Writing when you “ain’t quite right.” Part 3
In my previous blogs, I described my particular example of, “ain’t quite right,” and talked about strategies I used to get around that problem in college. But when you have a series of… Continue reading
Writing when you “ain’t quite right.” Part 2
Happy new year #13 of this century. The last #13 of the century brought us gems like the 16th amendment (Income Tax), the 17th Amendment (direct election of senators), the Mexican Revolution, the… Continue reading
Online Dating, Male Psychology, and the Satisfaction of DELETE
When I first signed up on a dating website I was so excited….All those handsome, AVAILABLE men posting their virtues, abilities and enlightened attitudes and waiting for me to bite.Do I swallow the… Continue reading
Writer’s block and watering the fertilizer
Have you ever had those weird dreams where you’re half awake and say, “What the hell does that mean?” Well, I had one of those last night. “Faith waters the seeds of the… Continue reading
Post-Halloween rant
Yes. I admit it. I love Halloween. I used to dress up as entities such as the bride of Frankenstein, a zombie or a Bela Lugosi-style vampire. Once, I went to pick up… Continue reading
Writing, insanity, obsession, and poetry
There’s this pesky little bi-product of Tourette’s Syndrome called obsessive-compulsive disorder. Both my TS and OCD are mild, thank God, or I’d be a full moon short of complete lunacy living with 6… Continue reading
Computers, Word 7, embezzlers and…why I save often and well
When I was a kid, I took apart an old clock and put it together again. It ran backwards. I’m told that’s impossible, but when the first plane-like entity flew a few hundred… Continue reading
A Day Run Amok OR How to NOT Neuter Your Cat
Have you ever had one of ‘THOSE’ days? You know, the kind… you wake up to the sound of the alarm after a late night, crawl out of bed feeling a bit out… Continue reading
Guns, Boats, Cars, and heart attacks
This blog is amended and expanded from a comment written on another blog, so if–by some extraordinarily remote possibility you saw that entry—-I wrote it so technically I didn’t steal anything. I, for… Continue reading