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November 30, 2014

NoJoMo 30

The end. Please free-write about what you’ve done this month, and the past year. This month was going okay until I see a FB this morning that a friend with MS from the OD days had lost her husban...


November 29, 2014

NoJoMo 29

Since today is the last day of the month with a prime number, describe your last prime-numbered age. What were the highlights? What were the low point? Let’s see; that would have been 31. Unfortu...


November 28, 2014

NoJoMo 28

Today is “Black Friday.” Is this just a gimmick? Will you be shopping for $religious_observance? Yes. Probably not much. After this hellacious year, I really don’t have any money to spend. That I...


November 27, 2014

NoJoMo 27

Write about your day. For Americans, if you’re stuffed/drunk/sleepy, describe why. If you’re a Cowboys’ fan, we understand why you’re drinking, but please elaborate anyway. It’s not even 8am. I w...


November 26, 2014

NoJoMo 26

Describe what you’re doing for the rest of this year. At this point, there’s very little I know for certain. There are some facts that’ll affect what happens, but I don’t know the actual course o...


November 25, 2014

NoJoMo 25

Describe your travel plans for the next few months. Is there any destination you’re really excited about? Any you’re dreading? I currently have no firm travel plans over the next couple of months...


November 24, 2014

NoJoMo 24

Write a bit about why you’ve chosen to write this (and past) years. How many years have you been at it? Art you satisfied with what you’ve written this year? In past years? I’ve chosen to write, ...


November 23, 2014

NoJoMo 23

Last weekend before the short week. For fellow U-S Americans, this is essentially a three-day week. Do you have any big plans for the remainder of week before tryphtophan poisoning? As I recycled...


November 22, 2014

NoJoMo 22

November 22nd is a big day for a graying segment of the population; calculate your age for that particularly bad day in Dallas, and describe the most important President of your lifetime. I was -...


November 21, 2014

NoJoMo 21

What are your plans for the evening following what was surely a long week? Are you satisfied with how the year went? This week was interrupted for me by the doctor’s appointment on Tuesday. No w...


November 20, 2014

NoJoMo 20

Now that you’re two-thirds of the way through, write about whatever you’d like. Will you finish this year? When have you done this previously? You know, there’s not a lot I really want to say rig...


November 19, 2014

NoJoMo 19

Have you ever been to a foreign country? List the ones you’ve visited, and what you remember about them? Considering my dad was stationed in Germany for six years … is a pig’s ass pork? Let’s tr...


November 18, 2014

NoJoMo 18

Have you started your holiday shopping? Any idea what you’re going to get people? My holiday shopping has been rather significantly affected by my seven months without any income. My wife’s picke...


November 17, 2014

NoJoMo 17

~o/When I was seventeen/it was a very good year/o Write about seventeen year-old you. Seventeen year-old me had a lot more zits, and smoked a lot more tobacco. He also drank a lot less alcohol. M...


November 16, 2014

NoJoMo 16

What’s the best place for brunch in the city where you live? When did you last go? I wrote this prompt thinking of a couple of places I went in DC. Norfolk doesn’t have anything close, really, un...


November 15, 2014

NoJoMo 15

Of which libations do you partake? When were you last drunk? What’s in your glass now? What will be later? There’s nothing I really favor in particular, though I will say I don’t drink very much ...


November 14, 2014

NoJoMo 14

What are your plans for the weekend? Since my wife is getting close to the end of the fall semester, I’ve been informed I’m probably going to be ignored quite a bit. I’m okay with that; I’ve be...


November 13, 2014

NoJoMo 13

Now that we’ve talked about being sick, what medications and/or supplements do you take? Why do you take them? Oh, let’s see.... Morning: Tecfidera, Lisenopril, Prevacid, Vitamin D3 Evening: Fi...


November 12, 2014

NoJoMo 12

Did you get a flu shot this year? Describe the last time you really had “the flu.” I’m really looking for the real flu. Yes, I got my flu shot. My primary care is provided by faculties and reside...


November 11, 2014

NoJoMo 11

Today is Veterans’ Day in the US, and Armistice Day everywhere else in the civilized world. 2014 is the hundredth anniversary of “the great war.” Write what you know about World War I. Do you hav...


November 10, 2014

NoJoMo 10

With a third of the month passed, what are your plans for the rest of the month Keep writing. Obviously, I think that I do derive some benefit from it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t continue doing it y...


November 09, 2014

NoJoMo 9

Pro sports time — list your favorite teams, along with when you started following them. My allegencies are all over the map. Blame the Army. Baseball: Kansas City Royals. My dad was stationed in ...


November 08, 2014

NoJoMo 8

I apologize for yesterday’s abrupt termination. As I said, I’d been plunking away on it off and on, but really hadn’t gotten it in condition for posting. And I was absolutely exhausted. I slept h...


November 06, 2014

NoJoMo 6

Describe a typical day for you at work. You can go total Peter Gibbons on this one. Let’s see, and considering I woke up early this morning with one after one of my huh, issues. I try to show up ...


November 05, 2014

NoJoMo 5

Write about your siblings. Where are they now, what are they doing? When was the last time you saw him/her/them? Are you on good terms? I have a younger brother, who was actually born in the zip ...


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National Journal Writers’ Month 2014