except you get to do the editing yourself. Fortunately, you don’t see what I look like when I wake up in the morning, and you don’t have to experience the after effects of me eating something that doesn’t agree with me. Come on, we’re all [...]

Now that the weather is warming up, it appears people’s hearts are too. Relationship statuses have been changing left and right. Over the past week or so, I’ve had one friend get engaged, and another to stop calling her situation a “situation” and is now proclaiming to the world that she is in love. And [...]

The other day, I was minding my own business—and I know that comes as a shock—when I got a phone call from a classmate gushing over the A she’d gotten for the semester in one of the classes we took together. Sure that I must have gotten an A+, she encouraged me to check my [...]

Have you ever had something happen where you just had to take a step back and go hmmm? Every now and then, I wish I could be Piper on Charmed and freeze time so I could have a moment to think and then unfreeze it when I’m ready to handle whatever challenge I’m being presented [...]

Today I pondered how accessible I wanted to be through this blog. This is mostly due to the type of updates and what-are-you-doing-now posts I see on other websites. Will I be that guy that writes, “I’m going to the bathroom” and then blog about how it went? Will I have an argument with my [...]

Something that I recently learned is that people care. Correction, maybe I should say that it’s the depth at which people care which is new to me. I have had my own website for about three years now, www.mikeyllo.com, and even post some of my work on the usual suspects, MySpace and Facebook under the [...]

As my first entry, I just want to post my plans for this blog. Actually, it’s like a project. I’m a writer and I love feedback, so I’ll be testing some things out on you guys. I’m currently working on a novel, but I also write short stories, poetry, articles, and things of that nature. [...]