Jeff's Jots

Originally posted March 20 2003 Made any good sacrifices lately? I doubt it I doubt there's any such thing as a good sacrifice except maybe in baseball. The idea of sacrificing for others is based on the silly notion that there is a limited amount of happiness in the world and you have to give up... Sign in to see full entry.

Originally posted on March 18, 2003 I have something shocking to tell you. Are you sitting down? Brace yourself? Are you ready? I didn't wash my car last month Isn't that awful? And what's worse is this: I don't intend to wash it this month either. Isn't that terrible? Washing my car is one of the... Sign in to see full entry.

When I was about 12 years old I was on my way to the neighborhood pool for a swim. One of my neighbors stopped me and asked "Aren't you the boy who drowned?" Sign in to see full entry.

In honor of my ninth(!) anniversary as a member of blogit I'm reposting and updating some of my earlier posts. This was the first item I posted on blogit on March 16, 2003 A leaky roof is too often a cause for panic. Visions of ruined carpeting, flooded basements and enormous repair billis often... Sign in to see full entry.

I used to drive a GEO metro. It was so small I didn't even have to park it. I would just fold it up and put it in my pocket. Sign in to see full entry.

I not only support gay marriage, I think ONLY gays should be allowed to marry. That would leave all the straight women for me. Sign in to see full entry.

My mother is a remarkable woman. I called her this morning to wish her a happy birthday. She couldn't talk long because she was on her way to dance aerobics. She's 76 Sign in to see full entry.

What's in your wallet? Not a Capital One card. Not in my wallet. Not anymore. I had six Capital One cards. Now I have five. I owe mony on two of them. Soon I won't owe money on any of them. I was checking my accounts online when I noticed I suddenly had a balance on a card I had paid off. $59.... Sign in to see full entry.

I used to volunteer at a crisis hotline. We had a regular caller who had a severe speech impediment. A few of the counselors could understand her but most of us had to get by on the few words we could understand and her tone of voice. One time the young lady and I had been talking for a few minutes... Sign in to see full entry.

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