I got a song in my head today: “Yes! We have no bananas.” I love the tune, and I thought I loved the song, so I listened to it on YouTube. I quickly learned that this is a horribly racist song. People argue that it wasn’t racist in its time, or that you just have…
Read more@SHO_Dexter, I’m quitting #TV, but not until your season is over
I’m usually watching TV at this time, but instead I decided to write an entry, and I’ll probably go to bed early – well, early for me, anyway. I’m quitting TV. Yes, it really is like quitting smoking or maybe even heroin. OK, I went too far there; it’s nothing like quitting heroin, but I’m…
Read moreDoes @DCComics know that real #life is better than fiction?
It feels official now. I met with a key member of a local charity yesterday, and I’m now writing for that charity. I’m offering my services mostly to help with their newsletter, but I’ll also help out with the website and probably some communications. I couldn’t ask for anything more ideal than this. To me,…
Read more#Tomorrow makes me more happy to be alive than @PrincesComedian
This might be a crazy notion, but I feel that any day I’m alive is a good day. I’ve had many bad days in my life, but they’re still good; I’m still alive. Today was an average day overall, but it stands out as an exceptionally good day because of the promise of tomorrow. Staying…
Read more@LeeHirsch and my 5-year-old know that #Bullying is bad
Seeing my 5-year-old on the playground has been an amazing experience for me. Usually, the popular girl is the worst bully in the school. That popular girl bully might not hit, but she will always choose who is good enough and who isn’t. She will make others crumble to her social pressure. My 5-year-old is…
Read moreI give really biased reviews about #plays my nephew is in because he is the best actor ever. Take that @tomhanks
I watched Mary’s wedding recently. It was amazing. If you live around the Ottawa area, you need to go see this play. The actors are amazing, and the play is awesome. All right, in fairness, I have to disclose that my (hugely talented) nephew is in the play. The entire audience was crying, even the…
Read moreChanging #careers when you have a wife and kids is like juggling flaming swords while on a high wire . . . one wrong move . . .
It was another day at the office today, as cliche as that sounds. I’m having difficulty just finding volunteer writing jobs. I do have some writing experience, and I graduated from university with an English degree, yet I’m somehow still working in a web development job, even though I never studied it. I’m even a…
Read moreRetail #Christmas is being pimped already; I expected Santa to pull out his red nosed reindeer and shoot a big load of snow in my face.
I love Christmas, and even though I’m not religious, I still enjoy the feasts, the tree, and spending time with family. I don’t like how Christmas seems to begin the day after Halloween. Stores, lined wall to wall with Christmas crap, try to get a ton of people to start their Christmas shopping. Christmas is…
Read moreLust brings 15 minutes of intense joy. #Love brings a lifetime of calm, deeply rooted, happiness.
I see so much attraction between people, even though it “should not” be there. My wife likes a close female friend of ours. That close female friend used to like me, and I used to like to her. There is another woman who I sometimes work with; I have recently developed an intense attraction to…
Read moreTake a Picture it Lies Longer
I was listening to the radio on my way home from work the other day. I know it’s crazy not to listen to music that I spent hours selecting and illegally downloading off the internet, but sometimes I like to listen to news or talk. On this station, they were discussing the idea of documenting…
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