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Saturday, March 21, 2009

When You’re Hot, You’re Hot…

was the last line of my previous post in addition to being the title of a Top 10 hit for singer, actor and comedian Jerry Reed in 1971. Unfortunately, the converse is “when you’re not, you’re not,” and that applied to my Friday. But I was cold only in the physical sense. I made the mistake of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Monday, Monday…

was a #1 hit for the Mamas and the Papas back in 1966, and a terrific follow up to their breakout hit “California Dreamin’” that peaked at #4 in January of the same year. Sadly, the brilliant promise of the group dissolved when Mama Cass Elliot struck off on her own a couple of years later. It was a... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

My weekend stunk. How about yours?

It started out promising enough. A DVR, accidentally left off my original cable package, was due to be installed in time for most of the Saturday basketball games, including the all-important semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. I would be able to watch games and record other... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Thanks Symphony, sam444, adnohr, Soul_Builder101…

and those who stopped by without leaving a comment. I appreciate y’all giving me a read and a few words of encouragement. This is just to let you know I haven’t disappeared again already. I’m still coping with all the paperwork and hassle involved in a relocation. It has been difficult establishing... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Back again,

and it only took three weeks instead of the planned upon few days to a week. It took longer than a week for me to move less than 20 miles. Things got complicated from the start when my son, who was supposed to be off the week scheduled for my move to nearby Aberdeen, NC, had to work the entire week.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Moving day tomorrow

…sort of. It hasn’t worked out quite the way I expected ‘cause the lives of others have intersected the path causing those delays you cannot anticipate. As a result the move will be spread over several days to a week or more. A lot of hurry up and wait will be involved. It’s a good thing I learned... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Bits and Pieces

Okie-fidokie all you music lovers out there, particularly those with an appreciation for oldies, what group had a Top five hit with this song title? Hint #2 is that it was not The Beatles. Hint #1, for those a little slow on the uptake, is incorporated in the question in the first sentence. For... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

'Twas a good day

Yesterday was a good day for me in spite of being snowed in – yes it happens on occasion in sunny North Carolina. It gave me plenty of time and no excuses to accomplish a lot of writing and enjoy much of the hoopla surrounding the inauguration of a new President of the United States. It isn’t often... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Miscellaneous excuses

…for why I still haven’t been around much since the first of the year. There is the old standby of computer problems, of course. But it has mostly been helping my son deal with a house full of sick younguns and financial shortfalls. He was supposed to have started back to work on Monday after a... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

The longest year

It was bad enough that political campaigning made 2008 seem to drag on forever before we finally got the election out of the way. Then, before we could even finish with the election, the economy took a nosedive into severe recession. Each new piece of bad news from Wall Street seemed to stretch 2008... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I wish you all joy and fulfillment throughout 2009 and the rest of your lives. I know it’s going to be a better year for me, even though I’ll soon be going through the aggravation and bother of moving. The day started off with an email from the manager of the apartment complex I’ll soon be moving... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Life passed you by?

Do you feel like you’ve been left standing in the dust while the rest of the world is moving on without you? Does it seem you’re facing a bleak future with your best days so far behind you they seem like ancient history? Does the bright, shiny twenty-first century seem tarnished by the harsh reality... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Okay, I’m not prescient.

Not when it comes to predicting the outcome of football games, at any rate. I did much better predicting the weather and my National Novel Writing Month progress, not so much better foreseeing weekend blogging. The lesson to be taken away from this is that you probably shouldn’t ask notapoet for... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

How I spent my weekend

Since I accurately predicted yesterday’s upward spike in the stock market, I thought I’d try my hand at predicting my weekend. Let me see, after I finish this little bit of prognostication, I’ll jump over to the NANOWRITE site and update my word count for National Novel Writing Month as of early... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Flopping Chicken Syndrome

Why is there an eleven-week delay between the election of a new President of the United States and inaugeration day? Seventy-seven days filled with a lame duck President and Congress seems far too long, particularly in the country’s current economic situation. It would seem to be more practical, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Progress Report

A little better than zilch. Barely a little better. NANOWRIMO update I got so wrapped up in Halloween and posting to various blogs that I neglected to register for Nano on Friday. Not to worry. I finally got registered Saturday morning, and Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night. The computer kept... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Oops! I goofed.

Yesterday I finally decided to place my dormant H&F blog, “This IS therapy, dammit!” into Nonfiction to see if it would fly there. I even wrote a brief post about the change and mentioned that it had undergone a category change in a post to one of my other blogs. Then, to my chagrin, today I... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

It figures

A brief respite from the recent run of extremely cold nights came to an abrupt end with icy wind that pretty effectively canceled the warming effect of a sunny day. Shortly after dark accelerated the downward plunge of the thermostat…the power failed, of course. It didn’t take long for the internal... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Temporary respite

Extremely cold freezing and near freezing nights have ceased for a few days. At this moment I’m able to work without running any heat to keep my fingers from numbing up. It’s a shame I can’t say the same for my computer. It’s lack of RAM, slow processor (by today’s standards), and age continue to... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Brrrr…

Baby, it’s cold…inside and out. Too cold to sleep comfortably without first warming up enough to dare cold sheets without risking going into shock. It’s even too cold to type comfortably – the fingers keep getting numb. Ahhhh…that’s a little better. I just warmed my hands up a little in front of a... Sign in to see full entry.

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