Despair is the emotion you don’t wish on anyone, or at least you shouldn’t. To take away someone’s hope is “the unkindest cut of all.”Sometimes it is the only thing left to take away from a person. That and personal pride, something I have always had way too much of. Despair is the emotion coveredContinue reading “Despair”
Category Archives: Emotions
Tobacco
I don’t get it, never have for that matter. Why smoke tobacco? I totally understand smoking marijuana; it has medicinal properties that I can personally attest to, with no resultant deaths. I understand it is very addicting. It definitely contributed to my own mother’s early death. That point was driven home when one of myContinue reading “Tobacco”
Friends
Today is Original Song Monday and my offering this week is a song I wrote when I was in the band Bad Intent. The year was 1990. We were a tight little band playing mostly covers and the first song I was able to propose and have all the guys buy-in was this song Friends.Continue reading “Friends”
Karaoke
I LOVE karaoke. Anyone can sing because everybody can sing. Except Karen. I love this woman, worship the very ground she walks on, but she couldn’t sing if she could sing. That bad. Karaoke is fun, a good value requiring minimal marketing expense, and offers a good return if it is done right. There’s myContinue reading “Karaoke”
The Art of Selling
I am a great salesman. Up to a point. I just don’t have that one over-the-top-closing pitch to clinch a sale. I think there is a great divide between good salespeople and great sales closers. I know I sound like a bite from Glengarry Glen Ross (awesome movie) but its true. There is a placeContinue reading “The Art of Selling”
Coasters
You know, the little round things you are supposed to set your drinks on instead of the furniture. See, I never had to worry about watermarks or stains with my first apartment’s ensemble. You could put beers, hell, you could spill beers, drinks, food, you name it. It wouldn’t hurt the appearance or the functionalityContinue reading “Coasters”
Keeping Warm
When I first started posting my blog, I made a few mistakes. This was posted originally (mistakenly) on 2/28: I’m hot. No brag. Just fact. I’m one of those people who others want to cuddle up to in bed because I am better than an electric blanket. I am also one of the people thatContinue reading “Keeping Warm”
Junk Mail
Stop sending it to me. There, that should do it. Now that we are retired, that’s all we get. Now, Karen and I have been more than generous with our money when it comes to donations and charity. We have been active in several animal organizations and United Way. We also have charities we donateContinue reading “Junk Mail”
Cantina Lady
The title of this week’s original song I penned in 1976, it comes with a story (I’m a writer, of course it does). The scene is a little dive bar on Canal Street in Nogales, Mexico. The bartender was asleep when I entered through the shimmering red, white and green beads. There were three cracked-leatherContinue reading “Cantina Lady”
Take THAT Diabetes!
Today is a watershed moment in my climb back to normalcy as I prepare for my round of golf this morning. It is going to be sunny and 70 degrees here in Arizona and that does not suck. I will be attempting to play golf for the first time in about 2 years. My legContinue reading “Take THAT Diabetes!”
