Chris Ames

Leadership Mentor & Innovation Strategist

How Can I Save My Marriage? Part 2

December 06, 2010 by chris in Marriage

So, if you've made it this far I'm going to assume that you didn't altogether disagree with part 1. If you thought I was flamboyantly idealistic in the first part then you can relax a little. I have no intention of getting all inspirational and stuff on this one. Actually, I'm going to employ a different tactic and you should probably stop reading now. I'm almost certain you're going to be offended because I don't know of a nice way to convince someone to not be a liar.

How Can I Save My Marriage?

December 01, 2010 by chris in Featured, Marriage

Last year I watched two dear, close, married friends emotionally rape each other for a while, tire of it, and then do the only sensible and humane thing. They wrestled their wedding vows into a sack, dragged them off into the woods squealing and thrashing, bound them to a stump, and blew their collective brains out.

Rerun: God and Darwin and Me on One Knee

June 16, 2009 by chris in Featured, Marriage

I reach up and write with large, friendly letters the words "Stupid American" into the fog, followed by an arrow that points down and ends where my face begins. The words are written backwards inside the bus so that spectators outside the bus can read them in the right direction.