Today was a dog day, especially for Harley. We went outside this morning and played with all three dogs. Maverick chased his flying squirrel frisbee while Dad and I played with the new parachute toy I bought at Franklin’s yesterday. (Franklin’s is a restaurant/store near work that has some of…
Meeting today… Me: That’s the name of my gay typing teacher from high school. BS: They taught gay typing in your high school? ::rim shot:: There followed a riff on what a gay typing class would be like… Meeting adjourned P.S. Brian Sweeney wants full credit for the above…. Sorry…
Back when I was in high schoo/college and they first started talking about VCRs I remember thinking how amazing it would be to watch Star Wars in my own home any time I wanted to. Now I’m finding out how much of a dinosaur that makes me, not just because…
Some guy at work made a fat comment about me in our meeting this morning. It was offensive enough to put me in tears, but not so blatant that I can call him on it. I am so tired of being the brunt of fat jokes. I am so tired…
I hate to act out a cliche, but I’m having trouble with writer’s block. I’ve reached a point in my story where I know where I need it to go, but I can’t get it there. I even asked Chris to help me again, but he is stumped, too. I’ll…
You know how much I love my TiVo. Well, tonight it refuses to change my cable box channel, so instead of taping “How I Met Your Mother” I got an episode of “Spongebob Squarepants.” Ugh! I spent a long time trying to fix it but I finally gave up and…
I have had smart dogs before. Penny, my beloved Shetland Sheepdog, was so smart that I used to swear she could read my mind. She knew a number of off the wall commands like, “Penny, I’m cold” which just meant that she needed to get up and cuddle closer on…
I decided to take a couple of days of Rest and Relaxation before tackling the task of finishing the rough draft of my novel. I read a chapter to a tiny writer’s group I belong to at work and they were very complimentary. The problem is I’m reading this stuff…
I finished the month with just over 40,000 words written. I wouldn’t have done that much if my best buddy, Chris, hadn’t helped me over a rough patch in the story. With his help, though, I broke through the block and so I was able to add over 3,000 words…
It’s the 26th and I’ve only written 35,500 words this month. I have no chance of finishing on Wednesday, not without missing a couple of days from work, and probably not even then. I am glad I got that much done, but I let myself down. I should have written…
