Ye Olde Blogge

I’m not completely drunk, which is what my mood implies. I’m simply tipsy. And that’s a good thing. Drunk implies falling down drunk which I’m not. I’m typing and not having to backspace that much. Drunk will happen next weekend at a friend’s 40th birthday party. It will be a drunk where I cannot view…

My muscles are officially sore. Not too bad. Not like the first day of track practice in middle school sore, but definitely feeling it. I’m planning to reward my muscles with some new stuff this weekend–and of course, I’ll be working them out some more. My children are going through a bickering phase. It’s really…

So we had a lunchtime new year’s party at work complete with alcohol. Two beers and a long conversation about what constitutes good 80s music later, I’m supposed to attempt to work. Basically, the boys who share my office and I spent the rest of the afternoon bitching about copyright and the record companies. I…

I think jimbo used that post title a while back, but let me just say that sleeping in 30 minutes longer was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I accomplished a ton of stuff today. I didn’t get to all the fun stuff on my list, but I got to quite a bit.…

I did not walk today. It was raining. I have decided not to walk in the rain–snow, cold, yes. Rain, no. I had a backup plan to do some other kind of exercise this morning, but I was feeling so exhausted that I decided to sleep 30 minutes longer. I feel much better and plan…

After re-reading my post below, I realized how incoherent it was. I am extremely tired. In fact, there will be no writing tonight, meaning I’m two pages down now on the resolution. I am optimistically hoping that once I’m readjusted to a full work day, I can get back to a normal writing schedule. For…

Following up on a discussion from jimbo’s about whether blogs are a genre, I thought to do a little poking around in the wikipedia for an entry on genre, which I normally wouldn’t use as my final authority, but I have nothing else at hand. A good working definition would simply be that a genre…

Though my first day back at work wasn’t so bad, I’ve been thinking off and on about what would be good and bad about not working. Five (superficial) reasons to stay at home: 1. I could shower whenever I want. 2. I could walk at 3:00 instead of 6:30 and meet the kids at the…

I have been thinking a lot about social security. Though I blithely say I’m not counting on it for retirement, the truth is, I am. I’m not rich. I just began a 403(b) plan after years of part-time employment that did not offer benefits. I have no other investments. I am probably going to need…

Just had a total writing breakthrough–very exciting. I’d been stuck halfway through this book for at least a month. Finally, I found a way out. Lots of re-writing to be done, but it’s exciting now that I know where I’m going. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for…