Monday Classes started at the local college. I'm taking six credits. Today was the first session of "Oral Communication for Managers." All of the other students are taking it as a requirment of a managemnt/marketing degree. I'm not going for a degree - just taking classes that appeal to me. I'm the oldest, besided the professor. I'm a good ten+ years older than all the other students. I'm OK with that - or at least I thought I was.... We had all the get-to-know-ya exercises. Two gi...

I'm electrical engineer. It's all I ever dreamed of doing. Unfortunately I'm currently working as a packaging engineer. It sucks. Boooring...boooring. As a result I don't do my job. As a result I don't get good performance reviews. As a result they won't let me have an electrical engineering job until I improve my performance. Change will require me to move on to a new company. Right now that's not going to happen. So that's my story. What's yours?

Does anyone believe they mean anything? Any dream interpretors out there? 1. Babies anyone? I dreamed that babies were being born out a big belly, but it wasn't attached to a person. No legs in the way. I had a list that told me what gender each one was. I checked the list as every one came out. They came out feet first and if the feet were crossed it was a girl, if they weren't crossed it was a boy. There was one on the list that just showed "uhhh...?" on the list, mea...

I haven't been around for a while - again! Life gets busy I guess then slows down and here I am again. Thanksgiving was good. I have lots to be thankful for. Christmas was good. I got exactly what I wanted. New Year's Eve was fun, or funny, or pathetic. I'm not sure which. While my husband slept through the ball drop I was partying it up with a couple of neighbors. Me, 35, Dave, 56, and Sylvia, 75. We ate, drank, played cards, ate, drank, played cards and then toasted in the...

You know - the kind of word that sticks in your head. But ones that aren't usually used in everyday conversation? I heard my husband's favorite word on the news last night. It's not very common so It really stuck out. Malfeasance . He loves malfeasance, nonfeasance , and misfeasance . I like nonfeasance best myself. My favorites are tabula rasa and the much more common macabre . What's your favorite word?

I remember being very young and being in a strange hotel room with my family. I was on the floor in a sleeping bag at night with my teddy bear (a Paddington Bear) and took its paw and rubbed myself. I assume that it was to comfort myself in a strange place. I felt that I was being bad for doing it. Later when I reached my teens I would sped a lot of time in the bathtub touching myself. I also did it some in my bedroom too, but was always uncomfortable because I didn't have a lock on th...

I went to Goodwill and Salvation today. I love looking at the stuff...ok..junk. Sure, some of it is junk but there's just as much good stuff. I bought a pair of jeans for 4 bucks. Like new jeans that weren't even worn at the knees or arse. Most times I don't find any shirts or blouses worth buying, but I love the jeans. Some even have the tags on them still. I also like to look for skirts. I love skirts. There’s nothing like the freedom a skirt offers. I got a pair of sandals- ...

In preparation for making Christmas gifts I asked a friend what her favorite color is. She said she doesn't have one. Not have a favorite color? I thought everyone had a favorite? Am I just being childish? Mine is yellow. What's yours?

I'm a melancholy person. In general I think of the world in very dark terms. There have been times that I feel like I just want to die and get it over with. I don't feel like that now, but sometimes I worry that something bad will happen and I'll be that sad again. A few years ago I took a bunch of pills and ended up getting my stomach pumped. Everyone thought it was a suicide attempt but it really wasn't. I just wanted to be numb. I didn't want to deal with my emotions. How about...

Tomorrow, at the college library, Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle will be reading from and discusing her memior. Unfortunately, this is the last week of classes and I have some major work to get done by Thrusday. Why in the world would they schedule this now? Just two more weeks and we'd be home free. So now I have to make the decision to go or not. It would probably my only chance to meet her - and I loved her book. She's an inspiration to me. A hero of sorts for what she ...

My husband has this theory about twist tie bags , so I thought I'd test it out here. So the next time you twist tie that bread bag CLOSED tell me whether you twist clockwise or counter-clockwise. When I get a few responses I'll know if he's right or not and then I'll share with you.

Here's the situation: (note: I really want to say this is a friend, but it's not it's me ) I have a family member who abused me for a long time while I was growing up. He was a juvenile (

There's been a lot of discussion around here about lying. In my view there have been some 'good' and some 'bad' discussion. Whatever. I guess this post comes out of these to some extent. This here is MY opinion. When I say 'you' I'm not talking specifically about YOU. No one has to agree with me on this and I'm not looking for an argument - just expressing myself. And nope, I'm not perfect, and yep, I'm probably a hypocrite. I've been known to lie to others and myself. Feel free to ...

I think I've shared before that I'm working towars a BA in English with the goal of teaching at a two-year college. I've only started taking classes at the local university this semester. I have three classes (9cr) so maybe I don't have enough experience yet to fully judge just how good this college is, but so far I'm highly disappointed. If there was another college within a reasonable driving area I’d check it out. The biggest think I’m learning is how NOT to teach a course! Here...