A friend wants to get started and write a blog, and so asked me for advice. I wrote a clear, straightforward version of my advice over on MidnightDBA.com. I think I'll annotate it here with additional thoughts.
About blogging
Category: Writing
You can’t do it wrong
I've been giving training and advice recently about Bullet Journaling, as it relates to mental health and professional development. One piece of advice: you can't do it wrong, so let that worry go. This is my personal blog, and I'm going to try the same advice here. I can't do this wrong, so let the… Continue reading You can’t do it wrong
Finance, budget, and retirement 201
These are the bare bones basics. If you do this stuff and nothing more, you’re likely SET. Dave Ramsey's 7 Baby Steps Dave Ramsey is a financial guru guy with a lot to say, but his baby steps cover most of what's essential: Save $1,000 for your starter emergency fund. Pay off all debt (except… Continue reading Finance, budget, and retirement 201
How to retire
The simple answer is to save money every month, with compounding interest, starting when you're very young. Save money every month You might have heard the phrase "pay yourself first". I wish I had paid attention to this from my very first job. I could have put back $100 every month, easily. Even when I… Continue reading How to retire
How to change a tire
It's really not that hard, if you have all the right parts. And if you make sure you're in a safe place, clear of traffic going by. And if you have a spare tire. Also, just so you know, you're going to get grimy. No matter how careful you are, your clothes will get grimy… Continue reading How to change a tire
How to listen to music
If you are in 1982, watch MTV on your living room cabinet television that's all wood exterior, with your big brother. Be enamored of cool and strange music videos, and slightly puzzled by the extra-sexy videos. You can also flip through the family record collection and listen to the stereo with the great big giant… Continue reading How to listen to music
From the mixed-up shelves of Ms. Jen P Frankweiler
I love-love-love bookstores. I can spend a significant amount of time in even a big-brand bookstore. But, give me a cool, twisty, old bookstore? I could LIVE there. I never voluntarily leave those bookstores; I always go because someone expects me to come back. On this last trip to Denver, we revisited a bookstore that… Continue reading From the mixed-up shelves of Ms. Jen P Frankweiler
“Conversations I could have had”, episode 1
Tell me a story, she said. Okay, he said, after a minute. One time I ate a person. You fucking what? Well not a whole person, but seriously. I mean, I guess you would say I ate people-meat. You're gonna have to tell the story a lot faster if you want me to stick around.… Continue reading “Conversations I could have had”, episode 1
The Trembling Surprise
by Eric McCown In a vampire city in japan they were all relaxing in their homes when the radio said an earthquacke is going to srike the city in ten minutes. Ten minutes came, an earthquacke that measured 8.10! Buldings collapsed, highways, pipes, and piplines are destroyed!!! Churches fell on the road. Clocks on clocktowers… Continue reading The Trembling Surprise
The Big Letdown (a microfiction)
The world has come to a cataclysmic end. The few survivors of the pandemic are very, very disappointed at the lack of zombies.
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