This isn’t too unusual for me. Staying up late (and eating a 2:00 AM breakfast in a diner) both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve Eve. I guess it’s one of the advantages with living alone, especially on vacation days.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was about 16, 17 years old when I first discovered the Pittsburgh Comics Club. It was so rare back then, to not only find others, but to make friends with people who enjoyed reading, talking about and collecting comic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, it all came down to unfilled forms. If you read this comic from 10/22/18 you’ll see the difficulty I had with their web site accepting the forms I filled out. Well, it was some of them and a couple of other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is my second drug test in the last year—- in preparation for new jobs. (while checking to see what I wrote & drew for that comic, from 11/13/17, I see I used another pee-related title. I’m nothing if not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What a pleasant and (in a way) encouraging evening this was last night. It was great to be able to speak about important subjects and topics with rational and caring people. Especially when (since I’m home all day) you’re exposed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I suppose there are those who might read this and say, “Well, why didn’t YOU ask anyone to lunch during all this time?” and I guess there’s some validity to this. But I’ve always felt that when a newcomer arrives,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in 2002, while at my local grocery store, I saw, posted on the community bulletin board*, a business card for a local woman who offers Income Tax Service. For the next 15 years she would do my yearly tax[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure I’ve touched upon this subject during the last few years that I was unemployed. Not being able to chip in, to help out, whether with gifts or birthday dinners like this, you feel so useless. So poor. After[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It feels so refreshing to have money to spend on things I really don’t need (or even need). I haven’t felt this relaxed, monetary-wise in over 4 years. Now, I better start hunting for a house.
It was nice to see Andy again tonight. He’s become a writer, has a wife and daughter and is living in the New York City area, but visits family in Pittsburgh often. Once I have and am living in my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…