I surely don’t want to be known
only as the cranky one
who isn’t any fun
Continue readinghumor
Crunchy Leaf Season
Here we go, it’s that time of year
when I just can’t walk a straight line.
Let me say, the fault is not mine.
I’m not drunk, let me make that clear
it’s because crunchy leaves are here.
Continue readingNot Today
Reply All Drama
For Pete’s sake, please don’t do it!
Sure, you want to have your say
but trust me, there is a better way.
A one-on-one is a better bit
certainly not Reply All and submit.
Continue readingInstead
What a beautiful fall morning!
Instead of sitting looking at a computer screen all day
I wish I had a window.
Continue readingWriter’s Block
I have a bit of a block,
you see, going on right here.
Can’t get anything working, I fear.
Nothing seems to want to unlock
and not one thing is left in stock.
Continue readingAntipode
What do you think you would say
if you saw me digging away?
I tell you, if I could
trust me, I surely would,
dig, dig, dig for one whole day.
Continue readingThe Shy Sneeze
Stalking is now bad – unless we’re talking Facebook stalking
I grew up in a time when stalking and obsession were selling points for romantic plots. “Oh, look! He wore her down until she said yes. They were surely meant to be together.”
I now live in a time where even writing that sentence made my fingers cringe.
We have learned (hopefully) that stalking is not romantic. Overly obsessing on anything is not healthy. What were romance storylines are now creepy thriller plot lines.
So, to reiterate today’s stance: stalking is bad.
Continue readingHow to start a fight in 3…2…1…
Judging from the title of this post you are probably thinking this is the most unnecessariest of unnecessary posts. All you need to do is make a person angry. And I agree with you. In this time of easily offended people a how-to on angering folks may be similar to telling a short person they are, in fact, short. Trust me, a short gal knows she is short. In that spirit of useless advice, here is my sure-fire way of angering someone – anyone in fact.
Continue reading
ck's days 