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The Oubliette
“Oubliette” is a French term, derived from “to forget”, and is a bottle-dungeon, in medieval architecture terms. A tiny space accessible only through a roof hatch, it was, perhaps, the most unpleasant of dungeons. My brain has a kind of Oubliette. At first, they were just downward spirals–I’d touch bottom, maybe hang out a little…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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IWSG February 2025
I got past the holidays, the birthdays, the election. I finally finished the flooring in the kitchen. There were the snows that had to be shoveled RIGHT NOW because my driveway is such that if I don’t keep up with each snow dump, I’ll have a sizable glacier to deal with in mid-May. “Once I…
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Overcoming Addictions
A few years ago, I had a rough time, mentally. I’ve had more than one episode, actually. Somehow I got addicted to YouTube. True Crime, Comedy and History documentaries are my go to’s. Every once in a while, a reaction/opinion creator; a movie that’s free with ads. At the time, it was an excellent way…
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