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Last night as I paid bills, I had a good look at the calendar. I realized that last Thursday marked an anniversary that I had missed. I quit smoking four years ago last Thursday. I had smoked a pack a day for 17 years. I started at 11 or 12, but it wasn’t until I… Continue reading An Anniversary

Magazines that come to my house that I don’t read: Kiplinger’s Personal Finance (because I have none) The Atlantic Monthly Fast Company (not anymore, I work in education now) BirdTalk (yeah, mine never shuts up) The Advocate Computer Shopper (like I need another one) The only one I paid for was BirdTalk, that was a… Continue reading Feeling guilty over killing trees

I never watch Conan O’Brien. I couldn’t tell you anything about him or his show. I have no idea if the show is any good but considering it’s in the eighth season, it can’t be too bad. Usually when the show is on I’m surfing the interneck™ or watching something else. So, I’ve never seen… Continue reading What I’m Missing

The Dykewrite assignment for the week was to write about the trend in blogging from a personal perspective. Would we bloggers still write if the trend died? Would we still be online diarists even if we had no audience? Would only those blogs with literary merit survive? Here’s what I think. If the trend died,… Continue reading A day late, more than a dollar short

To say goodbye before getting a chance to say hello again. I’m not sure I can explain, but I’m not really sad or upset. Well, maybe a little sad. It’s just strange to attend the funeral of someone that you haven’t seen or talked to in more than twenty years. I didn’t intend to go… Continue reading It’s Weird