Licence to Learn

Woo-hoo! I passed. I passed. I passed. At age 33 no less...should have had this more than a decade ago. This was my second time taking the road test. I failed it on December 12, cuz I messed up on the parallel parking. But today went much better. Thank you to all those who wished me well. Sign in to see full entry.

Boy or girl? Let's bet on the pregnant lady's baby. I hate office pools that bet on babies! Some pools justify themselves by awarding half the pot to the pregnant lady. But I say, if you want to give the a pregnant woman something, don't bet on the innocent one inside, just pass the tin cup around... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm blogging here because I don't have the nerve to do what I really want to do, which is make a living as a freelance writer. Sign in to see full entry.

How come other people can lie and cheat and steal and still get ahead but it never works for me? Persoanl finance guru, Suze Orman, likes to say "truth creates money, lies destroy it". Today I thought of the precious photographs I lost when a water pipe burst in my house last winter. I shouldn't... Sign in to see full entry.

I hosted a my cousin for two nights last week. He's 21, a freshman at a university in North Dakota. He was trying to make his way home for Christmas and needed a place to stay in Maryland so that he could catch a flight home to the islands. No airfare, no cellphone, no cabfare. He lands in the... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm 33 years old and I've never had a driver's licence. I have a Maryland learner's permit...actually this is like my 3rd learner's permit since 2001. I get the permit, practice a little but then I don't go for the road test cuz I didn't practice enough. Last Monday I finally went and took the road... Sign in to see full entry.