It's been a while since I've posted, but not since I've done any similar writing. That statement makes sense through the lens of Storyworth, a kind of project that will take most of this year to complete. You can learn more about Storyworth HERE. This was part of a Christmas gift from my youngest daughter, and I have to confess, I am enjoying it. The premise is this:
- Family members ask a weekly question
- I write a response
- At the end of the year the whole thing is turned into a book
My answers to these questions generally run in the 600-900 word range. Anyway, if you have someone in your life that enjoys writing, this makes a memorable gift...for both the writer and the people that get a copy of the book.
In other news:
- Eclipse/Rapture...I was not raptured on Monday. Hell, I didn't even get light-headed. Thankfully, no one else did either (the rapture part, that is). On a more serious note, maybe, just maybe, the idiots that spout this stuff should be publicly humiliated. That would make a great website...tracking the stupid stuff public figures predict that never come true.
- Earthquake...I was working from home on Tuesday when we had an earthquake. Details HERE. I didn't feel a thing. Ms. Rivers did, but then again I was in the work-zone, a not-so-magical place where I probably miss a lot of things happening around me.
- Florida...Ms. Rivers and I spent a few days in St. Augustine, Florida, a week or two ago. I enjoyed having time off in a warmer place, and going to Buc-ees is always a blast. The place is definitely a bucket-list kind of thing, which sounds like an almost comically American stereotype (think "I aspire one day to visit the world's largest gas station"). Also on the docket was a trip to the self-identified Fountain of Youth. I did drink water from the actual fountain, but I don't think that is going to stop my 60th birthday from coming in a few weeks. As for the fountain water, the taste could best be described as being liquid scrambled eggs. Finally on the Florida side of things, you can mark that as being one of the places I have no plans to ever live in, now or in retirement. The winter weather is nice, but the one advantage we have up north is the exhilaration felt when Spring finally arrives. It's as close to a legal high as I have ever experienced.
- Scranton Times Death Spiral...The Scranton Times, a local newspaper, shut down reader comments a few days ago. There was no article written about the change, just an email sent to those who partook of the seeming privilege. I did, with some regularity, comment on articles, but only under my own name. That was a rarity for the comments section, which was dominated by anonymous dog whistling keyboard komandos, spewing not-so-subtle racism and sports team politics. Not the best presentation of Northeastern Pennsylvania residents, but then again this is what you get when you don't hold folks accountable for what they write. A better solution would have been to require anyone commenting on an article to actually post using their real name. This would make sense if the function was killed for reasons of common decency, but then again the actual reason was far more cost-cutting than anything else. Yet another victim of the Scranton Times sale.
More to come.
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