NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH WILL BE OFFICIALLY OVER IN 1 HOUR AND 34 MINUTES!!!! whew! nothing like writing 50000 words in a month!
I received a phone call from my mother today. She was calling to tell me that my dad went into the hospital today. He is bleeding internally. My dad is 79 years old. He has Alzheimer's. He was living with me when the first symptoms appeared. It started with him forgetting the rules of driving, like "red means stop" and making turns from the wrong lanes. By 1999, he was unable to navigate at all and had given up driving. He was homesick for Napa, California, the town I grew ...
Today is November 30th. I just turned 54 yesterday and I hear that blogging is the most popular fad among young people these days. I'm up for trying anything (well, almost anything) once, so, although I don't know much about blogging, I thought I'd give it a whirl; see how long it spins. I'm not sure where the term "blog" came from. I suppose I could look it up on Wikipedia, but I'd rather try to figure it out. So, I'm thinking of all the reasons to put a "b" in ...
My girlfriend and I have officially parted after 1 year, 4 months, and 26 days. It was relatively painless, to my relief. A new problem introduces itself: can I prove my worth to the other young lady? She and I seem to share a mutual attraction and affection, and I am free to seek her, but there are further complications that cannot be ignored. Nothing for me to do now but care...and wait.
I will be adding to this as I go and will probably post this in the forums too somewhere when I am finished, but for now I'll just start with this. I often get asked for tips on *how* to search/use this site and thought I could pass on some tips. -- If you are a student or researcher or just reading for fun and are looking for a specific topic or need a quote from an author’s poem, short story, essay or novel, here are some tips on how to do it. The ...
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