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There was a woman reading Life of Pi at the beach

For Blogapalooz-Hour ChicagoNow bloggers are given a topic and have one hour to write and publish a post about it. Tonight's prompt isĀ "Write about a time you experienced a remarkable coincidence or witnessed something unexplainable." There was a woman reading Life of Pi at the beach. She was our angel. For years my friend Jay … Continue reading There was a woman reading Life of Pi at the beach

I don’t care about the Super Bowl (or football) anymore

I used to be a huge NFL football fan. Sundays were days for meeting friends at noon EST and watching the early game then the late game then NFL Primetime (later to be replaced by Sunday Night Football). I felt joy when my team won. I felt physical pain when my team lost. In either … Continue reading I don’t care about the Super Bowl (or football) anymore

The problem with how I write

I love writing, but it can be a problem. Writing takes up too much of my time. Time when I need to be doing other things. To control this somewhat I have told myself that I should not write more than two blog posts a week. Most weeks I write three. The week before last … Continue reading The problem with how I write

Plagiarism: You are still stealing even if something is easy to take

I know a lot of bloggers and other online content creators, and not a week goes by without someone saying that some of their work, their intellectual property, has been stolen. It may have been an image, a video, a recipe, or a blog post. It happens all the time, and it is wrong. Yes, … Continue reading Plagiarism: You are still stealing even if something is easy to take

Fighting the urge to have large birthday parties for kids

My son wants a small birthday party this year. I should be thrilled. I should be rolling around on the bed in a pile of the money I’m going to save. So why am I having to fight an urge to make his birthday party bigger? My son has often had fairly big birthday parties. … Continue reading Fighting the urge to have large birthday parties for kids