Okay, so maybe I was avoiding the Project today.  After that last post, yesterday…
See, I generally avoid politics, mainly because of the people involved.  I’ve made a couple small posts about political issues here, but mostly I tend to stay away.  It’s really just not worth all the heartache it causes.  But the United States [...]

There has been a whole lot of rhetoric tossed around this election cycle, and a whole bunch of catchphrases coined, typeset, and plastered across all sorts of posters, banners, and billboards.  Politicians have deified themselves, vilified their opponents, and basically tried to make the case for being the hero we need in a time of [...]

Last week we had a great turn-out for Your 100 Words.  This week, we’re going to go with a little bit of a lighter topic:  Exercise!
Laying there in bed, he doesn’t want to move.  Every muscle aches, every joint throbs.  Most mornings aren’t quite so difficult, but this is the first dawn after the day [...]

Okay, while the name might suggest it, this is decidedly NOT the last Carnival of Words.  However, they (whoever the everpresent they may be) say “death is final”, thus the name.  But let’s not carry on too much about that – we should get to the writing!  I started out this week with thoughts about [...]

That’s right… it’s time for another installment of Two Truths and a Lie!  Last week we left you with three statements, two of which were true, leaving the third an utter falsehood.  Did you guess correctly?  Did you even guess?  Let’s see who puzzled out the facts from the fiction!
In the spring of 1999, the [...]

Question: If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find live a more satisfying life than yours?
Define satisfying. Is it having everything you want, or everything you need?
At age 36, I am not at the peak of my financial status. In fact, history may go on to [...]

How do you introduce something like this?
I would like to think we are too far removed from the actual event for anyone to take offense by what I am about to post; in truth, there is little in it that is really all that offensive. It’s a story seed – a few short paragraphs describing [...]

They say it’s hard to let go once someone is gone, but if I were standing along side his grave, it would be easier than it is now.  There would be no uncertainty, for there is nothing more sure than death.  Once it’s over, after all, it’s over.  No, it’s much more difficult to visit [...]

Like I promised, a couple days later – or three days, which, as we all know, is one more than a couple – here is “Livin’ La Vita Joka’” Carnival!  My original post…
A panda walks into a Harold’s Bistro, is seated, and enjoys a fine meal consisting mostly of salad.  After a relaxing evening of [...]

You would never believe what you can learn when you’re at a low point in life.
Five years ago, we were house-sitting my parents’ little rambler. A good deal for them, because they needed someone to keep an eye on the place. A good deal for us because we had nowhere else to go at the [...]