Monthly Archives: January, 2007

From My 10 to his 8

I was going to post about 10 ways to make blogging fulfilling, but while I was surfing earlier, I came across a much better post. His list was slightly different, and only 8 points — but I’ll just send you a link. It was a great read. I’m going to follow his advice, and leave [...]

My vaporware journal

I must admit, I’ve never had a journal. I know, I know, for someone who loves to write so much, it seems a shame not to have a journal. I never really realized how sad it was until I started regularly blogging. I wish I had a journal for the last 30 years or so. [...]

Escapism, or playing poker with a purple pony…

There are some words that have bad connotations bestowed upon them. We’d argue some are deserved, like the evils of “murder”, “adultery”, “saturated fat”, or “LA Clippers.” (I had to take a cheap shot at SOMEONE, and it’s unlikely that either Clippers fan will ever read my blog…) Escapism, however, often gets a bad rap, [...]

Do you lie for fun?

I don’t mean to be conceited, but I’m darn good at Beyond Balderdash. I’m not sure if I should be proud, or ashamed, because the whole premise of the game is that the best liar wins. It is great fun, but what does it say about me? A few months ago, I thought about purchasing [...]

I Hate Resolutions

I do, I really hate “New Year’s Resolutions.” It seem so dumb to pick a single day to set goals. I do have a goal, but it’s important to me that it’s not a dumb old New Year’s Resolution. I don’t know who I’m trying to convince, maybe myself. I need to lose some weight. [...]