My Current Interest

                Every once in awhile my mom asks me why I do not become a real estate agent.   I love houses.   Home remodeling and home search shows are on my TV a good chunk of the time.   Taking care of houses is something I know about.   It would make sense for me to become a real estate agent.   Right?                 Wrong.   After watching only one or two episodes of the home buying shows, I know real estate agent is not the career for me.   The people searching for homes drive me absolutely crazy.   I cannot believe some of the things they object to.   Sometimes it is the furniture or the decorations of a place.   Guess what, that stuff is not staying and walls can be painted.   Other times it is the size of the rooms.   Whenever someone says a room is too small and it is bigger than my entire first floor, I have to resist throwing something at the TV.   Then there are the closets that are too small even though my entire bedroom can fit in it, and the people who cannot fi

              When I first saw The Dead Files in the TV listings I had zero idea what it was.   I didn’t have the Travel Channel anymore and none of the channels I did have showed any commercials for it.   All I knew was that whatever the show was about it did not sound cheery.   Something called The Dead Files does not exactly make me think of joy and happiness, especially when it is paired in the line-up with Ghost Adventures .                 After I got the Travel Channel again, it took me awhile to watch the show.   This is kind of strange as it was on right after Ghost Adventures which I was watching on a regular basis.   One would think I would stick around to find out what a show called The Dead Files was all about.   For some reason I didn’t.   I think the reason I did not watch for more than a few minutes for a long time was because one of the investigators of this paranormal investigation show really bothered me.   Steve DiSchiavi is the hard facts and historical i

               I can’t tell you the first time I ever saw Robin Williams’ work.   It has always been around and most likely I have been watching it my entire life.   I know I didn’t first see him on Mork & Mindy since I never watched an episode until a few months ago.   Even then I had it on for only a couple of minutes.   I’m pretty sure I saw all of the Happy Days episode in which Mr. Williams guest starred, but again that was after I had been watching Mr. Williams’ films for years.   When I think about it, Mrs. Doubtfire is probably the first work that made me truly realize who Mr. Williams was as a person, as well as his great talent.                 Even though it has been a long time since I have watched Mrs. Doubtfire there are still parts of it I can quote.   I first saw it in the theatres, but when it was released on video I watched it over and over again.   It didn’t take me long to memorize the opening opera sequence to the point that I could sing it on my own as

                   There are people in this world who have absolutely immaculate gardens.   The plants are spaced perfectly and everything is alive and healthy.   Even more important, there is not a single weed in sight.   I do not know how they accomplish this because no matter what I do there is always a weed somewhere.   While this would drive some crazy, I have found a way to make the every growing weeds a positive thing.   I use pulling weeds as a stress reliever.                 It wasn’t until recently that I discovered how great pulling weeds is.   I feel such a sense of accomplishment when I see a patch that was once full of weeds now clear and ready to let flowers come through.   This is especially true when I am able to get rid of weeds that are very stubborn and fight to stay in the ground.   The removal of those gives me an extra sense of pride.                   While I have a great time pulling out the weeds, I will admit there are some I am reluctant to even tou