Sorry, I know I haven’t posted in more than a month. I have not been well through most of it. No worries. Regardless, here’s a Quora article that I posted months ago. I waited until closer to the Holiday Season to copy it here. It’s a true story. Best Christmas Gift Ever What do you …
Continue reading “#30: Christmas Shopping Advice for Guys. November 9, 2019.”
I don’t think this is crazy; this restaurant is designed to be more a learning experience. There was a “blind” restaurant in Hong Kong where the diners all wore eye masks throughout the entire meal. This was to educate the sighted public what it is like to be blind in a dining out experience. All …
I know, Halloween is still six weeks away, but the decorations are but in stores and people are thinking about costumes already. Here’s one. When he was four years old, my son Paladin was a fan of Hawkeye of Marvel Avengers fame. That was back in 2006 so the movies hadn’t come out yet. However, …
Continue reading “#27: DIY Halloween Costume September 12, 2019.”
Okay guys, I am giving you a double dose here. The first is about the website Quora, which some of you already know.. The second is an answer to a Quora question that is an interesting non-story. Regardless, Quora provides a lot of idea and writing fodder for me, so I will sometimes just copy …
Continue reading “#25 & 26: Quora Is Fun and 2:00 AM Chinese Suits in Sunglasses August 21, 2019”
I think this is impossible. Under the best conditions, it will be difficult. Writing the entire thing without use of our first vowel seems ludicrous. It becomes one’s preposterous duty, …shouldn’t be given. Do not let yourself be put into this position. If your instructor requires this of you, plus your peers, I suggest you …
Continue reading “#24: Contest for You All with Nothing but Winners. August 14, 2019.”
Been there, done that, …sorta, kinda. I most certainly would enter that secret passageway or room. But I would not go it alone and would let people remaining outside know that we were entering, having them stand watch in case of any hazards. When I was younger, I didn’t have such fore-thoughts nor take so …
Continue reading “#23: Will You Enter a Secret Passage You Found in Your House? August 12 2019”
I didn’t date much in high school, not real dating. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to or hadn’t the chances to. It was that I couldn’t. I didn’t have a car, didn’t have a driver’s license, and didn’t have enough money to date. I’d never had a real job yet, and monthly allowance from …
Continue reading “#22: Hopping at Jazz’s Restaurant. August 10, 2019.”
The Cottonwood Tree I don’t know if any of you have ever seen actor Hal Holbrook’s one man show in which he portrays the American writer and humorist MarkTwain. If not, check him out on YouTube and elsewhere. Holbrook is brilliant, doing a better Twain than possibly Twain himself. Holbrook performed in this role well …
Continue reading “#21: An Evening with Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain, August 6, 2019.”
The following passage comes from the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In this excerpt, we find the main character talking about her name, Esperanza. She explains its history and meaning, how she was given this name and why, and then tells how she feels about it. At the beginning of each …
Continue reading “#20: Icebreaker Lesson Plan for All Teachers, August 4, 2019”
Somewhere in Texas between San Antonio and Dallas is a rock garden. Not what you’re thinking, not what I thought when I saw the signs stating, “World’s Best Rock Garden,” with an arrow pointing west. Not being in any hurry and my curiosity piqued, I followed those signs. They led me to a place where …
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