As we are now in the first week of 2020, I’ve noticed lately that people are congregating in huge numbers at places they have not frequented before. Places like The Gym, Jogging Tracks at our local parks, the Health Food aisle at the grocery store and one of the most shocking places of all: Church. […]
Here we are the weekend before Christmas and I am sure that there are tons of people out there who are out there pushing and shoving their fellow “carbon-based life forms” in order to find that perfect gift that will eventually land on a “make me an offer” table at a garage sale 5 years […]
I’d like to start off today’s blog with a question: How come some people can manufacture, distribute and/or sell a product, but choose to never use it? Let me give you an example of what I mean. Yesterday I was at my local Starbucks, just minding my own business and enjoying a hot beverage when […]
When I was a younger man, my goals, outside of doing the best that I could to provide for my family, was to work my butt off to move up that corporate latter, snag that corner office, have a six-figure income with a magnificent “Golden Parachute” and become a force to be reckoned with in […]
Many years ago, I had a very good friend who believed on one very simple aspect that made, what he thought, Life very easily managed when one is at home: “The Rut is Our Friend.” See, when you live in a rut, your schedule, per se, is always the same. You aren’t surprised by what […]
Today is my day off. Now, I left that sentence in a standalone paragraph because I wanted to let you know just how important that statement was. Today is really my day off. When you work a regular job, you spend your working hours thinking about things that your boss or the person paying you […]
Today, where I live, it is going to be the hottest day of the year. Of course, that is assuming that Hell doesn’t decide to annex Southern California between now and the end of the year. But on days like this, it is too hot really to do anything. For example, it is 102 degrees […]
I don’t usually suffer from what is often called “Writer’s Block.” No, my problem is that I have so many things running through my mind that my main issues are trying to figure out what exactly to write about. Now, some may call that having ADD or HD or even MTV or whatever acronym that […]
I told myself that I was going to sit down and my writing station and write a blog post before I would allow myself to partake in one of the gourmet creations that I had planned for dinner: Nuked frozen burritos pipping hot from the microwave. (Don’t get jealous, with time and patience, you too […]
Ever have one of those days, or weekends for that matter, where you have no desire to do anything? I mean zip, nada, zilch, nothing? Yeah, I’m having one of those days. Oh, let’s be honest, it’s going to be that way the whole weekend. Just so you know, if you think I am being […]
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