I have been in the television advertising industry for nearly 22 years. I have been a data entry clerk and a VP of Operations. I have supe...

Bankruptcy is a strange process. Within a week after filing, txrad and I began to get junk mail for all sorts of things including new car lo...

Today was the dreaded Meeting of the Creditors in the bankruptcy process. I didn't think I'd be the least bit nervous but this morn...

1. Find a new game, like Zuma Blitz. Guaranteed to waste hours. 2. Exercise your creativity by creating a new blog header, even though yo...

After meeting with my bankruptcy lawyer the week before Thanksgiving it was decided that our filing date would be Thursday, December 2. The...

If my life was a book, it would have many chapters. Most of them are short. The current one is long and rather boring, but things are abou...

Let me tell you a simple fact: I don't deal with limbo very well. I feel as if my life has been in limbo for several years. I've ...

I'm not sure I could document everything I did around the house this weekend but I'll try. Saturday: Gathered up some books, VHS ta...

[ Edited completely rewritten for clarity and to make it less "cryptic."] On of my blog pals/Facebook friends has been dealing wi...

This is not an April Fool's joke. However, it does only apply to our household, not the nation as a whole. Today marks 31 days (last ti...

I'm having one of those days. Maybe 3 weeks of broken facial bone issues and liquid diets is hitting my limit of tolerance. Maybe it...

Being home from the hospital less than 48 hours after having facial surgery involving two incisions, two titanium plates, and two or more sc...

Hope you had a great St. Patrick's Day. Mine was certainly unique. Last night while having dinner (thankfully I was nearly finished), I...

This has been a strange month. Two weeks ago today was the first day of a long recovery after my fall the previous night. My face looks mu...

Monday night marked the one-week anniversary of my Great Tumble. I decided to celebrate by watching a 30-year-old film I first saw when I w...

First, let me be clear about one thing. I am not the kind of person who will use my personal experiences with alcohol as an excuse to get o...

I guess I won't be going to the Lone Star Curling Club on Sunday after all. The last thing I need right now is to fall on my face again...

I seriously need to do some cleaning around here. Lots of books need to be donated, particularly the books on film production and screenpla...

I was thinking about life today and probably wasn't in a very good frame of mind while ding so since it was during work hours. But I de...

I've only smoked 3 cigarettes since 8:30 this morning, and I went over 5 hours today without one at all. If I can do that much, I can d...