Tag: dailyprompt
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Long Mortality vs. Long Immortality
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? In this body things slowly fall apart. As the years pass the little advantages of youth slip away. Man is mortal and our lives are meant to end. At least in this world. The promise of an immortal perfected body appeals to…
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The Choices We Make
What could you do differently? On a plane to Germany when I was 17 I was listening to a motivational speaker through the onboard headsets. He talked about being in traffic behind another car and the car had what will sound like a rather mundane bumper sticker. The sticker read, “I’d rather be golfing.” The…
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My Billboard Sign
If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say? I don’t care for billboards but I suppose if someone else is paying for it my sign would tell people to buy my art. It would need to have the correct marketing information on it to drive sales. Does anyone want to help me with…
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Overthinking
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? I spend a lot of time in my head. I recite and rehearse ideas that I just had and the ones I am trying to have. My executive planning is not great but that doesn’t stop me from catastrophizing about tomorrow or…
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Children are the Greatest Gift
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Without a doubt the greatest gifts I have ever been given are my four sons. I love my children because I can see so much of myself in them. Even the things that annoy me the most about my boys I totally own. I would like…
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College days
What colleges have you attended? I have attended Reed College in Portland Oregon. It’s sometimes called the Harvard of the West Coast. I was out of my league and got very depressed and failed out. I have also attended the University of Wisconsin on both the Rock County and Milwaukee campuses. If I’m not on…
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Playful Things
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? I do play in my life. Whether it’s creating art, or PC and mobile gaming, or just arguing with strangers online, I find ways to enjoy myself. It’s an odd question but a necessary one. It’s hard for me to imagine how someone…
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It’s Hard To Be Humble
What are your biggest challenges? “Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humbleWhen you’re perfect in every wayI can’t wait to look in the mirrorCause I get better lookin’ each dayTo know me is to love meI must be a hell of a manOh Lord, it’s hard to be humbleBut I’m doin’ the best that I…
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Remembering Dodge Street
What makes you feel nostalgic? The most nostalgia I have in my life is living on my own in the center of town on the edge of society. The house on Dodge Street was divided into three rental units and I had the one on the ground floor to the front. I was very free…
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Positive Relationships
What relationships have a positive impact on you? I have positive relationships with family, old friends, the brethren at church, and my former coworkers. I have something to learn from everyone, so any relationship can be a positive one. I don’t develop negative relationships and at this time not many people who negatively impact me…
Latter Day Sinner 