Category Archives: REALITY

REALITY?: More on The Decline of Civilization

ABC World News Tonight: Proposal Planners is the newest gimmick to take advantage of our own declining intelligence and growing general wussiness and lack of responsibility.  For anyplace from a couple hundred dollars to fifteen thousand someone will take over … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Chili Sunday

I knew I should’ve posted guard beside the kitchen stove.  Someone snuck by when I wasn’t around and added Dave’s Insanity to the chili.  So I serve it up with chopped raw onions, shredded monterey jack, sour cream and tissues … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Personal

Cardiologist pronounces me healthy (cholesterol cut in half, BP 118/68, lungs making happy sounds) and we agree to go off some of the drugs.  Chantix for one, with a promise of Wellbutrin if needed–but not for depression, rather nicotine withdrawal–like … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Overboard Again

Gone off the deep end again with the damn reading writing learning trying new things out. Just about drowning in ideas and things to do and see and study. Unfortunately life gets in the way and in my non-usual manner … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Me and Drugs

What’s it say about me that I’ve been on Chantix for six months and no one’s noticed if I’ve changed into a suicidal psychopath? Continue reading

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All of it: Blogging, Literature, Writing, Blah-blah-blah

Have been reading, have been writing, have been blogging and it’s just that I need to divvy my posting time between hypertext at Hypercompendia, and coursework at Creative Writing and while it’s all relative, choose the best spot to place … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY & REALITY?: Adjusting

Clinking as I’m typing, worrying that I may be marring up the Mac by sterling bracelets loosely circling the wrist of my right hand.  The Latitude allowed some latitude on that I suppose; I’d never noticed. Yet maybe it’s the … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Sometimes, just sometimes…

…you’d like to think you have a handle on things.  That all your hard work, dedication, focus and cash money are taking you somewhere.  You’d like to believe it works that way. Meanwhile, others speed on by, the hare jumping … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Dumb and Dumber

Two stories on tonight’s news that show a tendency for mankind to be getting more out of touch with reality with each generation. A young white couple walks into a bar and are offended by a noose which has been … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: In over my head

If I tell you that my Christmas tree is still up, will that give you the idea? Usually January is spent on cleaning and catching up on home things after overdosing on holiday framing.  Besides taking inventory and doing the … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Back to Winter

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REALITY?: Bright Sunshiny Day

Good things sometimes happen to good people. Got a ton of different meat–chicken, pork, beef–and salmon filets, sandwich meat and cheese, and rolls all for $36.00. Brought my ring to Michael’s Jewelers and explained how I lost the stone and … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Looking for dark, found black.

Dark’s not black.  Dark can be fun.  But when a black mood hits suddenly it’s not a nice thing to watch. And black has descended. One of the tanzanite stones in my new ring fell out somewhere this morning and … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: Of Campuses and Chaucer

Had a rather delightful meeting with a young woman who’s a fellow blogger and former student at Tunxis CC while she’s on semester break from Vassar.  It was nice to meet her in person after reading her version of her … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY?: The “If it don’t cure you, it’ll kill you” Department

It used to be that the U.S. FDA  used to take years and years before approving a promising new medicine that dying folks would gladly have tried without that stamp of validation.  So what’s with this new trend where the … Continue reading Continue reading

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