Posts by perri-wpguy-loriduff
War Stories
Let me start out by saying that I do love my husband. We’ve been married for 22 years now, and I’m hoping for at least 22 more. But. He’s retired,…
Read MoreToxic Positivity
You know someone like the person I’m about to talk about. It doesn’t matter what awful thing has just happened, they always have this giant smile on their face and…
Read MoreCrapola
If you’re in the market for crapola, you need look no further than my house. My house is the repository of crapola of all kinds. We are a department store…
Read MoreBook Review — Save the Cat! Writes for TV
I very much enjoyed the original Save the Cat![1] Book by Blake Snyder. Although it focused on screenwriting, and I am not a screenwriter, there is something universal about story…
Read MoreInbox Zero
Once upon a time in a land not too far away we wrote letters on a typewriter, using carbon paper if we wanted to keep a copy and Wite-Out[1] if…
Read MoreBaby’s First Apartment
My son moved into his first apartment a few weeks ago and I had the great privilege of helping him set it up. I thought it would be fun to…
Read MoreDriving in Houston
Recently, I had the need to drive from my home in suburban Atlanta to Houston, TX with my son. This is no small task. It involved two tanks of gas…
Read MoreLook for the Helpers
Usually I try not to mix the law[1] and my humor pieces[2], but sometimes the world forces me to do it. I came across a federal court decision which contained…
Read MoreMy Historical Romance with Air-Conditioning
I read a lot of books in a lot of genres, including a lot of historical fiction. One of the things I like about fiction is that it allows me…
Read MoreMac and Cheese (with a cherry on top)
I went to my first in-person conference in almost two years and, I have to say, it was odd. Many of the people there I had only ‘met’ via Zoom,…
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