Daily Writing Prompt 12.23.2025

Daily writing prompt Share what you know about the year you were born. View all responses The one thing I know for sure about the year I was born is that my birthday, November 7th, 1972, was the day that Richard Nixon was elected for his second term as President of the United States of America in an absolute landslide. The only President who has done better in modern times was Ronald Reagan in 1984 (which happened the day before my…

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FOMO?

Image credit: AI-generated image created by the author using a personal reference photo. I've been thinking a lot lately about starting up a new Facebook account. I deactivated my Facebook and Instagram accounts over two years ago. I did so for several reasons, most of them revolving around my mental health (i.e. if I wanted to stay sane I didn't need to see the shit I was seeing on Facebook, particularly things involving my family).

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“This is my life now”

I know I've been talking a lot recently here on ye olde blogge about my continued path toward recovery from my surgery last year. Part of that is because I'm frankly happy about the fact that I'm starting to feel like my old self again, but a bigger part of it is because I'm struggling with the notion that for a very long time it seemed like feeling awful was just going to be my life now.

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All caught up

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What’s the oldest thing you’re wearing today?

Daily writing prompt What's the oldest things you're wearing today? View all responses That would have to be the Aloha Shirt I'm currently wearing. I don't know how old it is, but it was a hand me down gift from my Mother. Now the oldest piece of clothing I own just so happens to be an Aloha shirt as well. My Mother actually made it for my Father when they were living in Hawaii back in the 60's, and now it belongs to me. I…

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What is your favorite restaurant? The first answer that comes to mind is the now-closed GLC Café in the Atlanta Peachtree Center food court. They had the best felafel wrap I have ever had and I would eat there several times whenever I was in town for Dragon Con. Unfortunately it closed during the Pandemic and to say that fact bums me out would be a serious understatement.

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What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? Quiet times. Cheese. Reconciling my bank accounts every morning. Feeding squirrels. Sleep.

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Putting it all out there

Sometimes I wonder about the net benefit of keeping this blog alive. There is a lot of history here, and for the most part it is a pretty accurate representation of the major events of my life over the last 25 years. But do I really want all of that out there for the world to see? This came to mind recently when someone we know casually googled my name, found my blog, and decided to use what they learned through that discovery to initiate an…

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