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Whelp, to say that my plans for 2020 didn’t work out is a bit of a non-statement today. While I’d like to blame it on the Year of the Pandemic, the truth is that my plans rarely work out — even in normal years. Because of this, I decided to scale things back for 2020: […]

I wrapped up my New Year post with a few half-joking plans for the year. But that’s not like me. No, I have to come up with real plans to kick off a new year right. Fortunately, I’ve made that easy on myself. I only have one plan for this year: Don’t Make Any Plans […]

As the clock approaches midnight tonight and we embark upon a new year, I will do two or three things: Reflect on a year of accomplishments Think about all my Big Plans for the Future Beer This is nothing new. I have, after all, gone through this process about 193 times now (although it feels […]

While I realize that, technically-speaking, Thanksgiving is already over, many of us still have three days of “Thanksgiving” to go. So it’s not too late for me to wish you a happy one. As expected, I got no further this week on any of my personal goals. And I’m still nowhere near ready with the […]

“I’ll give it another shot next week.” — Charlie Hills, November 15, 2019 Whelp, it’s “next week” again already. And no new post. Apparently fate has again decided I get zero hours to myself. Oh well… This week y’all get a Haiku instead of a more poem-y poem like last week. It’s very timely and […]

Whelp, I’d planned on posting the second part of the Europe trip today, complete with my wonderful prose and beautiful photos. Instead, real life got in the way quite a bit this week, and before I knew it, it was already two o’clock in the afternoon. I’ll give it another shot next week. In the […]

“The year in review?” Charlie’s readers cried out. “It’s only November first, silly! There are still sixty days left until 2020. That’s like [whips out calculator] sixteen percent of the entire year still to come!” Excellent point. I realize it’s tradition to wait until the end of the year to do a year in review, […]

Hello and Happy Friday! It’s already been another busy month for me and it’s not about to let up. That should explain why this post is so very short and nearly devoid of content. That also explains why I won’t be blogging again until Friday, November 1, 2019. Enjoy the rest of October, have a […]

Memory is everything. If an event isn’t remembered, then — for all intents and purposes — it didn’t happen. Maybe back in 121,594ʙᴄ Thorg Jones built a hang glider and became the first person to fly. Maybe back in 74,338ʙᴄ Kraatia Smith first discovered Florida. Maybe last night I had spaghetti for dinner. It’s hard […]