in the realm of the fictionman

I've Never...

Something earlier got me thinking about different things I've never done. Here are some of them:

• I've never had a reserved parking spot.


• I've never been recognized in public.


• I've never been to a party where the cops showed up.


• I've never had neighbors complain about me being loud.


• I've never been to the kind of party where the hosts keep everybody's keys.


• I've never known the kind of people for me to host such a party.


• I've never woken up in an unknown place after drinking.


• I've never owned a new car.


• I've never ordered food at a restaurant without considering the price.


• I've never ordered the most expensive thing on the menu.


• I've never submitted anything to a contest.


• I've never spoken in front of an audience with a microphone.


• I've never attended any kind of political rally.


• I've never been on TV.


• I've never called a radio station.


• I've never taken music or singing lessons (other than grade school chorus class, which doesn't count).


• I've never been Employee of the Month or been recognized on a company bulletin board.


• I've never pulled over to help a stranded motorist.


• I've never worked for an annual salary.


• I've never attended a local government meeting.


• I've never been in anyone's wedding party (obviously my own doesn't count).


• I've never smoked a cigarette or done drugs.


• I've never committed an act of public vandalism.


• I've never been on a cruise.


• I've never left the continent.


• I've never gone on vacation by myself.


• I've never had a professional massage.


• I've never intentionally done something embarassing in public.


• I've never sang karaoke


• I've never been called to provide a job reference for someone else.


• I've never worked in a managerial capacity.


• I've never had a song dedicated to me on the radio.


• I've never hitchhiked.


• I've never snuck into a movie without paying.


• I've never had to wear a tie every day.


• I've never had my stomach pumped.


• I've never been to a Halloween costume party.


• I've never invited neighbors to a party.


• I've never been to the opera.


• I've never sky dived or bungee jumped.


• I've never flown an aircraft.


• I've never ridden in a limosine.

A Little Here, A Little There...

Another stint of non-posting. It hasn't been intentional. I can't promise it's over. Lack of time and a bit of a low-energy time. It seems like--no, I do spend more time deleting spam comments than I do posting. Quite a bit more time. But I'll have a point where I've got five minutes. Rarely enough to post anything, but enough time to delete spam. At least it doesn't take long to do.

And then I'll have something I want to post, and by the time I get the chance to it just doesn't seem relevant. Amy and the kids are excited to see me by the time I get home from work. I'm not the type to just ignore them for 15 minutes or more to get a post up. Oh, and in a few months the domain name is up for renewal.

I did just go through and update the template a bit. Fixed a broken link. Deleted the "tip jar" since it won't work right. Paypal won't let two accounts have the same checking account. It's not something I need anyway. I also replaced the old picture of Jareth on the sidebar with a current picture of Jareth and Kayla together. Hey I had a little time while the kids are playing, Amy's researching new car seats for once we can afford the new one we need badly, and we haven't started working for the day yet. But it's lunch time already, so I guess I'll probably take care of that next...