M.C. Allison

Author: M.C. Allison

  • Winter Thinking: How to Spend One’s Time

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    Metamucil is the most critical daily supplement I take in this picture, but the other two are essential as well. In June of 2022, I had a health scare that I went to the ER for, which put me on this middle-aged man regimen. It feels so long ago, even though it’s less than a…

  • Comedy Never Left, it Simply Adapts to the Times

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    “Who’s there?” “Who cares?” “I do, especially if I’m going to let you in.” “I’m your past baggage and future allure that you can do what you want with.” “So I can distort, exaggerate, and flat-out lie in my comedic journey.” “Yes, you can, and in the words of a friend, nothing matters. I’ll check…

  • Music downloads, streaming, old, new, edits, and social media

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    At work I do enjoy when music CDs I selected eight years ago still get checked out by patrons of the library. It validates that I have good musical taste and, therefore, I am cool. However, the way people listen to music has changed dramatically, and now most stream from websites like Spotify, YouTube, Amazon…

  • This Website, The Last Few Weeks, Covid, and Other Insights

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    August was the last time I posted on this website. The idea of writing once a week fizzled quickly, with only five posts to my credit last summer. Last February, I had grandiose plans for this website and signed up for a three-year plan on Bluehost. You know who uses Bluehost? Companies, businesses, and other…

  • Nearly a Decade, and Still Learning

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    Sometime in 2013, I came up with my idea for a novel. It has been quite the nine years. I can’t claim to have worked non-stop on it, but I’ve done two complete rewrites and restructured it several times as well. Currently, I’m revising it again. Before I had a two-story line approach of 25…

  • Whine-fest of the last 5 years

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    I’m trying to figure out how to write this without whining or complaining. I’ve thought about it for over a week now, and maybe sitting down and typing it out might be the best way. I’m happier when I skateboard, but the last five years I’ve had challenges. I’m 45 now, so these woes coincide…

  • My Mental Illness, and Staying Healthy

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    One of the topics I will cover on this website/blog is my own mental illness. A few days ago, I joined some Facebook groups for schizoaffective and schizophrenia. Browsing through those groups, I realize the severity of this illness varies from person to person. It’s also a larger problem than myself. The structure of our…

  • Henry Miller and Today’s Library Book Challenges Problem

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    The views expressed in this post are my own, and not the system I work for. Nearly twenty years ago, I first read Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller for a class on ‘Intellectual Freedom’ in grad school for my library degree. For my research, the history behind it enthralled me. Since then, I’ve read…