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A Not So Serious History of AD/HD

Mar 13, 2010 11:54am

Ever hear those anecdotal stories about how JFK had ADHD and how Albert Einstein had ADHD? As a young adult dealing with a brain on the fritz I was too skeptical to really believe those stories. After all, Attention Deficit Disorder didn't exist as a diagnosis until 1980.Then I looked...

Coming Up for Air

Mar 13, 2010 6:48am

There are really only a few things I accomplished this week. I spent my mornings with my newly graduated eighteen year old, spent the afternoons driving kids about, and spent the time in between being sick & exhausted.It all started when I replaced my CPAP with a bright, shiney new...

ADDaboy! - Can Anger Be Funny?

Mar 9, 2010 8:51am

After revealing my dark, secret verbal abuse issues on the highways of Utah, I hope that people can chuckle at them with me. My last article over at ADDaboy! had my wife in traction from laughter. If I doubted even once in the past 21 years that I married the...

Sleepy Thoughts That Keep Me Up

Mar 9, 2010 7:18am

Errands, ADDaboy! & family claimed Monday. Even with a good night's sleep I will have my work cut out for me with this project. I continue to maintain a diurnal schedule. This is odd, yet pleasing. Funny to me is how few people in my online life realize...

ADDaboy! - It Was a Good Idea Anyway

Mar 6, 2010 11:41am

Remember that time I sold my minivan and left my spare keys in it and snuck into the car lot after hours to try and get them back because I had locked myself out of the house at 3am? Ah, such nostalgia. Never fear, though. There is no more perfect...

Splintered Books Project Update #1

Mar 4, 2010 6:27pm

I’ll go ahead and refer to this as the first very most official update for my Splintered Books Project. I have been a busy boy this year. So busy that I don’t even recognize myself. If you have been following me from the beginning of this blog, have you ever...

Forgot to Mention My ADDaboy! Blogs. You'd Think I Had ADHD or Something…

Mar 2, 2010 6:32pm

I've been so busy living that I've forgotten to let you folks know about my latest blogs over at HealthyPlace.com. Well, OK. So I only lived yesterday, but it was intense living albeit the short variety. More on that later… For now, take a gander or a goose over at this: 5...

Facing Fear with a Pencil in Hand - ADHD in the Field

Feb 25, 2010 7:35am

On September 21st, I took part in my very first Sketchcrawl. Since no one was putting a meet together here in Salt Lake City, I thought I'd try my hand at it. I set the place and set the time, then I went there even though I knew my daughters...

Writing Novels with the Apple iPad? Am I Insane?

Feb 25, 2010 2:43am

Generally speaking, I'm constantly short on cash and must save up over a long period of time for my toys. So I find myself in a quandary. My daughter heads off to college with my MacBook in April (as I promised her), but my savings account isn't quite MacBook Pro/Air...

I Tell ADHD People Where To Stick It!

Feb 23, 2010 8:19pm

If you haven't had a chance yet, you might want to head on over to my ADDaboy! blog and check out Post It! Stick It! Remember It! Thanks to a reader comment here on this blog, I decided to explore how useful Post-it notes are, both physical and virtual. Sometimes...

Reading “truly, madly” by Heather Webber

Feb 22, 2010 1:38pm

I recently had the chance to read an advanced reader copy of Heather Webber’s “truly, madly” This book was a delightful read. I enjoyed the characters right from the first chapter, but I enjoyed the premise even more. Lucy Valentine’s family has long been able to matchmake by use of their...

Time To Sleep & Dream of Writing

Feb 20, 2010 5:39am

I had a mixed day today. Some ups; some downs. I finally got over the sickness that's been pounding me down like a tent peg. I had a wonderful conversation with my oldest daughter about her college opportunities. Then I forgot to pick up my second oldest daughter because I...

ADDaboy! Tips to Help You Not Forget Things Like I Did Last Night

Feb 19, 2010 6:00am

In the spirit of self-mockery that I have upkept over the years here, I wrote: Keep Tabs on Your Goods with the ADHD Fuddy Duddy System™ I cover two simple steps that I mostly follow (when I remember) to keep track of my goodies without leaving them behind in train stations,...

ADDaboy! - 6 TIps to Help Your ADHD Loved One Not Be So Forgetful

Feb 16, 2010 8:12pm

Up on ADDaboy! is my latest article for HealthyPlace.com: Six Ways to Help Your ADHD Loved One's ForgetfulnessLast week I wrote to people who might be reluctant to believe in this so called ADHD stuff. I used the evidence that is my life to prove that ADHD is real and...

Arose by Any Other Name Would Still Be Defeat

Feb 13, 2010 5:29pm

Clearer and clearer I am seeing my sleep difficulties as my greatest obstacle towards reaching my writing goals. Although I accomplished much last night, I am paying the cost today.I missed attending Life, the Universe, and Everything this year. I missed seeing friends, old and new. I missed great discussions...

Pics & Links - Tabs Can Be Happy Things.

Feb 10, 2010 5:36am

While I work on my Words Per Day article (where I interviewed various authors about their daily goals), I thought I'd post a photo and some links. I was surprised how empty Target was when I took this shot. If anything shows the downturn in the economy, this 9:45pm shot...

And the Winner Is…

Feb 8, 2010 8:00am

I want to thank all who participated in The Dark Divine giveaway contest. Your answers were interesting & entertaining. I wish I had more copies to give away. I put your names in my virtual hat and pulled out "Nihon Joe". Congratulations! Fortunately, Nihon Joe is a local reader and I...

Depression Came in Through the Back Door

Feb 8, 2010 4:50am

There are times when life can be overwhelming. Usually, trauma, injury, death, or heartbreak can knock normally upbeat people off their stride. Then there are people such as myself whose brains are wired in curious, but dysfunctional, ways. We tend to get knocked off our stride if the wind’s blowing...

Enough Is Enough

Feb 3, 2010 3:01am

Last night at this time I was standing in line to get a burger. Tonight I'm lying down in bed trying to turn my sleep schedule around.If you follow me here or on Twitter, you know what a raving insomniac I am. After a bout of sickness last December, my...

Rejections as Therapy - Opportunities to Think Positive

Feb 2, 2010 4:51am

As my little nightowls retire to their nests, the home becomes my silent domain again. In the quiet, I can finally think. Tonight I am thinking about the manuscript I finished on Saturday. I polished it throughout the day, then again at night. I felt confident enough about the story...

Dang, That Was Fast!

Feb 2, 2010 4:49am

First thing I saw when I woke up yesterday was a new email from the agent. Unfortunately, it is not good news. Turns out that although the agent agrees with me that my revisions have improved the story, he isn't sure my story is strong enough to capture a publisher's...

A Divine Book Launch Party

Jan 31, 2010 1:22pm

Here's something I forgot to blog about. My friend, Bree Despain, had a book launch party in the beginning of January for her paranormal romance, The Dark Divine. You may recall that I put together a silly video for her a few months ago to help promote her book. I...

Spitting in the Eye of Morpheus

Jan 31, 2010 5:59am

Although it is 6:30am now as I write this, yestermorn's insomnia was worse. I retired to bed at 9am and lay there awake and unsleepy. The CPAP mask hugged my face with its life-giving embrace. A dark blindfold was tied around my head to thwart the sun's purpose. The sounds...

Adult ADHD and Depression - In Which I'm Interviewed & Make Goofy Faces When I Think No One's Looking

Jan 27, 2010 8:58pm

There won't be an article today. I put my all into the interview with HealthyPlace TV, which I'll embed below.The glitches were annoying, but humorous. I would wait for my video feed to be active and it would be black, leading me to believe there was a problem. And then...

Will the iPad Make Me a Better Writer?

Jan 27, 2010 8:11pm

Over at HealthyPlace.com I wrote this morning about how ADHD tastes to me. If you've followed my blog here you'll know that social gaffes and I tend to go hand in hand. The gaffe I reference in that article was perhaps mild compared to past mistakes, but certainly not...