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Kristena Tunstall > My Journeys > 365 Day Writing Journey > Day 16: Exploding Typewriters, Smoking Computers

Posted on February 16, 2013 By Mommy's Angel in Heaven

Day 16: Exploding Typewriters, Smoking Computers

I think all of us at some point while plugging away in our computers wish the darn thing would self combust. We either can’t figure the darn thing out or it just isn’t working like it’s supposed to. We would just love to take a sledgehammer to it as it would feel so good to put the darn thing in its place. If you are interested you can get cash for your used laptop by selling it online through a buyback program.

Anyone who knows me knows how much of a technology person I am. And learning new electronic things comes so naturally or software programs. The chances are even I don’t know that much about a program or ever even used it I could still probably help out somehow. God didn’t give me the gift of patience but he did give me the gift of curiosity so figuring out things comes to me so much easier. Well, I don’t know that curiosity is a gift but its sure nice to think of it as one.

 

Day 17: Love Thy Reader

February 17, 2013 Mommy's Angel in Heaven 0
This put a smile on my face. For anyone who has taken the time to read something I've written, it's almost like they are a friend who I'm opening my heart and thoughts to. Both the lighthearted and funny kind to the heart-wrenching and agonizing kind. This website has become…
 

Day 15: People in a Jam

February 15, 2013 Mommy's Angel in Heaven 0
It seems like there is always someone we know who is in a jam. Sometimes it might be minor, like their cell phone died and they need to make a call. Other times it might be something worse. However, no matter where we look you can find someone in a…

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      • Day 72: Writer's Remorse
      • Day 73: Starting Again and Again
      • Day 74: The Truth and Nothing But
      • Day 75: Signs and Messages from Above
      • Day 76: Writers Gnashing Teeth
      • Day 77: Why Write?
      • Day 78: Dimes in Ivory Soap
      • Day 79: What Does Your Mother Think?
      • Day 80: The Strip Club
      • Day 81: Writing on Water
      • Day 82: Finding a Genre
      • Day 83: Retyping the Best
      • Wow, Three Months Already
      • Day 84: How to Be a Writer
      • Day 85: Motivation
      • Day 86: Looking vs. Seeing
      • Day 87: Lessons of Drama
      • Day 88: From the Desk of God
      • Day 89: Worries of Writing Memoir
      • Day 90: The Wrestling Match
      • Day 91: Naming Names
      • Day 92: Rituals of Discipline
      • Day 93: Habits of Writers
      • Day 94: Lighting Candles
      • Day 95: Five Things Writers Can Learn from Dogs
      • Day 96: The Things We Keep
      • Day 97: Clear Language
      • Day 98: Ideas in Limos and Planes
      • Day 99: Writing Your Own Corner
      • Day 100: Writing as Therapy
      • Making it to 100
      • Day 101: Waiting for the Train
      • Day 102: Five Things Writers Can Learn from Cats
      • Day 103: Closing the Gap
      • Day 104: Writing Your Own Front Yard
      • Day 105: PERFECTION!
      • Day 106: Odd Notes
      • Day 107: A Love Story
      • Day 108: Aunt Boo's House
      • Day 109: Just Reading
      • Day 110: Reading in Russia
      • End of Another Month
      • Day 111: Authors on Pedestals
      • Day 112: Getting to Denver by 4:00
      • Day 113: Surrender
      • Day 114: The idea That Won’t Go Away
      • Day 115: Writing the Tree
      • Day 116: Why Writers Get Scared
      • Day 117: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer
      • Day 118: Infusion of Hope: The Circus Rider
      • Day 119: Stillness
      • Day 120: Writing the Event
      • Starting up again
      • My 365 Day Journey
      • Day 121: Life Rafts
      • Day 122: Fiction vs. Nonfiction
      • Day 123: An Empty Swimming Pool
      • Day 124: Breaking Glass: Metaphor and Symbols
      • Day 125: Approval
      • Day 126: The Art of Finding Solitude
      • Day 127: One True Sentence
      • Day 128: Learning to Swim
      • Day 129: Imaginations Going Nuts
      • Day 130: Paying Attention
      • Day 131: Do Not Try This at Home
      • Day 132: Double-Edged Sword of the Internet
      • Day 133: Hearing Voices
      • Day 134: The Key
      • Day 135: Mentors
      • Day 136: Another View of Mentors
      • Day 137: Mileage from Childhood Fears
      • Day 138: Writer Panic Attacks
      • Day 139: Your Road
      • Day 140: Making Soup
      • Back to My 365 Day Writing Journey
      • Day 141: Poetry for Your Table
      • Day 142: Writers with a View
      • Day 143: Marriage vs. Dating
      • Day 144: Drinking, Bloating, and Not Writing
      • Day 145: Talent
      • Day 146: The Sliver of Ice
      • Day 147: Themes
      • Day 148: Intimacy
      • Day 149: The DVD in Your Head
      • Day 150: Forgetting How to Write
      • Day 151: Walking Away
      • Day 152: The Eleven-Day Marathon
      • Day 153: Writing Your Own Marathon
      • Day 154: It Takes What It Takes
      • Day 155: Telling Family Secrets
      • Coming to a decision...
      • Day 156: Gratitude
      • Day 157: Dressed for Work
      • Day 158: Winging It
      • Day 159: What Would You Attempt?
      • Day 160: One-Hair Brushes
      • Day 161: Dreams of Messy Rooms and Crazy Typewriters
      • Day 162: Privacy, Privacy, Privacy
      • Day 163: The Proper Training of a Writer
      • Day 164: Roadkill
      • Day 165: Reading Aloud
      • Day 166: Blocks
      • Day 167: Writing Space as a Metaphor
      • Day 168: Hero (or Heroine) Story
      • Day 169: Just Do It
      • Day 170: The Dangerous Place
      • Day 171: Waiting
      • Day 172: Hitting the Wall
      • Day 173: Easy Plays
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