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Category: Random

  • Word Wednesday: Wankpuffin

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. WANKPUFFIN Supposed to be a word from a British dialect, a Wankpuffin is a word used to describe a self-absorbed jerk. I’ve heard “wanker,” and “wank-stain,” but “wankpuffin”…

  • PANIC!!!!

    But no disco. Over the summer, I had bone surgery on my foot. From previous large medical experience, I was totally ready for the random $100 bill here, $300 bill there. I was NOT expecting an $8000 bill. Which I received. Which, if you read the Surprise Billing Act carefully,…

  • A Boot to the Head

    It’s interesting when you want to do something, but the learning curve is not an easy climb, for whatever reason, you will find all manner of ways to work on stuff tangentially related, but not really THE THING. Then something comes out of left field, and nails you in the…

  • Don’t Let Someone Fall in Love With a Curated Version of Yourself

    How do you do that? Don’t we curate ourselves all the time, especially in public? How many of us do NOT have memories of actions, of posts, of prior thoughts or beliefs that we cringe over, despite the fact that we’ve changed and grown and become better over time? Isn’t…