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‘DOING RESEARCH’ AND OTHER EXCUSES

November 7, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

What counts as doing research? For writers it’s an easy answer: Everything is research. And because everything is research, the trick is finding what matters more. Is it writing about where you are, how you feel, the people you’re with? The correct answer? All of the above.

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NEVER HURTS TO ASK: VOTE BETTER

November 3, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Baby boomers got a lot from this. What you can do for your country is vote better. Or just vote.

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BLOG CONTENT OR JUST A NORMAL EVENT

October 27, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Blog content goes one way or another? Noooo. It’s goes wherever it goes and takes you, and the writer, which is me, along. Things don’t always match up the way imagined, like writing a post of great importance that gets five hits. What was it lacking?

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‘SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT (STA)?’ I’LL HANDLE THIS ONE

October 23, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

When an agency sends an email about a security threat assessment that is ‘underway’, I feel sort of special, but I can save a load of time if it includes scanning the internet for clues. In this photo I’m a threat to all decent hotel bellhops. Jed Clampet don’t need no bellhop. Git away from […]

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TO BE INTERESTING BE INTERESTED

October 18, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

It can’t be just in my individual baby boomer blogger brain, but these guys are famous in every form you see them, hear them, feel them. I was driving around town, passed through a parking lot, and there they were on the wall looking like an Andy Warhol fever dream. Were they trying to be […]

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CONNECTING DOTS FOR A BIGGER PICTURE

October 16, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

When freedom is just through those two doors you’d better start connecting dots for a plan to get there. That’s if you want to go, if you want to leave the cozy warmth of where you are. Cozy warmth where you are? Are you cozy? Of course you are, and so is everyone you know. […]

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BRAVE BLOGGER? HOW BRAVE

October 13, 2026 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

It’s hard to explain bravery, as in a brave blogger, to a little girl when you scream like a little girl at the same things they scream about. Mouse? EEEEEK. Rat? EEEEEEEEK. Spider? Run for it. It started out so normal.

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FAILED MOVIES FIND FACEBOOK LIFE

October 7, 2026 by David Gillaspie

How many times on a Facebook scroll do you find posts on failed movies, usually movies I haven’t seen to know if they failed, or how they failed, with a caption like: “Ignored and pulled from screens just after release has aged like fine wine.” Or, “while considered a failure on it’s first release it […]

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NEW NAKED GYM GUY BOUNDARIES UPDATE, 2026

September 12, 2026 by David Gillaspie

You have boundaries; naked gym guy needs boundaries. Who sets the boundaries? Two normal people join a gym: one of them works out and goes home, the other works out and showers at the gym. Then it breaks down further. Two people shower at the gym: sweaty guys and those who like to shower […]

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MUSICAL URGE SUGGESTIONS: A LESSON POST

September 9, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Acting on a musical urge is always chancy. Will you sound the way you think you sound, would like to sound? There’s only one way to find out, and there’s a guitar laying around. Maybe it’s enough to stop thinking about it and get back to the more important things like video games and TV. […]

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