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Writer's Block: Job search

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:05:56 GMT

Are you happy at your current job? Do you think there's such a thing as a dream job? What do you hope to be doing five or ten years from now? Are you working towards that goal?

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i'm hoping to get my own business started next year, that is one of my goals, along with getting my book published. yes, i am working toward these goals

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:22:51 GMT

i'm thinking about going to see a counselor. i've got a lot of issues i need to work out, specifically related to sex. it's not any of the usual problems you hear about with men(medically), it's other stuff. hopefully i can get things resolved

Writer's Block: Don't You Forget about Me

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:26:41 GMT

RIP John Hughes. In honor of the master of the teen movie, what is your favorite teen flick?

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breakfast club would be my favorite

Writer's Block: Get It to Go

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:02:59 GMT

What's your favorite thing to order for takeout (or takeaway)?

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i love to order chinese food for takeout!

Writer's Block: There Can Be Only One

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:46:51 GMT

Do you believe in monogamy?

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i do believe in it, but i often have fantasies of other women outside my relationship. it's all they are, are fantasies. i'd never act on it

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:28:56 GMT

well, looks like the neighborhood i live in is at it again. last night, i was sitting on the couch quietly reading a book after my son had gone to bed for the night. i heard a lot of screaming and yelling going on. i opened the blinds, and the window, and looked out to where the sound was coming from. i saw a lot of people running around, and heard a man and woman screaming at each other. i heard what i thought sounded like a gun shot, but i'm not certain if it was, i was almost a block away. i said to myself, i should really call the police. soon as i said that, i saw a cop car flying down my street, in the direction of the yelling, heard the car come to a skidding stop, and the cop got out, and ordered someone on the ground. i shook my head, and my girlfriend and i talked about later, and we both agreed we don't want our son growing up in this area, it's gotten too dangerous. sure, there are a lot of young kids on my block, and also a block away, but the block away is a bad neighborhood. there are also young kids there as well. it just sucks that this neighborhood has gotten the way it has. people are moving here from the city, and causing trouble here. i told my girlfriend what this town needs to do(at least temporarily) is institute martial law, and enforce the curfew. we have a curfew here, but it's never enforced, because the cops don't bother to enforce it. they do the bare minimum when it comes to serving the neighborhoods. heck, even parking enforcement is a joke in this town. i've complained bitterly about the firehouse near my home, they let people park on the sidewalk, and i've complained to parking enforcement numerous times, nothing ever gets done about that. it's time to start looking into buying a house, and get out of this neighborhood

life

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:17:14 GMT

i'm seriously considering moving away from where we live. i thought this town was going to be a nice place to live. the block i live on isn't all that bad, it's the neighborhood one block over that is horrible. drug dealing, gang fights, etc. we have a 6 month old baby. time to leave! the block i live on is supposed to be a historical area, but we have one house that id a dilapidated boarding house, with all kinds of weirdos who live there. but, there are some nice victorian homes and huge trees on my street. the whole town has gone to in the toilet. we have a lackluster city council, and a lame-duck mayor, and a downtown civic association who doesn't give a rat's ass about the town. we've had 2 major fires that have destroyed a lot of downtown, but nobody cares to do anything, they'd rather fight over stupid shit with city council, than getting anything done for the good of the town. i want to move to either northern virginia, or the carolinas, near the beaches, and teach my son everything i know about working on the water, and raise him in a better area. also, the school district sucks here.

Writer's Block: Words to Live By

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:00:30 GMT

What is your personal motto or favorite quotation?

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"it follows than as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious" from a letter written from george washington to marquis de laffayette november 15th, 1781

Writer's Block: Challenges I’ve Faced

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:43:27 GMT

What challenges in life have you conquered and emerged from a better person?

Writer's Block: Left Behind

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:32:11 GMT

What do you want done with your body after you die?

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i'm not really sure, i've never given it a lot of thought

Writer's Block: Eat, Drink, Be Merry

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:05:17 GMT

Thanksgiving is almost here in the U.S., heralding the start of the holiday season and the first of many meals where you might be confronted with a traditional dish that you happen to find disgusting. What holiday food do you hate to see on the table?

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i hate to see yams on the table, everything else i can deal with

shipwrecks

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:14:26 GMT

i think i'm going to start using this as more of a journal where i can write about shipwrecks. i used to have an on-line journal through AOL when i had AOL, called "the Captain's Log". my journal at the time, was read by people in the marine industry from as far away as the coast of georgia. so, i think i might try it again. the only problem is, i don't have a computer at home. i have to go to the library or burger king to get on-line. so, if i start this, it won't be for a while. but, i am starting to get the itch to write again, and i had a lot of fun doing the journal i had. it could be time consuming, at times. there were times where i'd spend at least 3-4 hours on just one posting, doing the research for it, and finding pictures to tell the story behind the posting.

Writer's Block: Live Music

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:36:06 GMT

my favorite kind of place to see live music, would be a nice jazz club. there used to be one in philadelphia, called "zanzibar blue". low-lighting, great food, and great jazz shows.

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:16:42 GMT

the last few days, i've been feeling a little like a failure, like i don't measure up to my girlfriend and our baby that is coming in 3 weeks. maybe it's just me, i dunno.

newspaper

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:13:17 GMT

i'm thinking about starting a newspaper, called "the daily docksider", for people at marinas and public ferry docks, and cruise ships

job

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:06:32 GMT

i'm thinking about starting my own business. i've had a dream about doing this, so now i want to pursue it. i started thinking about it while at my current job. i honestly don't get paid enough money where i work now, and it won't support a family. as many of you know here, my girlfriend and myself are expecting a baby next month. so, i need to get something going so i can support them.

smooth jazz

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:48:00 GMT

well, it looks like the city of philadelphia has once again lost the smooth jazz radio station. Greater Media, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to dump the station, in favor of pop music. they cite demographics. since when does Greater Media give a shit about listeners? philly is not the only city to lose a smooth jazz radio station under Greater Media's watch. Houston, Denver, D.C. and Baltimore all lost the smooth jazz radio stations. it really sucks for Baltimore and D.C., since there is a HUGE jazz festival there every june, it's one of the single largest jazz festivals in the country. tell me a lot of people WON'T be pissed off that they can't listen to a smooth jazz radio station upon arrival in the area. whenever i travel to another area, and have to stay in a hotel, one of the first things i do when i get in the room, is to try to dial into a smooth jazz radio station. i did it when i went to florida. so, now that WJJZ is off the air, i literally have no radio station to listen to, as living where i do, it's hard to get a lot of radio stations. most have too much static to make it worthwhile. so, i have to rely on my CD's, and try to get the smooth jazz magazine, so i can keep up with what's going on

summer

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:03:27 GMT

well, this summer i haven't done anything to really enjoy it. gas is costing so much, it used to cost me 25 to fill the tank, now it's more like 60!. so, i don't drive as much as i did last summer. i would love to get away for at least a couple days, mabye go to the beach, but i just can't afford it right now. i'm struggling financially. i've got a baby coming, and trying to find another place to live, and set aside money for "just in case". i have a side business i want to get up and running but i just don't have the money to do it. i'm also having knee surgery the 25th of this month. so, yeah, i won't be doing anything for a while

Coastal Ventures

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:43 GMT

i'm thinking about starting my own business on the side away from work. as a hobby, i research shipwrecks. i'm thinking of taking it a step further, and do research for other people. i'm thinking, the initial consultation would be free. this is where i sit down with you, and see what you have so far, then take that information, and research it further for you. any research i would do beyond the initial consultation, is $35 dollars an hour. if i have to go physically find the wreck, then the cost is substantially more, due to having to rent a boat, and pay a crew to go out with me. if there's anyone who is interested in helping me with this venture, please feel free to contact me. if anyone wants to have research done, also feel free to contact me

ideas

Tue, 27 May 2008 19:41:42 GMT

i had an idea to start some kind of a newspaper, i'd call it "The Daily Docksider". it would have news about what ships are entering and leaving the ports, as well as any other ship-related news. i'm getting the urge to write again, am thinking about dusting off a story i started writing some time ago, it's a fictional crime drama.
in about a week and a half, i'll know what the sex of my baby will be! my girlfriend is about 18 and a half weeks pregnant!. we're going to do a couple scrapbook type things for the grandparents involved, it'll have some ultrasound pictures, and they would also have room for other photos. we think the baby might be a boy now, we had originally thought it was going to be a girl. we will know soon! i can't wait. i wanted to know, so we would know what to get for the baby, and how to decorate the baby's room. we're moving soon into a bigger place

baby

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:50:02 GMT

well, my girlfriend is now 16 weeks along. we had an ultrasound on the 13th(yesterday), and the ultrasound tech said she thinks the baby might be a boy, but it's a little too early to tell that. we still have 4 weeks to go before we'll know what the sex is!. we have names picked out for both a boy and a girl. not sure if we'll only have 1 child, or 2. we've talked about 2, but we need to get through this one first. we weren't planning this one, it just happened, so we're doing the best we can. she had some complications early on with this one, but she's ok now. we have excellent doctors around us, so we feel good!. lamaze class won't start for another couple months. the one for August is booked already, so we have to get signed up for September

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:05:53 GMT

well, girlfriend is now 15.5 weeks pregnant! we have a doctor's appointment this week, and another ultrasound next week. they told us by the 20th week, we should be able to tell the sex of the baby! we both want to know, so we know what to get for the baby, and how to decorate the baby's room, once we get a bigger place. right now, we live in a small studio. i'm also considering either getting a second job, or a whole new one that will pay more. i doubt i can support a family on what i make alone. we also have a dog who eats like a horse!

watching

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:20:11 GMT

this is going to sound a little weird, but, i'm thinking about asking one of my girlfriend's co-workers if i can watch her have sex with her boyfriend. i think she's hot, and it would turn me on to watch, nothing more, just watch. if they ask me to join in, that would be cool, but i'm not asking for anything more but to watch them

baby

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:06:05 GMT

i'm going to be a daddy! my girlfriend and i are expecting a baby October 23rd! i'm excited, anxious, nervous all rolled together