Dear Lord,

Bump me, nudge me, push me, guide me, knock me sprawling headlong into the path of your will, because otherwise I probably won't get it.

You must love stupid people, Lord, because you sure made a lot of us.

Amen

I've been sad and exhausted and alienated from humanity lately, so I'm making this feeble stab at re-connecting.

To begin with, I have to apologize to every dear friend and positive acquaintance for neglecting you. I do think about you all and care what happens to you, but I'm like a kite with a broken string lately, and I'm looking around for the ( Read more... )

 
That is an intentionally off-putting title. Be warned, that is exactly what this blog is concerned with. Some people, like me, find this kind of thing entertaining. If you do not, don't bother with it. I won't be offended.

Somebody asked me recently if I was religious, and I told her, "No, but I am very spiritual." She was confused and asked me ( Read more... )

I filled out a silly survey on MySpace, and it took so much effort, I decided to have it bronzed.

Enjoy. I'd love to see what other people have to say about themselves in this context. Let me know if you did it too. I already know about you, Katie; you are where I got it. Thank you.

200. Your middle name:
GERTRUDE

199. You were born on:
DECEMBER 11, ( Read more... )

This is going to be a long one, so if you have anything else you have to do, or anywhere you need to go, better go take care of it now ( Read more... )

I just turned 53 on Monday, and I'm delighted about it. If one more person commiserates with me about my age, I am going to spit in their eye.

I LIKE getting older. I didn't like being a kid, and even when I grew up, every year older I am actually makes me better. I may have fewer brain cells, but dammit, I know how to work them now. The tool may ( Read more... )

I just learned yet another new thing about myself today.  Or maybe a series of new things.

I went to the gym to meet some people who, I thought, had agreed to meet me to walk around the indoor track there for a mile, which is about 9 laps. It’s possible that my signals were crossed somehow, or that something came up, and none of them had any way ( Read more... )

“The first player of this game starts with the ’6 weird things/habits about yourself’. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state these rules clearly. At the end you need to choose the 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says ‘You are tagged’ in their ( Read more... )

I have to apologize for the lack of quality of that last blog post. I think it started out as a good idea, but I wasn't up to it. It was a wee-hour decision I should have slept on.

To anybody who actually read it from beginning to end, email me privately and I'll send you a medal. Whoever you are, you're a mensch.

In the meantime, I have ( Read more... )

These were some thought-provoking questions sent to me as a bulletin on MySpace by a thoughtful friend; I decided to use them as the basis for a blog, as most of the answers I thought of went on too long for a bulletin.

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1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking ( Read more... )