Category: life
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Prompt Reply – 12/20/23 (AKA: I’m Out Of Prompts!)
12/20/24: So, it would seem I have finally hit that wall. I am unable to answer any of the upcoming daily prompts as far out as I can see. To that end, I figured I would repost my reply from last year, and funnily enough, my answer is still the same. A couple weeks back…
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It’s Gone
I had intentions of using this image to write a poem about my grandfather. Unfortunately, words have been failing me these days. I tossed around words, phrases, ideas. Nothing. Nada. Zip. I know I am far from the only one to have encountered this. I am sure it’s far more common than I even dare…
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Hard To Say, Really
This one is tough to answer, since at this time last year, I was freshly unemployed and trying to figure out just what the hell I was going to do. I don’t think I had a picture of what I was going to be doing a year from that point. I was more concerned with…
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Kymber’s Get To Know You #45
This is my entry for Kymber’s Get To Know You #45. Check out her blog for this, and many other awesome posts! Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car? Drive a car. Although, “be rich enough to chill in the back and get chauffeured around” sounds like the top…
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One Year Ago Yesterday
So, it was just over a year ago when I registered here on WP. I don’t really know what I was thinking when I did it. 😄 I never considered myself the “blogging” type, and in a lot of ways I really still don’t. Nothing against it at all, just never seemed like something that…
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Back. Well…Sort Of
I hope this post finds everyone well. As I said in my last post, I have not been well lately, and I am still not really 100%. Right now, my energy levels are exceptionally low. I ended up with a nasty sinus infection that left one side of my face feeling like it had a…
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A Bit Of Both, Really
“A bit of both” might be a bit of a misnomer. It would be more accurate to say that I am a night person who wants to be a morning person. Most of my working life has been spent on either 2nd or 3rd Shift hours. For a lot of years that worked out just…
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Hell Yes!
I most definitely love eating pizza. Yes indeed! Wait. What? That wasn’t the question? Ah, well…Too bad. 😄 Yes, I changed it. Again. The original question is one of those, much like politics and religion, I feel can be quite divisive. Not feeling that energy, sorry. I say to each their own. You like meat?…
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Action in action
Another post from the archives. This one is interesting to look back on for me. I did indeed complete the 8-week course and earned multiple certifications, with, I am proud to say, the highest completion rate in the history of the program. I don’t recall off the top of my head, but it was between…
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Random Thoughts From Gorilla HQ: 11.29.24
To: All Forward Units From: Gorilla HQ The creative well has been relatively dry lately. Hence the pulling up of old posts. I reread through a few and thought they might be worth bringing back for the heck of it. Old El Paso Stuffed Nachos? Hell to the yes. Nope, still no endorsement deals. 🙄…
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Most All of Them
I’ve been around animals most of my life, so I tend to like, or at least respect, all of them. I can’t recall a time when my family didn’t have animals of some type around. Big dogs, small dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, a lizard. We’ve run a pretty good gamut, I must admit. Sometimes they…
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Happy Thanksgiving ’24
To everyone who is celebrating today, have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! I would say don’t eat too much, but that’s half the fun this time of year. 😄 Take care, be grateful, and enjoy!
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Small Words, Big Results
Another post from the archives. As I look back at these, it’s interesting to see the same feelings and emotions applied to different scenarios. I have not changed the content of this post other than to add some pictures and logo. Sometimes in this adventure called life we find ourselves looking for the one big…
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When in doubt, act.
Another old post, but one that got a read today, so I figured others might be interested as well. I also took the liberty of adding some pics, and my sweet af logo. One of the biggest issues I’ve had to contend with since being out of work is figuring out exactly what the heck…
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Head For The Mountains
Strange… I feel like I have answered this a time or ten. 🤔 Anyhow, for the umpteenth time… Mountains, baby. Why? Cooler temps, quiet, peaceful. I just find that mountains capture my imagination more than other locales. Whenever I can, I try to head up north and into the surrounding towns which are a bit…
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Breaking My (Crystal) Balls
Do I trust my instincts? For the most part, I would say yes. Some would even say I have a knack for knowing exactly what people are going to do before they themselves even know. Am I a fortune teller? A visionary? A prophet? Nah. Just lucky. I’m just “lucky” that I have been around…
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Hard To Pick Just One
Hard to pick just one, here. I like September, because it usually signals a bit of relief from the heat. Sure, there’s still some pretty warm days, but at least knowing there’s a break coming definitely helps. And, it’s also the start of football season! So big and bad he needs more than one number.…
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I Have Said It Before
I have answered this before, and my answer has not really changed. I would head for the mountains to find a great dose of peace and serenity. I truly don’t ask for much. I don’t need the hustle and bustle of some fancy metro city, nor do I need a tropical paradise. Not saying these…
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Yes. Yes I Do.
In a touch of irony, I actually cut this prompt some slack. It’s far from the worst one they’ve ever done, but the bar is also fairly low to begin with. 😄 That said, I don’t feel like answering it in it’s original form now. But, since I haven’t done a daily prompt in a…
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Kymber’s Get To Know You #40
Calling or texting? Text. Ironically, I will talk on the phone forever, but I actually dread it anytime a phone rings. I’ve always hated it since I was a kid. Maybe someone beat me with a ringing phone or something, I don’t know. 😄 Of course, it doesn’t help that as I’ve gotten older, the…
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100K All The Way
A bit behind the past few days due to multiple issues, but on the same day I made my 1,000th post I also got the following notification: I won’t bore you all and wax poetic for too long this time around, but I would be remiss if I did not extend a huge “thank you”…
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6 Out of 7, 100.1 Gorilla
Hello ladies and gents, Hot on the heels of my 1,000th post yesterday, I woke up a bit under it with a 100.1 temperature. I am also in the midst of working 6 out of 7 days this week, mostly 12 hour shifts, so I am trying to fight it off as best I can…
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For My 1000th Post
I would just like to take the opportunity to say… When I started this thing about 11 some odd months ago, I had no idea I’d still be doing it at this point in time. Quite frankly, I figured I would either get totally bored with it in very short order, or I would ditch…
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Random Thoughts From Gorilla HQ: 11/02/24
From: Gorilla HQ To: All Forward Units To say it’s been a hell of a week feels like it’s putting it far too mildly. Starting with the theft incident that Laura posted about earlier this week, which set a lousy tone, right on through to a very chaotic night on the professional front, the battery…
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Behind The 8-Ball: 2.0
Good afternoon, and Happy Friday all. TGIF and all that. In this week’s installment of BT8B…😄 Just wanted to poke my mug in and say hello real quick. It’s been a very hectic, difficult week, and I am glad it’s come to a close finally. It started out poorly with news of Laura’s post being…
The Beginning At Last 