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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” is definitely a first. Every…

  • 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, they are totally allowed to…

  • 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 head. Like a game of…

  • 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 marketing all about curating yourself…

  • Changing Habits

    My husband has noted that “you’re at your best when your hair’s on fire.” I don’t want to be that person, but I can’t deny that he’s got a point–when I’m forced to work at breakneck speed because of an externally imposed deadline, most of the time I not only get things done, but pull…

  • You Are Building Yourself From Scratch, With No Instructions

    Sometimes I piddle around on a horoscope site. Not because I firmly believe my fate is aligned with Jupiter and which house it’s currently in, but because sometimes the opening line makes me stop and think for a moment. This one caught me a few weeks ago, because it feels like I’ve been trying to…