Work’s been wild. Still love my car. Decided Ben’s story needs a COMPLETE REWRITE. Like, there’s maybe three scenes I want to keep mostly as they are. I’m adding to it at a rate of maybe fifty words a day right now–praying that’ll pick up as I get less tired and more sure of where […]
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For twelve years I’ve driven a 1988 Toyota Corolla. It’s been a great little car, but bit by bit, it’s become…less functional. The AC never did work well, and in Tucson that’s pretty bad. We locked the keys in it shortly after getting it, and back before cell phones and also on our way to
Warning: please do NOT attempt to visit the Game On! diet website. My anti-virus software performs a smackdown every time I try. For that reason, none of the links below go to the official website. Last year some of my coworkers started playing the Game On! diet. I looked at it and decided to pass.
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Once in a while I mention a toxic friend I had to leave behind a few years ago. It was a clean break–I never see or talk to him anymore. But we were friends for a VERY LONG TIME. And we were friends through some very bad times, for him and for me. We held
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Since my contract ran out with my cell provider, they’ve been desperate to “give” me a new phone to reward my loyalty. Mostly I’ve been ignoring them. The plan is to step down to pre-paid service, since I use my phone so very rarely. Sometimes I call my daughter, more often I send a text
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I have a playlist titled “HALP.” I’d imagine most people who make playlists have something similar. Sometimes, though, I don’t go to that list. The other night, for instance, when I was feeling down, I turned to Barry Manilow. Other nights I’ve turned to ABBA, or all the “depressing” country music of my childhood. You
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So I’m the new office manager. Whoo! So there’s a lot to be done before school starts. I’m held back from desk-organizing though because the last office manager has not yet collected her stuff. Also I’m currently doing both jobs, so I’ve held onto my desk because that’s the place where I know where everything
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