Reflections
Editing Isn’t Enough to Satisfy Me
I’ve been doing a lot of editing for clients recently, but very little writing from scratch and no extreme makeovers, so I’m getting a little bored. The editing has been minor, so it doesn’t stretch me much. I’m looking forward to finding something I can really sink my teeth into… I’ve finished editing the second…
Read MoreThe Positive Side of Genetic Memory
Genetic Memory defined (source: wikipedia): ” In psychology, genetic memory is a memory present at birth that exists in the absence of sensory experience, and is incorporated into the genome over long spans of time. It is based on the idea that common experiences of a species become incorporated into its genetic code, not by a Lamarckian process that encodes specific memories but by a much…
Read MoreP.S. This DeForest Kelley Question Happened on JEOPARDY!
https://www.facebook.com/dwayne.takeda/videos/10159541377133647/ This DeForest Kelley question happened on JEOPARDY! yesterday. What a heartbreaker! Obviously I’m not selling enough DeForest Kelley books!! It makes me sooooo sad, to see knowledgeable people missing a question like this. Who do you know who hasn’t discovered DeForest Kelley yet? Do they read memoirs? If so,…
Read More“Making Money on Memories of DeForest Kelley”
I love it. Two people who are (admittedly) jealous of my 30-plus year association with Carolyn and DeForest Kelley have criticized me for making money on my memories of them. Just two. (The others who have read my Kelley books have thanked me profusely for writing them. They are the people I wrote them for.…
Read MoreSlowly But Surely I’m Losing Weight
Five months of pickle ball three days a week and at least a month of wally ball one day a week for two hours each time is causing me to shape-shift in a positive direction. I’m just ounces away from weighing as little as I’ve weighed in twenty years, and I’m extremely excited about that.…
Read MoreSpring Cleaning Done Sprung Me!
Spring cleaning done “sprung” me in places I didn’t even know were parts of me! Between playing pickle ball since October three days a week for at least two hours every time and playing wally ball every weekend for two hours at a time for the past month, I figured I was pretty well-exercised…
Read MoreLousy at Self-Promotion
I’m lousy at self-promotion, which is weird because as a copywriter my job is to promote clients. I spend so much time promoting other people’s products or services that I forget to promote my own! That’s nuts! I’m like the auto mechanic who’s car doesn’t run. I know how to fix it,…
Read MoreChanging Banks is a PITA–Nerve-Wracking!
Changing banks is a nerve-wracking pain-in-the-arse process. In my case, it isn’t just a matter of closing accounts at one bank (Heritage), getting a cashier’s check, driving it over, and opening new accounts at the credit union (BECU). It’s a matter of informing numerous auto-deposit and auto-withdrawal entities of the switch and giving…
Read MoreYAY! Bernie is IN!
Bernie Sanders has entered the race to become the next President of the United States. HALLELUJAH!!! My world has turned around. I no longer feel depressed. I am fired up and ready to go! I no longer feel the despair I’ve felt since he bowed out last time. Although I voted for…
Read MoreSO SICK OF THE HATE
I am SO SICK of the HATE that is being openly-spewed, supported, and even celebrated these days. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/02/game-jesus-trump-hitler-kill-lgbtq-people-now-available-online/?utm_source=LGBTQ+Nation+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c40d051d75-20190217_LGBTQ_Weekly_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c4eab596bd-c40d051d75-430573761 How can something this VILE even be conceived, let alone coded and created? Called “Jesus Strikes Back” (a blasphemy of epic proportions, if ever there was one), game manufacturers have listed this as a…
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