Black Dot Diary

If you’ve been miss­ing George W. and his crazy antics, I’ve writ­ten a lit­tle snip about his most recent faux pas — the already-​famous Haiti hand wipe — on Life As A Human. Hope you’ll visit…

Hi every­one, I’m not absent…I’m just spend­ing time over at Life As A Human but I haven’t aban­doned Black Dot Diary. Please check out my lat­est posts (and other works by some really inspir­ing writ­ers) at this new lifezine that cel­e­brates, explores and dis­cusses the expe­ri­ence of being human.

Here are some links to my recent Life As A Human posts…

Speed Trap: When Life in the Fast Lane Doesn’t Work Anymore

Excerpt: “I’m sorry,” I tell the cop­per, wip­ing my hand furi­ously across my face. “I don’t know what’s the mat­ter with me. It’s just a bad day. A bad, bad day. And this is just one more bloody thing on top of EVERY OTHER BLOODY THING.”

Whether you are look­ing for love, in love or look­ing to get out of love, Life As A Human’s Valentine’s Day spe­cial issue fea­tures sto­ries you’ll love by 18 great writ­ers. From the pain of a mar­riage break-​up to find­ing new paths to love and cur­ing Valentine’s Day blues, you’ll find some­thing for your heart.

Here’s an excerpt from my Valentine’s Day post on Life As A Human:

Are we des­tined to love the peo­ple we love, and be with the peo­ple we are with? I prob­a­bly wouldn’t have said so before I met the man I’ve lived with for the past 25 years. 

Hi every­one, the fol­low­ing is an excerpt from my first blog post last week at Life As A Human, the excit­ing new web­site I’m edit­ing. I hope you’ll fol­low my link below. The story explores the ques­tion: How do I know I’m human? Sounds sim­ple, doesn’t it? Hmmm.

Excerpt from “Oh So Human” by Kerry Slavens, posted Feb­ru­ary 1^st on Life As A Human.

“As far as I know, I am a human. Last time I had an MRI, nobody saw any­thing alien in my body — or at least noth­ing that wor­ried them. My blood tests don’t raise eye­brows. It appears my human-​ness is valid. 

Today a new baby was born. It’s name is Life As A Human.

Life As A Human is an excit­ing new web venue that com­ments on and cel­e­brates the human expe­ri­ence. The site fea­tures writ­ing across a wide range of top­ics. Our goal is not to pro­mote sen­sa­tion­al­ism, but to always strive to be sen­sa­tional. As well, we hope to make our con­tri­bu­tion to the world through phil­an­thropic efforts that ben­e­fit humans from all walks of life.

The Eter­nal Clock. Photo by Rob­bert van der Steeg, cour­tesy of Cre­ative Commons

I hate New Year’s Eve. Just think­ing about it puts me in a bad mood. All this build up just to watch the dig­i­tal clock click into a new twelve-​month cycle. All the TV sta­tions show­ing the year in review, with inane sum­maries deliv­ered by bob­ble heads. All the drunk kisses at mid­night from peo­ple you wouldn’t think of kiss­ing at any other time.