Stuff I don’t know what to call
This year has been rough. But I’ve mentioned that several times before. Even I’m getting tired of hearing about the 1-2 punches this year has thrown at me. It’s time to move on despite the fact there are still three more months with more tests coming my way I’m sure. Let’s not talk about that right now. I don’t want to appear ungrateful so this post is all about the good stuff 2016 has thrown my way. There’s been plenty. Continue reading
You have probably noticed those annoying “see how many people” posts on Facebook. The posts are threats and if you don’t respond the person posting the threat will eliminate you from his or her friend list. The idea is if you don’t read and respond that person will unfriend you to clean up his or her friend list because it’s a nuisance to have too many friends I guess. I usually read and don’t respond because I want to see if the person is stating a sincere threat or just getting attention. So far, to the best of my knowledge, I have not lost one friend by not responding. Continue reading
She annoyed me. Something about her just annoyed me and I’m not sure what or why. But she knew how to bring out the pettiness in me and I have no explanation about it. Let’s call her Allison and no, that is not her real name. We’ll call her Allison and I haven’t seen or spoken to her for 13 years. I met her when I worked in a mail room in a Salt Lake office. We started about the same time. She was young, newly married, and oh, so annoying. For 13 years though I’ve wondered why. What made her so annoying to me? More important, what is the essence of likeability and is it something that we are just born with or can we learn skills to help us become fairly likeable. At least, make it so people don’t want to smack us around whenever we venture to speak. Continue reading
I did it! I actually achieved my New Year’s resolution again this year. Twelve temples visited – actually 14.
Facebook tells me this is the end of Suicide Prevention month. I’ve been so busy promoting Blood Cancer Awareness month on Facebook I almost wasn’t aware. Thankfully, that’s what social media is for. Here are a few jumbled thoughts regarding that other cause.
We were talking. The three of us. Actually, true to form, the two of them were talking and I half listened and half zoned out. That’s what happens when there are more than two to a conversation – I tune out and become bored. Somehow though, the conversation shifted to me.
I’ve been sitting on this topic for awhile. To be honest, I am reluctant to share. But perhaps there is someone out there who can use this. I sure hope that’s the case because I’m about to divulge some hidden part of me. The darkness that has surfaced occasionally. That forbidden thought of what if. What if I did the unthinkable? What if I purposefully traded in the great gift of life and gave it all up? I’m going to share a few thoughts about that taboo topic of suicide.
[spoiler alert] More than 20 years later and what have we learned people? The same lesson we learned in the very first movie: there is a very good reason the time of the dinosaur ended before people came onto the scene. The two species do not and should not comingle because we can’t play nice together.
Seeing nothing but cloudy skies?
As you know, I live in Wyoming. As you also know, I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am proud to be a LDS Wyomingite. So I had to go see The Cokeville Miracle the first day it opened.
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