Posted on January 29, 2008 by mindmix
…or in tonight’s scenario, Minding the Paycheck.
My paycheck is, at the moment, the store. Not the bricks-and-mortar store known to many in business, because I don’t own the store, the business. I’m talking about the store of my family’s refrigerator and kitchen cabinets, the roof over our heads, the bills we pay monthly, and our ability [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2008 by mindmix
I’m trying to, really, I am.
I’ve looked up my First Amendment rights (U.S. Constitution, for those of you outside the U.S. of A.), and find that there is room for that wonderful thing in law called “interpretation”. While I’m happy to entertain my weekend plans as being within the contexts of my rights as a [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2008 by mindmix
Some memories take us back in time to thoughts of loved ones, fun times, the good ol’ days, the bad ol’ days, successes, and near misses. They can bring up all sorts of dormant emotions, and we may or may not want to revisit them. Normally, we have a choice about making that trip down [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2008 by mindmix
I mix up my words a lot. I don’t have visual dyslexia, so maybe I have verbal dyslexia. I also think I have telephone-dialing dyslexia.
I’m not patient enough to create an address book in the three phones I use on a daily basis (home phone, cell phone, work phone). I still (amazingly) know some phone numbers by heart [...]
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Posted on January 13, 2008 by mindmix
Normally, I plan on needing my mind in good working order on a daily basis. Not so much, today. A truly lazy Sunday. How cool is that?
I read a book (okay not all of it), cleaned the house just enough to have visitors and hope they wouldn’t notice how feable my attempt was, watched TV, [...]
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