Month: November 2018

One of the best things about blogging is the fact that you get to steal ideas from other bloggers. Crap. Borrow, you get to borrow ideas from other bloggers. This is a community pool right? What makes this okay (in my eyes) is that borrowing ideas when you can’t seem to get into a writing groove helps out tremendously. Which is where I am at. Dealing with Sprocket Ink and Studio30 Plus is one thing, writing random is again turning…

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Last Saturday night, I found out that a childhood friend who I had not seen or heard from for about 15 years, but recently reconnected with through Facebook, was in a coma due to an extremely aggressive brain tumor. I just found out today that it will be today or tomorrow when they decide to pull her off life support. I believe with everything in me that things happen for a reason. This reason for her short life may never…

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I couldn’t wait until after 5 o’clock that day. I remember just how slow the clock was moving at work. Mocking me. I had finally decided which flat screen to get. That particular Wednesday, I had finally made up my mind. All there was left to do was go get it. Flat screen and surround sound system. For a guy, that’s a memorable day. Especially your first one. Thoughts of getting it all home and hooked up and hitting the…

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It’s sad to say but this is a true story… It’s a story that everyone can relate to. Not that what I’m about to say has happened to you, but that you can identify with it. This story happened about 3 years ago, but I am always fearfully reminded of its power every few days. It will forever be known as The Time I Almost Lost It. Literally. I had just left work and needed to see about a cheap…

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