Fun Games I Learned From My Mother

There is this fun game I learned from my mom, a game she likes to play with everyone but most especially with her children. You’ve heard the phrase “everybody loves a winner,” right? This carries the opposite to a dangerous extreme. I like to call this game “Kick ‘em When They’re Down.” [...]

Begin . . . again

The new job starts today.  I have to leave in about an hour.  I think I was sick yesterday.  I still don’t feel quite myself today.  And I seemed to sweat all night.  I spent the last of my pennies last night on a pack of cigarettes and had to go to a meeting and [...]

Do you like this Sizemore?

Tom Sizemore has been sentenced to 16 months in state prison for violating his probation in a previous drug case.
California Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis said the 45-year-old actor “abused the privilege of probation” and “needs to be in a lockdown setting.” She recommended Sizemore be sent to the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San [...]

Goddamnit!

I’m a fuckin’ whiner!

Me Me MEME

I shudder at these things, but Junkie’s Wife has tagged me with a meme and out of respect, and guilt, I am finally getting around to complying with her request. I always think I’m an open book, that coming up with things that people don’t know will be difficult, but I guess there are [...]

Walking Through Pudding

Know what I mean? Not that I’m dragging my feet, though that’s true, too. I’ve had a tension headache for about 24 hours. Tylenol doesn’t touch it. I’m too poor to buy Aleve. I’m tired, in spite of the ‘wakefulness agent’ Provigil. And I have a new outbreak of [...]

Forgiveness

One of my closest friends is a young woman who is a survivor of incest. From a young age she was abused by both her father and her brother. For years she drank to numb the feelings of anger and worthlessness she felt as a result of the abuse she had survived. [...]

Into Action

I guess that admitting there’s a problem really is the place where change begins. I am happy to report that since my last entry about anything that’s actually going on with me, the messy bedroom/dirty laundry/no job/slacking on step work problem I’ve been harboring, I have

Done my laundry. All of it.
Substantially cleaned my [...]

Crime and Punishment

BOISE — A Boise man will serve 14 years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Tom Moss announced today.
Wow. Around here cases like this are usually picked up by the state. It must have been the quantity that got the fed interested. Either way, in a town with a [...]

Much Ado About Nothing

I’ve been writing pretty  serious stuff recently and in the interest of maintaining the balance that I profess to seek, and because I could just use a break from it, I’ve decided that today I’m just going to write about the minutia of my world.  That should be a relief to everyone lest you think [...]