Two of my closer LJ amigos marimbadog and warmheartcold gave me ying-yang words for the "One World Challenge" in the form of "Open" and "Close". Originally I was going to combine these two words for one entry abut then -- duh -- I realized that two words kinda flies in the face of it being a one word challenge.

Instead I am taking the liberty of using "Close" as a ( Read more... )

My wife Kelly was digging through old boxes and came across a Memorex 90 minute cassette mix titled "Goofy... Silly... Sappy, Volume II". We still have a cassette deck on one stereo in our house and another that is in the Grand Caravan (one of the only things I still like about the Dodge, thanks). She put it on the other day and listened all the ( Read more... )

I don't know why so much of my fictional writing or short pieces seem to go back to youth but I guess that inner awkward teenage kid still has an echo chamber somewhere inside my 30-something self. This one has a rhythm to it that I like. Not my best work but good enough to post. Enjoy...

( ...But You Never Said It Back )

Subject title is the title of the annual Valentine's Day mix CD (used to be cassette!) I make for Kelly. It's playful and it ties to two versions of the same song found on the mix: Kelly Clarkson's "I Do No Hook Up" (Kelly has a pop side, as do I) and a cover of it, stripped down to just acoustic and a totally different vocal by Brian Fallon of The ( Read more... )

I'm taking a brief break from the "7 Deadly Sins" meme and doing an actual entry. I'll get to Day 3 either later today or tomorrow ( Read more... )

A new LJ friend through_it is doing a very cool meme I have not encountered or done before so it seems very ripe for stealing/doing too ( Read more... )

Today's entry and challenge is the last in the backlog of words I have so, as a refresher, here is the concept of the "One Word Challenge ( Read more... )

There's a few dilemmas that come with the word "Shine".

First, this is the last word I have in the backlog of words for this project/meme, so when this one is done I am counting on YOU to give me a new word so I can keep going. The concept doesn't work if I just pluck some word at random out of the dictionary ( Read more... )

I had the day off from work as a "comp" day for working the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Since it fell in the middle of the week and since I just had my half-birthday (hee hee) I decided to take the day and see how much fun I could have with it ( Read more... )

Today's word, "Gardenia", is brought to you (and to me) by one of my Facebook friends who has known me since kindergarten (minus the years/age 6 through 10, as my family moved around the country, only to return to the same elementary school/city when I was in 5th grade). Ya know the people you grow up with and that all the way through youth you ( Read more... )