Senseless Sunday Sarcasm : The rite of writing right
I’m the first to admit that I’m no Hemingway.
All of us are broken and anyone who is over the age of 5 is insane. Question is, where are we on that bell curve of insanity?

I’m somewhere between -25 and +25, according to the person you ask. Is there really such a thing as super-normal? Isn’t it insanity to try to out-normal normal?
Yes, I’ve said before that we’re all insane. I’ve also said that a writer writes when the rite of writing is right.
English is such a strange language. Sometimes the words I had had had had different meanings every time I wrote them. When you finally understand that sentence, please tell me what it says.
I exercise my right to type. Did you know that typing is good exercise?
Think about how your legs develop muscles when you run. My fingers are running all over the keyboard every day.
Sound crazy? I can pick up a gallon of milk with my index finger and carry it from the store to the car. Then I can type a few thousand words when I arrive home — hopefully after I put the milk in the fridge.
I’m so sad that marathon typing is not an Olympic sport.
Did you know that writer’s have to do laundry, too, and our houses generally look like this?

Substitute the books for laundry, and you’ve seen my house.
Word of advice to anyone with an obsession that does not include laundry: Buy wrinkle free clothing.
Writing is fun. Laundry is not. My dryer is dinging at me, but I have a chapter to finish.
Call me insane, but the laundry can wait.
As far as I can tell, laundry doesn’t care when you wear it.
I too enjoy typing. Gotta get those key-pressing reps in.
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Every day. 🙂
Thanks for admitting you like to type, too. it’s good to know I’m not alone.
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😸😸😻😻💟💟🐾🐾
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So important to get one’s priorities write…
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Exactly: Write. 🙂
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Thanks for reblogging.
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Thanks for reblogging. 🙂
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My pleasure, Joelle 🤗❤️🤗
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This is so true, Joella. There is an English saying “Them’s all queer, except you and I, and youse a bit odd.” Now I’m off to take my three loads of washing off the line.
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I learned to touch type on a manual typewriter (which gives you an idea of my age)! I must own up to having a lady clean my home once a week which does, perhaps label me a lazy so and so, who would rather write than do laundry and cleaning! Your post made me smile, thanks! Kevin
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Happy to share the smiles. 🙂
I, too, learned on a manual typewriter. I had to retype many pages in the past (pre-1985) because a word or two were left out. I love having the ability to use backspace and correct the mistakes without wasting paper.
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Does anyone prefer laundry to typing?
I learned to touch-type on a manual typewriter, too, Kevin. Remember having to push the carriage back. Don’t forget!
And making a mistake when you were at the bottom of the page– grrr!
Remember typing too fast and getting the letters all stuck together? Thank the Lord for wordprocessors.
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That is exactly why I like the keyboard instead of having to use a typewriter. Liquid paper made a fortune off the fact that no one likes to do the page over if they can help it. 🙂
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The English language… . Your sentence with 4 hads reminded me of a story I heard a long time ago.
The pub, the Crown and Anchor, was having a new sign painted. When the painter showed it to the landlord, he replied, “You need to do it again. There’s too much space between Crown and and and and and Anchor.”
I love typing, too.
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That made me chuckle. 🙂
Thanks for verifying there are people like us with a typing habit.
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ha ha, perfectly delivered from a writer’s point of view 😂 funny indeed… 😅LOL ..
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Thanks. 🙂
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I’d feel better about that first quote if I didn’t remember that Hemingway killed himself,
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He told his wife in 1928, after his father killed himself, that he would probably go the same way. He had plane and car accidents as well as diseases from exotic places. Multiple injuries left him in constant pain that became unbearable near the end of his life. He was diabetic and insisted on drinking — that didn’t help, either. When he did finally decide to end his life, his wife sent him to the Mayo clinic to receive shock treatment for depression. At one point when he was at home, he managed to find a time where he could shoot himself in peace.
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Even with the modern treatments for depression (involving tings less invasive than electro-shock) we both know that depression can still get a bulldog grip and hang on.
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I have hypothyroid which can look like depression. You have no energy for anything. It’s been a while since I was without my Armour Thyroid, but I remember that feeling. I can’t imagine what it would be like to really be depressed.
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I’m not sure which exercise is better for my arthritic fingers: typing or scratching the cat’s head and chin. I know which is more relaxing, but that’s my rounded shoulders yelling…
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Some days, it’s hard to decide which exercise is best. Usually I do yoga. 🙂
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I mess around with yoga too. The exercise I usually do are the ones that don’t hurt to do them. (Although, the second day…) LOL
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LOL. I’ve done that, too. Famous last words: “That looks easy.” 🙂
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