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Feb.28.2013
My co-worker is warping under the job's pressure. It's painful to witness. I keep reassuring him that he's doing great, that he needs to relax some and let go.
He knows that on the intellectual level. Accepting it emotionally is challenging. Letting go of these matters...
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Dec.15.2012
You know, even when I'm not typing or scribbling, I'm writing. Often I write in my head about the actual story, but I also just think out different issues. I consider that writing. I've been thinking about character identity the last several days.
See, I knew who the character was...
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Dec.11.2012
Yesterday, I was standing in a long line of people when directly behind me I hear, “Oh my gawd!! You are HUGE!”
I turned around, tilted my head downward to where the vertically challenged, twenty-something male was standing and said, “Why yes, Gollum, I can see why you’d think so.”
Apparently,...
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Jul.19.2012
In a last rant - for this hour at least - my third morning meeting has ended and now I will actually turn to work on my employment 'to-do' list - I will rant about mirrors and photographs.
Just saw a new photo of me, taken two weeks ago.
I was speechless. It was not the beauty shining bright...
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Jun.14.2012
Speaking from experience it is hard for a parent to understand just how fast their children specially daughters grow up these days, more than that with all the pressure children and teens have on them from school, TV and the internet it is even harder for a parent to understand just what their...
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Jun.06.2012
A favorite of my wife is a makeover show called "What Not To Wear".
I watch it with her. While it's about fashion and clothing and how you're presenting yourself, it's often also about the psychology of what and why you're choosing your clothing, what you think you're saying about what yourself and...
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Mar.31.2012
Whenever I hear someone say this, I have to translate the phrase into the intended meaning behind it. The more accurate meaning is a longer, more awkward sentence that goes something like this:
"I'm disappointed my body no longer looks and functions as perfectly as it once did."
Which makes me...
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Mar.23.2012
I met with my writer's social group last night. Only one other could make it so there was just the two of us, Becky and me.
I had decided to try a new place this social so we met at "The Playwright." I had two pints of Guinness and she drank Merlot. I also had an excellent hamburger, covered...
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Mar.07.2012
I write and sell books but my mojo goes up just as much when I sell a book with a thirty-cent royalty as it does for one with several dollars. Same thing with the "likes" on facebook or my blogs. Thanks guys! It makes me feel strong when people give me a vote of confidence. Isn't that why we fix...
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Jul.14.2011
By ANASTASIA ASHMAN
On my first serious expat stint, Southeast Asia in the ‘90s, I achieved a state of photographic oblivion.
When I set out from Los Angeles I was already solidly unemployed, unproductive, and unmotivated. I had a capricious romance to see me through.
In Asia, life losses piled up...
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