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Friday’s Feast #180

Appetizer
Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim?
Wow, I can’t remember playing a practical joke on anyone for a long, long time. One of the most memorable ones I ever played was many years ago. My friend Jackie [...]

Seven Random Facts About Me
I was tagged a while back to participate in this meme by Katherine Reschke. Here are the rules:
1. Link to the blog of the person who tagged you.
2. Post these rules.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.
4. Tag seven folks to participate and include links to their sites.
5. [...]

Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part One)
Did you know that more and more companies are using Google and other online resources to conduct, in part, background checks on prospective employees? And stories of folks whose employment has been terminated as a result of online activities are plentiful. Today [...]

1. Snowdrops are best seen from afar.
2. I’m going to Fresno today.
3. “Late for the Sky” by Jackson Browne is a song whose lyrics have meaning to me.
4. Just one sip and I start to relax if it is a sip of my favorite kind of wine, white zinfandel.
5. Home [...]

My all-time favorite photo of us. Why? Because it is a candid shot, snapped by the photographer as we paused on the step of the church en route to the reception. I never could have imagined when I headed off to Chuck E. Cheese’s in late April 1985 that the above photo would [...]

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