HONESTLY… I’VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS…
0030 by Jeff HessDefend yourself. Find out what keeps you happy, motivated and creative. Al Kennedy
Ten rules for writing fiction from The Guardian.
Found in my electronic chapbook.
16 February 2011
15 February 2011
ROBIN HOOD: YOU’RE DOIN’ IT WRONG…!
0929 by Jeff Hess
From Ralphy:
Let’s give the top 2% a hefty tax break and take the money to pay for it from the middle class and the poor!
15 February 2011
WAS HE A FAN OF AYN RAND…?
0030 by Jeff HessDefend your work. Organizations, institutions and individuals will often think they know best about your work – especially if they are paying you. When you genuinely believe their decisions would damage your work – walk away. Run away. The money doesn’t matter that much. Al Kennedy
Ten rules for writing fiction from The Guardian.
Found in my electronic chapbook.
14 February 2011
14 February 2011
WRITING OUGHT NOT TO BE A HOSTILE ACT…
0030 by Jeff HessDefend others. You can, of course, steal stories and attributes from family and friends, fill in filecards after lovemaking and so forth. It might be better to celebrate those you love – and love itself – by writing in such a way that everyone keeps their privacy and dignity intact. Al Kennedy
Ten rules for writing fiction from The Guardian.
Found in my electronic chapbook.
13 February 2011
13 February 2011
I AM BETTER THAN I THINK I AM…
0030 by Jeff HessHave more humility. Remember you don’t know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers. Al Kennedy
Ten rules for writing fiction from The Guardian.
Found in my electronic chapbook.
11 February 2011
GONE THINKING…
1730 by Jeff Hess
From 1730 today until 1830 tomorrow, I will be off-line. There will be no new posts during this time, nor will I be checking email. Go for a walk. Have coffee with a friend. Read a book.. Appreciate all that is your family.
11 February 2011
ROLDO RIGHTS THE PLAIN DEALER…
1618 by Jeff HessLetter to the Editor:
Gee, you think the Plain Dealer editorial board would like to be able to take back its endorsement of John Kasich as Governor.
Shouldn’t Gov. Kasich have given one of his white-only cabinet posts to Kevin O’Brien of the PD? He’d fit so nicely.
We now have as Governor at a very dangerous economic time for Ohio – not only a light-weight thinker – but one who wants to make drastic changes with very little examination of what he is doing. He’s playing a conservative but he’s acting radical. Thoughtlessly so.
For those who want a dose of reality about what’s going on in Columbus I suggest they put on their “favorites” list a site called Plunderbund. It’s giving a blow-by-blow account of the Columbus disaster.
Sincerely,
Roldo Bartimole
11 February 2011
11 February 2011
NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE BANKING CRISIS…?
0630 by Jeff HessFrom my dad, of course…
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die!
A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00 when she died, but now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank.
Here is the exchange :
Family Member: “I am calling to tell you she died back in January.”
Citibank: “The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.”
Family Member: “Maybe you should turn it over to collections.”
Citibank: “Since it is two months past due, it already has been.”
Family Member: “So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?”
Citibank: “Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!”
Family Member: “Do you think God will be mad at her?”
Citibank: “Excuse me?”
Family Member: “Did you just get what I was telling you, the part about her being dead?”
Citibank: “Sir, you’ll have to speak to my supervisor.”
Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member: “I’m calling to tell you, she died back in January with a $0 balance.”
Citibank: “The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply.”
Family Member: “You mean you want to collect from her estate?”
Citibank: (Stammer) “Are you her lawyer?”
Family Member: “No, I’m her great nephew.” (Lawyer info was given)
Citibank: “Could you fax us a certificate of death?”
Family Member: “Sure.” (Fax number was given)
After they get the fax :
Citibank: “Our system just isn’t setup for death. I don’t know what more I can do to help.”
Family Member: “Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. She won’t care.”
Citibank: “Well, the late fees and charges will still apply.”
Family Member: “Would you like her new billing address?”
Citibank: “That might help.”
Family Member: “Odessa Memorial Cemetery, Highway 129, Plot Number 69.”
Citibank: “Sir, that’s a cemetery!”
Family Member: “And what do you do with dead people on your planet?”
11 February 2011
WHO IS LIKE YOU…?
0030 by Jeff HessHave humility. Older/more experienced/more convincing writers may offer rules and varieties of advice. Consider what they say. However, don’t automatically give them charge of your brain, or anything else – they might be bitter, twisted, burned-out, manipulative, or just not very like you. Al Kennedy
Ten rules for writing fiction from The Guardian.
Found in my electronic chapbook.
10 February 2011
10 February 2011
10 February 2011
10 February 2011
10 February 2011
BUT DO I HAVE TO BE A TRAINWRECK…?
0030 by Jeff HessOpen your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted. PD James
Ten rules for writing fiction from The Guardian.
Found in my electronic chapbook.
9 February 2011
9 February 2011
9 February 2011
WALMART WEDNESDAY FOR 9 FEBRUARY…
1030 by Jeff Hess
It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.
NEW YORKERS SPOT GIFT-BEARING GREEKS… New Yorkers are smart enough to know what New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio means when he calls Walmart a Trojan Horse. Corporations err when they assume a correlation between income and intelligence. New Yorkers are ready to school the company. Keep reading…
NEW YORKERS DON’T HOLD BACK… An important public meeting on Walmart’s plans to enter the lucrative market only drew a bit more than 100 people. In a city of more than 8 million, that’s an infinitesimal number. Walmart had more important business to tend to and ignored the meeting. Keep reading…
THE CONVERSATION IS NOT IMPROVING… The conversation in New York City concerning whether or not residents want or government will support Walmart’s entry into the city is rapidly spinning down the sewer. Yesterday it was plantations and slaves today it’s socialists and sheeple. This will not end well. Keep reading…
SEEKING TO DERAIL WALMART OFF FAST TRACK… Walmart’s near orgasmic explosion of building in San Diego following years of frustration reminds me of the stampede down the gangway on the USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) when we docked there following a nine-month deployment to the Western Pacific. Keep reading…
WALMART FANS DUCKS FALLING IN LINE… The fans of Walmart’s aggressive expansion strategy designed to wear down political and citizen resistance to keep Walmart out of lucrative urban markets are lining up to quack in all the appropriate places in hopes of getting some crumbs down the road. Keep reading…
WALMART IN INDONESIA: ROUND 2… Back in early November we told you that Walmart was interested in the Indonesian hypermarket retailer Matahari, owned by the Lippo Group, an Indonesian conglomerate which controls Matahari via PT Multipolar. Those talks failed, but Walmart is still interested. Keep reading…
WALMART, OSHA AND THE CRUSH… New Yorker writer John Seabrook wrote in Crush Point last week about the dangers of large crowds in general and the case of Walmart employee Jdimytai Damour who died in a Black Friday stampede two years ago. The New Yorker article is firewalled. Keep reading…
ARIZONA FACTORS IN JOSEPH CASIAS… OK. Arizona likes medical marijuana but not the Mexicans who grow it. I don’t know what the median age is in the state, but I know it goes up when U.S. Senator John McCain is in residence. (And since AARP has been bugging me, I get to makes such jokes.) Keep reading…
DON’T MESS WITH RV’ERS… Walmart is famous for allowing families to use its acres of empty parking lots to camp over night in their recreational vehicles. Naturally people shop in the Walmart while they’re parked and the company builds lots of good will. Lake City, Florida, was not amused. Keep reading…
