(This poem is dedicated to a friend who lost someone they loved, and never got to tell them, and to all my friends and loved ones, old, new and yet to come.) This dance, this madcap dance. We move like planets in orbit around the sun, We touch like leaves swaying in the breeze never […]
Read More This Dance (a poem by M.T. Decker)I used to like yard sales, a lot. I loved going through things and finding lost treasures; getting a good deal. And then I grew older, and more to the point I joined the Reserves (not the Military Reserves, but the Deputy Sheriff’s Reserves.) Then I saw the traffic hazards. Then I saw people parking randomly […]
Read More Things I used to likeAs I’ve said, I’m a software developer, and there are times when I seriously feel like I’m going to be called up on charges of ‘First Degree Tech Abuse,’ but until then, I figured I’ll share some of my stupid tech tricks that have worked for me. Who knows, maybe one of them will help […]
Read More Stupid Writing Tech Tricks – Editing and the PDF readerI could never get the laugh right. I mean, I’ve tried. Who hasn’t? But I’m never sure if it’s Bwahaha or Mwahahah… and it usually comes out as more of a chortle than an actual laugh. Heck, the very idea of an ‘evil laugh’ makes me giggle, and giggling just isn’t evil. There’s too much […]
Read More Why I will never make it as a villian.Whenever I hear the old adage:”Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach,” I get annoyed. I admit, while I have had teachers who didn’t know what they were talking about, the truth in this statement, as I see it, is that it reflects more on the person making the statement than on teachers. Truth […]
Read More Teaching, an alternative way of learningI hereby dedicate this post to those of us trying to stay awake on a Monday Morning. Cherry-Amaretto, Chocolate-Caramel Mocha. Heavenly, sublime and oh so tasty. Oh, thank heaven for 7-11. Of course, you can’t do it a just any 7-11. You have to find one that has the right flavoured creamers in their coffee […]
Read More My Best Iced Coffee to Date:Writing is a funny thing. I started a post on inspiration and halfway through I realized, I was writing about style… so, a quick subject change and we’re off. They say we are the sum of our experiences, but I hadn’t realized… just how that adage is reflected in my writing. There are the things that you […]
Read More A question of StyleI think if I could just accept the title of this post as the guiding force behind people’s actions, I’d probably be better off. Think about it. Instead of thinking ‘why did they park in my yard?’ I could shrug it off with a simple ‘people are strange’ and go about my business. I mean, […]
Read More People are strangeInsomnia, when you’re single, is easy. You aren’t going to wake anyone up, and you can always sleep in. You’re not going to throw anyone’s schedule off and you don’t have to worry about anybody but you: a few phone calls and everything is covered. When you’re married… (or living with someone) especially if children […]
Read More InsomniaWhat is my average day? It depends. Honestly I don’t think I have an average anything. There are certain things I do every morning, and some seem to be ‘every morning’; there are things I do every night, but the rest of the time, between waking and going to bed? Some things happen regularly, like […]
Read More An average day