Write about your approach to budgeting. My title should probably be “Bad Example of Budgeting.” My approach is not one that people should necessarily follow. When my wife died, I gained a healthy insurance payout. I paid off my car and banked the rest. When I sold my house, I invested that in some productsContinue reading “Bad Budgeting”
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The Gift That Keeps On…Well, You Know…
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. When I was a kid, I had a great interest in science. For Christmas I would get a telescope, a microscope, a chemistry set—the science interest du année—all sorts of things to expand my knowledge. As I grew older, the gifts became more intangible. Going outContinue reading “The Gift That Keeps On…Well, You Know…”
Patriot vs. Patriotic
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? Would I say I’m patriotic? Absolutely. I’m a proud supporter of the United States of America and want to see her (US?) succeed in all endeavors on the world stage. Am I a patriot? That word has undergone a change in meaning lately. It usedContinue reading “Patriot vs. Patriotic”
Guilty, Your Honor
Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? A few years ago, when working on a set design for the play Noises Off, I was informed about the difference between stairs and ladders. Then, just about a year ago, I was descending from the second floor of the garage. I always come down backwards, because IContinue reading “Guilty, Your Honor”
A Plethora of Miscellaneous
If there was a biography about you, what would the title be? I wrote that title a few weeks ago and saved it in Notes, because I knew it would come in handy eventually. When seeing today’s prompt I thought it was strictly apropos (which would be a bad title for my biography). Looking backContinue reading “A Plethora of Miscellaneous”
Retire…Now!
What were your parents doing at your age? No, I’m not retreading an old topic. (Tread….get it? Re-tire?) I’m responding to the prompt, actually. I think by this time my mother had shown me my father’s obituary that she had clipped from the newspaper.* I never knew him, and quite frankly, seeing the article, IContinue reading “Retire…Now!”
Fasten Your Seatbelts
If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why? This post may lose me followers, but I feel compelled to answer the prompt honestly. This has been a hot button issue ever since I was in grade school when I heard about the topic incessantly, which desensitized me toContinue reading “Fasten Your Seatbelts”
Ree-diculous Texts
I’ve been saving some of the more absurd forays into text spamscam for a blog post, and I think it’s time to present the latest collection. Some try pretty hard, and others give up way too easily. This one was in it to win it, with photos and gifs. I didn’t respond to Hello KittyContinue reading “Ree-diculous Texts”
My Dream House
Write about your dream home. As I get older, my knees are suggesting to me that I should live in a one-story dwelling; all those years of Catholicism have taken their toll. At the same time, if I imagine the house that would best serve my needs I would think it would be something likeContinue reading “My Dream House”
Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read All About it!
You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? In the old days of kids hawking newspapers on street corners, they’d yell, “Extra, extra, read all about it!” to announce that special edition of the paper containing what CNN labels every story, “Breaking News.” (I maintain it’s not really breaking newsContinue reading “Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read All About it!”
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