Count how many times a person mentions a particular topic. Find the topic with the highest count and you’ve found their obsession. For some, an obsession will be a sport. They might be a bit zealous over hockey or hang gliding, baseball or bocce ball. For others, they might obsess over politics or public figures, …
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Gentle Spin Cycle
Some days you don’t feel so much human, but more like a piece of laundry. The message here, I guess one of them anyway, is that you are not alone. I mean, I don’t know everyone, though I know a few thousand, and of those I do know, they all have days when they say …
Pulling Out of a Slump
That’s all it takes really. Look above. A picture of a blue-eyed kitten is a great way to deal with the doldrums, the blues, the slump, the blockage, the writer’s constipation. So many names for a low-down mood. So many ways to define sorrows. Why do we do it? Why do we spend so much …
The Bacon/America Theory
There was a time in America when bacon was only bacon. It was found occasionally on pizza, and when it was found as a topping on pizza it was called “Canadian”. It was also found with eggs in breakfasts of the older generation. Then came the eleventh of September, 2001 A.D. Someone took control of …
Writing Exercises
One of the methods I like to use to boost creativity in writing is the writing exercise. There are many exercises including the writing prompt, which is a word or a phrase that spikes your juices. Creative juices. Another one is the photo prompt. Take a photo, like the one above with all the typewriters …
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