March 2009
1 post
Joe is Unemployed →
Never has unemployment been so entertaining. Watch as Joe takes you on a daily tour of his life outside of the American work force.
Wouldn’t it be great if the blog alone could get him a job?
February 2009
1 post
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The song game
A friend of mine turned me on to this game. Turn on your mp3. Take a line from the first 10 songs, any line will do. Now put them together so it makes sense.
Here’s what I’ve got right now. Titles and artists follow, so I’m not accused of plagiarism.
Forgive, sounds good
But something happened for the very first time with you
I dream at night I can only see your face
Well you...
January 2009
5 posts
It's good to know humanity still exists →
It’s been a trend for quite some time to turn on the news and hear stories of how horrible people can be towards each other. Especially these days, the desperation of the current economic crisis is driving people to acts of incredible cruelty.
So that’s why it’s nice to open my Yahoo! News page and see a story like this one about a group of employees at a small pancake house....
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Modern inconveniences
I am a big fan of modern appliances. Granted I don’t have a microwave, but I shudder at the thought of making a butter cream icing without my trusty mixer. I love my vaccuum cleaner, too. I know this makes me sound like some sort of domestic twit, but I do have a point.
Said point is this; the conveniences of modern day living are only such to those using them. My cell phone is a must. I...
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Garfield minus Garfield →
For those of you who have always wondered what life looks like from the point of view of a middle-aged man living alone.
What difference do I make?
Tonight I sat beside a 72 year old man and talked to him. I listened to him cry out his frustration and humiliation at being “locked away” in a nursing home because he can no longer care for himself. A man suffering from Alzheimer’s, but still cognizant enough to remember soiling himself the night before, I assured him that his incontinence does not repulse me. I offered my...
A new year begins
I rang in the new year sitting alone it a dirty train car. The windows were filled with the light of fireworks and the solitude allowed me to enjoy the ride completely. I don’t think I’ve ever watched fireworks alone before. I liked it.
I have a few basic goals for the new year. I want to learn Spanish, or at least manage to read La sombra del viento (The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos...
December 2008
7 posts
Growing up
It’s not easy making the transition from childhood to adulthood. Thus the turbulent teen years. For some it’s harder than others.
I’ve reached the point in my life where I’m grown up enough to want to take some friends by the shoulders and scream: Stop being such a melodramatic child. You are no longer 13 years old. AAAH!
Have you ever felt like that? I mean, by the time...
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“Just because it is, doesn’t mean it should be.”
– Australia
Preparations
The new year is a few days away, and I’m getting ready. Not for parties or fireworks, but for two long evenings of work.
You should always feel challenged by your job, and I do. Most of the time. But there’s something depressing about working in a nursing home. Especially when the residents are just in the early stages of Alzheimer’s or dementia. You know, the point in the...
This came up on a very random and very pleasing...
“Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no...”
– Oscar Wilde
A New Year
With every new year comes a list of resolutions. If you’re anything like me, these last a week tops and then come crashing down. This year I’ve decided to come up with some New Year’s solutions instead.
Stay tuned, and feel free to add your own resolutions, solutions, questions and comments.
Happy new year!
Cait