Category Archives: doing it wrong

I Have Never Eaten A Buffalo Wing

I had lunch at a place outside my normal circle and walked by this building. I feel like I’ve never seen it before. Remember the fraudulent charge I found on my credit card last week? The one I found when … Continue reading

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The Miracle Dress

I can’t remember if I ever wrote about this before. This is the magic dress. I wish I could take a better picture but you get the idea. This dress is at least 10 years old but it still looks … Continue reading

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Witless White

First visit to Southpark in almost 2 months. Our server said, “Can I bring you a glass of rioja?” They remember us. I did an office supply order this morning at work. One of the things I wanted to buy … Continue reading

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Delicious Food

Holiday card on the side of the road. It says, “I was going to get you a dirt bike, it wouldn’t fit in the card – Larf” I’m thinking the same thing you’re thinking, “Larf?” but that’s what it looks … Continue reading

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Breakfast with Benefits

There was a little misunderstanding about the oatmeal situation at the house. I thought we were out and bought three more boxes when we still had 2 boxes in the cupboard. Then Bob went to Costco and bought a giant … Continue reading

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The Ten Chins of NW Portland

Bob and I went to see William Gibson at Powell’s this week. We’ve been to lots of popular readings here so we know the drill. We get there at least an hour early and take turns browsing while one of … Continue reading

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Wonderin’ If I’ll Sleep

What was going on last night? I woke up at 1am, completely wide awake. I flopped around a little bit. Bob was too asleep to be entertaining. I was so hopelessly awake I finally got up and fiddled on the … Continue reading

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Out of Key With Your Sky

Portlandia Earlier this week I had a lunch date. I locked the office on my way out and noticed that my keychain looked weird. It seemed smaller. I kept looking at it trying to figure out what bauble had fallen … Continue reading

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Late Night

Bald Hills Road, Northern California. When I did my stats I neglected to mention that I stopped submitting after August because I decided to self-publish a bunch of my short stories. That’s a work in progress. I expect to have … Continue reading

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Statistics

Orleans bridge I was going to write about this yesterday but then I got distracted and went off-topic. These are my writing statistics. I had 22 submissions. I sold one story. Two reprints. And the anthology for the story I … Continue reading

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