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With the recent news of me being laid off due to COVID, I took a few days to myself to digest the information. It’s easy to freak out after losing a job, but there is comfort in knowing I’m not the only one. There are millions of others that lost their jobs, way before I…
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. -Abraham Lincoln- This six part series started on February 21st and ended on March 21st this year. It begins with Abraham Lincoln as…
The Odd Couple (1968) is about two men, one already divorced and one in the beginnings of his separation, who end up living together. The only problem is they realize they can’t stand each other. I don’t know much about Neil Simon as a playwright, I look forward to watching more of his adaptations. The…
I stand before you not as a friend or enemy. You once regarded me worthy to hold your hand, as you puked alongside the toilet after a night’s drinking. Who do you think got rid of the foul smell? It was I who pulled the yellow gloves up my scrawny arms. The material scratching my…
I decided to look up what is the most profitable book genres. More women probably gravitate toward romance than men. More men probably gravitate toward cars and motorcycles. I don’t know who in their right mind would want to read a book about bowling or fishing. I consider both boring in most cases although between…
It’s interesting to look at the richest countries in the world in terms of GDP Nominal (unadjusted for the effects of inflation) and GDP Per Capita (in thousands) in 2020. The countries in the top ten list have little change within the last year. Information for top ten richest countries is from Investopedia. United States…
You affect something within me, not in a twisted way. One could describe it as the kind of wonder, wanting more. I could fly as the mythical phoenix restoring its power. The voice transporting me into a new wonderful. I will swim in the warm waters and take comfort in the sand. Do not come…
I’ve given up trying to stay on schedule since not working a 9-to-5 job. I’ve tried hard to wake up by 10 am and fall asleep by 1 am. I’m usually still up at 2 or 3 am and still having trouble falling asleep. I used to work the night shift 20 years ago. It…
This weekend I’m going to try to devote most of it to one thing and that is writing. I found the time to take pictures of most of my cups today, colored a few very simple designs (ones that I dreamt about over a month ago), and looked up how to clean my carpet. This…
I got my edited version of my first story back. The good news is that it isn’t as labor intensive as I thought it might be. The bad news is, if you want to call it that, is I have to do another rewrite. It’s a minor rewrite compared to the lengthy ones I’ve done…
It’s easy to get into the trap of thinking I will write the next great American novel, or I will write the next great novel to be translated into hundreds of languages and bought in every tiny corner of the world. The good news is that having this dream is a possibility although quite…

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