My Newbie is Showing...Part 3 (Book) https://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/cheri55422 If you could undo ONE thing you did in the last year, what would it be and why? One Thing? Come on....lots of things....The ONE theme all relates to tragic job seeking mistakes. Top of the list of things to change is to do the Dislocated Workers program immediately after my boss died instead of waiting. Next I would have run unemployment out. Then I would have read the job ads very carefully so that I would not get passed...[Read Full Post] Thu, 19 Apr 2018 22:11:37 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/933116 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/933116 Consider for a moment that a church is not God, just the place where you go to visit with God for a moment in a manner that is comfortable for you. Consider for a moment that God moves faster than zero, and yes, He can be in all those places at one time and visit with you in your preferred manner. Consider for a moment that you donât know everything and what better place than a church to learn something that will get you to the end of your days in the best manne...[Read Full Post] Mon, 16 Apr 2018 08:04:17 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/932863 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/932863 "The Vermont bill raises the age for gun purchases to 21 and expands background checks for private gun sales. It also bans magazines of more than 10 rounds for long guns and 15 rounds for pistols as well as rapid-fire devices known as bump stocks." [Link: 'https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/in-gun-friendly-vermont-lawmakers-pass-firearm...'] Do you agree or disagree with the bill? Do you think it will make a difference?...[Read Full Post] Sat, 31 Mar 2018 09:24:25 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/931783 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/931783 Chiropractors should be your last choice, not the first choice. I found out the hard way. Now instead of dealing with a nasty form of cancer, I get to deal with it with a lot of pain. Knewtsen Chiropractic in Excelsior Minnesota is the worst. They hurt me, exacerbated a very serious medical condition and they made me pay for the pain they inflicted on me. Hate them. While you are well, go get a baseline full body medical work up, full blood and systems che...[Read Full Post] Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:39:42 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/930839 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/930839 My car is possessed. I was sent on a mission to buy food. So I get to the place and decide to take two minutes to see if I am close to the address. Patting myself on the back for finding my way out of a paper bag, i get out of the car and Hell's Bells, lights flashing, horn honking, dashboard going nuts. I tried to start it but it refused. And the ermergency blinkers were just a pain in the patootie, where are those things when you don't need them? Anyway,...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:15:55 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/929607 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/929607 Prompt: Mark Twain said, "To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." Do you agree or disagree? What do you think is the key to success? Boy, ain't it the truth. More people get ahead just because nobody told them it could not be done than any other thing. Once you are going, and things are working out, and the negative gus comes along, you have the confidence to tell them to go blow. ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:14:31 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/929372 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/929372 "Where have you been?"----- Make up a creative reason for being late to an important function. I had been working in the legal field for a while when I chance to meet Trudy, the perpetually late secretary for my boss. She was very creative. Dan, the office manager set up a chart and when she came in with an excuse for being late, he would put it on the chart. It became a game. "Trudy, you used that one yesterda...[Read Full Post] Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:58:43 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/928611 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/928611 There comes a time when every life goes off-course. In this desperate moment, you must choose your direction. Will you fight to stay on path? Will others tell you who you are? Or will you label yourself? Will you be haunted by your choice? We are all given an inner voice that will lead, guide, protect, rejoice, cry, all those things for you. Whenever I am knocked off my path, I know it is because I was running down the wrong path without care or concern...[Read Full Post] Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:58:33 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/926794 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/926794 Motivational Monday! Musician David Bowie, born on this day in 1947, once said "All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it." How true (or false) is this about your own writing? What's more important: pleasing yourself, or your audience? WHAT A CROCK! All entertainment is based on pleasing yourself. The success of your talent is pleasing an audience. ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:23:48 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/926707 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/926707 Woohoo, it's the first Saturday of the new year. What cartoons as a child did you watch on Saturday morning? Do you ever get tempted to watch cartoons now? I love this prompt. I will say that the today's cartoons stink. I love the cartoons from the 60s. I can't think of one that I don't like. But my favorite by far is Droopy -- anything with Droopy. You remember that dog that says "That makes me mad" then takes the villain by ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 06 Jan 2018 18:37:54 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/926522 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/926522