Recent Entries

• 08/18/2013

  August 17, 2013

  I have a story in my head. A couple actually. I would love to write these stories but I'm scared that the transition from brain to paper would lose the life and fullness that I see in my imagination. I can picture the characters and the events that they are involved in, the world in…

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• Here I Am

  August 16, 2013

  It's been a very long time since I've written in Open Diary. It was once a daily thing with me and I've just neglected it. I have had a lot happen in my life since the last time I've written.I got laid off from Staples, where I had worked for 13 years. I really didn't…

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• The Other Night

  December 17, 2008

  We were driving through a neighborhood looking at Christmas lights. The road we're on ended in a cul-de-sac so we were turning around when Sage asked "What're we doin'?" I told her that the road was a dead end and that we had to turn around. She asked Sharon and I "Is this the end…

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• Funny Things

  December 4, 2008

  My wife said to me tonight, "I'd be a really nice person if I didn't want to kill everybody" Funny thing. Made me laugh.Now my daughter is watching Noggin and Oswald is walking around offering everybody some of his big bananna. It's not supposed to be dirty but it sounds like it is.Ah, the things...

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• Here I Am

  November 13, 2008

  So....I suppose it's time for on update on me. I haven't written since I visited my family in Iowa and that's been a few months. It was a nice visit. Every time I see my niece and nephews, they're so much bigger! We went on a flood damage tour while we were in town. Remember…

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• I’m in Iowa

  July 2, 2008

  Not that it's anything to brag about. The midwest is so boring unless you're into corn and tractors and livestock. "My God, that's a nice John Deere you got there. I love the green."Anyway, we've been here with my family for 3 days now visiting. My sister Autumn and her kids; Michael, Lee and Kay...

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• Takes Me Back

  June 23, 2008

  Tonight reminds me of my time living in Dubuque.It's the middle of the night, I'm working and I'm thinking about Sharon.Life's a cycle and I'm rolling right around.

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• So………….

  June 21, 2008

  I am drunk. I can't remember the last time that I was well and truly drunk. It's been awhile. Sharon, Sage and I went out to our friends house tonight for a cookout and I started drinking when I got there. I had probably a 12 pack of beer tonight. Sharon had a single wine…

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• About Last Night

  June 21, 2008

  I'm not a young person anymore. I joke a lot about how old I am, and then the joke keeps turning real. Yeah, I drank too much last night. I felt it this morning. And well into the afternoon. I can remember all too well the hangovers that I had when I was in my…

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