Meandering Monday about Who You REALLY Know

I was having a conversation with someone from one of the younger generations (that would be just about anyone, wouldn’t it) and we were talking about friends, and what that means these days. There are people you know in the REAL world – people you’ve actually seen in public. Maybe you work with them, or … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Wanting to be Famous

The day I decided to write this post, Felicity Huffman was all over the news. She’s in prison for cheating to get her child into a university. Lots of pictures of her in prison. News that her husband got to visit her. News about another person/ other people fighting the same charges. You notice I … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Remembering a Whole Lot of Life Happening

I remember doing an exercise a few years back when I was first getting into writing. I was working through this book I still have somewhere (if I was writing this at home, I could probably turn around and find it in the bookcase, but the slab leak has us out of the house right … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Comments and Self-Promotion

As usual last week, I struggled with my goal to comment on at least three blogs. Why do I have this as one of my weekly objectives? One of my weaknesses when it comes to making a go of it as a self-published writer is marketing and self-promotion. I’m not comfortable with asking people to … Continue reading →

Feeble, Feigned Friendliness Friday: “I’ll Live…”

How much do we really CONNECT with our co-workers? Our friends, acquaintances, and fellow humans (for those of us who are human; for me it’s just THOSE PEOPLE)? We pass THOSE PEOPLE in the hall or on the street and say “How are you doing?”, without actually waiting or wanting to hear the answer – … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: They Already Know

“Every breath you take and every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take, I’ll be watching you” – Sting There’s a Wisconsin vending company offering their employees microchip implants in their finger so they can do things like make purchases, log into computers, and the like, and I don’t think they’re … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about …me?

I’m a walking contradiction, partly truth, and partly fiction. – Kris Kristofferson We’re all that way, aren’t we (no, I don’t mean all the dark, depressingly negative things in that song of his – just that one line.) Part of the reason it’s so difficult (and just plain insulting) to try to put labels on … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: Subhuman

“Captain, although your abilities intrigue me, you are quite honestly inferior. Mentally, physically. In fact, I am surprised how little improvement there has been in human evolution. Oh, there has been technical advancement, but, how little man himself has changed.” – Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek: Space Seed Khan is referring to man’s progress under … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: Digital Domineering

“Open the door, HAL.” “I can’t do that, Dave.” – 2001, A Space Odyssey (I remember Star Trek out-takes with cast members running into doors over and over again. Of course, that was when there were people hiding off to the side and pulling the doors open. Machines wouldn’t cause any problems on their own, … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Being Human

I’ve spent much of my life (meaning more years than most people have been alive) not feeling like I quite fit in. With “people.” I tend to be more on the acquaintance level of relationships rather than into deeper connections (with a very few notable exceptions. No man is an island.) When I participate in … Continue reading →