The Detitled Post

Another day, another… something or other.

Did you find a penny and pick it up today? People ignore pennies on the ground. I still pick them up sometimes. If it’s a quarter I will, you can use those for doing laundry. I get Zack to pick up change on the ground sometimes cause kids still like that free money and the chance of good luck.… Read the rest

Work Backwards

As if writing itself wasn’t easy enough, there is all that pressure to gain fame and fortune. No problem, right? Not quite. We give ourselves high expectations and almost set ourselves up for disappointment. Instead, work backwards. Look at where you want to be, how high you want to climb. See yourself there, the writer you have become after so much hard work, brilliant thinking and skill with words, there you are!… Read the rest

Work Backwards

As if writing itself wasn’t easy enough, there is all that pressure to gain fame and fortune. No problem, right? Not quite. We give ourselves high expectations and almost set ourselves up for disappointment. Instead, work backwards. Look at where you want to be, how high you want to climb. See yourself there, the writer you have become after so much hard work, brilliant thinking and skill with words, there you are!… Read the rest

Change Your Title as Often as you Change your Undies

Titles get kind of bland after awhile. Too bad they can’t be more like soap operas, recycled dramatic endings.

Today I am going out to do laundry, again. Why can’t it just stay done? Also, I wouldn’t mind doing the laundry if I could at least come home, stick it in the machine and have it all politely folded and put away in neat and tidy piles.… Read the rest

Hockey in Canada Tonight

It’s the last game of the Stanley Cup. Why did Carolina show up? Didn’t they get the memo? Edmonton is taking the Cup home.

I’m drinking cinnamon coffee and my Mom and Zack are having nuked popcorn. We’re watching the game. They even moved Canadian Idol to the next day just so people could watch the game tonight and not miss out on the Idols.… Read the rest