Archive for November, 2006
So, I Cheated
What, it’s been like a week and I’ve already botched my own plan. I don’t want to justify my spending … but I think I’ve come up with some great excuses. I’ve deemed each of these purchases necessary. Take a look: $8: Stamps, cause not paying bills for a month would be a bad idea [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2006 under life.
Comments: 3
Enlighten me?
It’s always interesting to me which of my stories generate the most traffic. As I’m sure it is with most jobs, sometimes work that I’d call brilliant will just sit there while other projects that are just initially blips on the radar screen will generate enormous response. So it was with this, which more than [...]
Posted: November 9th, 2006 under web, work.
Comments: none
Five days and counting
Thanks for all the great feedback on this new experiment of mine. (Check the previous post for details. Basically, it’s an attempt to shop for only real, true essentials for a month. Food, minimal gas, medicine, cat food and toilet paper as of now.) So far, it’s been easy. Probably too easy. I haven’t felt [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2006 under life, world.
Comments: 1
One month shopping free
Thursday was my birthday. And on that day, and on a whim — for no reason I can comprehend, not yet, at least — I all at once decided that I won’t buy anything unnecessary for a month. Food, toilet paper and medicine make the cut. Anything else I think I need I’m not gonna [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2006 under life, world.
Comments: 8