I enjoyed every minute of these random services I paid for — I’m sure most of you have heard of Fiverr.com. It’s a site where you can hire freelancers for pretty much any type of gig you can think of. Many of you may even be Fiverr-ites offering your own services for hire. Years ago, I bought and paid for three separate…

Cynicism will filter into every nook and cranny in your life — This story is written mostly as a warning and partly because I need to vent. Recently, I was hacked via social media. Someone I know messaged me saying they needed votes in a contest. Before you assume I’m a total idiot, voting in contests is normal. I once competed in…

Pick an old tradition and keep it alive — Several months ago, I tested positive for Covid. While dwelling inside my painful Covid bubble it wasn’t easy to find anything to smile about, never mind get off the couch about. But there was one day when I opened my freezer door and found…. …a chocolate cream pie I’d forgotten…

And then she showed up knocking! — Sometimes you just can’t make up stories as epic as real life dishes out. This one — and several others like it — happened back in my heydays of travel blogging. …

If not, your principles are pretty weak — A former friend of mine popped into my thoughts the other day. We weren’t BFFs by any stretch but we were definitely active, daily friends in real life and online. We supported each others’ endeavors pretty hardcore. Several years after we kicked our friendship to the curb I still find…

And guess what? They did it! — I’ve spent the past few days reading through ALL of my past newsletters in one of my Substack publications. Scrolling all the way back to July of 2020, I died laughing when I found one post where I actually asked my subscribers to do an illicit Google deed. …

They probably have no idea what you actually want from them — I subscribe to a particular newsletter that is sometimes infinitely helpful in pointing out the obvious. One of the biggest takeaways I’ve gotten from this newsletter is that people don’t actually know what you do, what you offer, or what you want from them. This could be for many reasons. …

Mine purposely acts pathetic to get what she wants — Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed that your dog never forgot what a sprinkler was after the first time they dove into one. For Dezi, it was the summer of 2021 in the middle of a heatwave that our city has never felt before. …

But I’m not phobic, I’m just indifferent — Agoraphobia covers a multitude of behavioral issues caused by anxiety, one of which is a fear of leaving your home. I don’t want to leave my home. I’m not afraid of anything, I’m just indifferent about what’s outside. Although I’m coming at this with a humorous vibe, I’m also a…