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Just a middle aged man that feels 50, acts like he’s 18 and tries to stay sane enough to continue functioning enough to tell stories and made someone laugh at some point some time.
Because it’s not worth winning if you can’t win big
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Feb. 9 - Eccedentesiast in Posso's Prompts
Eccedentesiast (adj, neologism:) Someone who hides their true feelings behind a phony, happy attitude or smile. The amount of times I have heard that I am ‘hiding something in my eyes’ or ‘fake s...
Feb. 8 - Lacuna in Posso's Prompts
Lacuna (n:) an unfilled space or interval; a gap. a missing portion in a book or manuscript, a cavity or depression, especially in bone. You’d think after having testicular cancer that I’d either...
Feb. 7 - Evince in Posso's Prompts
Evince (v:) reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling), be evidence of; indicate. When I’m struggling with being alone I usually take my off day, right now it’s consistently been Tuesdays (whi...
Feb 6 - Mellifluous in Posso's Prompts
Mellifluous (adj:) (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear. In high school, I went to a summer camp of sorts, designed for kids from low income homes to get out, experience colle...
Feb. 5 - Sonder in Posso's Prompts
Sonder (n, neologism:) The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’...
Feb. 4 - Quatervois in Posso's Prompts
Quatervois (n:) A crossroad; a critical turning point in one’s life 2018 felt like an endless loop of turning points and critical decisions that occurred in my life. My girlfriend left me becaus...
Feb. 3 - Nyctophilia in Posso's Prompts
Nyctophilia (n:) An attraction to darkness or night; finding relaxation or comfort in the darkness. Ever since pulling all nighters in high school to stay up and watch actual music videos on MTV ...
Feb. 2 - Kilig in Posso's Prompts
Kilig: (noun:) a feeling of exhilaration or elation caused by an exciting or romantic experience. (adj:) causing or characterized by a feeling of exhilaration or elation. Kilig is a tagalog word ...
Feb. 1 - Metanoia in Posso's Prompts
Metanoia (n) : a transformative change of heart, especially : a spiritual conversion (Merriam-Webster) When I found out that I had testicular cancer, the immediate reaction was, well, shit. I hav...
February Prompts in Posso's Prompts
I was looking into writing ideas and while perusing through Pinterest (sigh, yeah, I know) I saw boards dedicated to words that aren’t often used or unique words and I thought, ‘hey, could be a ...
January 31st in Posso's Prompts
I wrote this last year after I had been at the doctor, getting checked up to see if my cancer screen was coming back clean. At the time, it was and I thought after getting my DUI that maybe I was...
January 30th in Posso's Prompts
Have you ever had a job where you’ve felt invincible at? The first time I was ‘fired’ from the Ivory Room, I was a complete shitshow. I can’t remember what the occasion, if there was any at all,...
January 29th in Posso's Prompts
What songs do you use to motivate you through a rough time, or just a day in general? It’s been a struggle to write this week and I can’t seem to find a reason why. I haven’t been motivated or as...
January 28th in Posso's Prompts
Do you have a guilty pleasure TV show? Why? After work last night, I raced home to catch the end of the WWE Royal Rumble. I know. I’m 33. Wrestling’s fake. It doesn’t stop me from being completel...
January 27th in Posso's Prompts
How has faith and religion impacted your life so far? My parents met in a way that could most likely be made into a romantic comedy. My mother, born and raised in a family of Mormon faith in Utah...
January 26th in Posso's Prompts
I was in Chicago visiting some family when my uncle took me to a bar that was totally a place that I stood out in: I didn’t have a leather jacket, I wasn’t tattooed from knuckles to face and ever...
January 25th in Posso's Prompts
When have you had a time when you were mad at your friends but ultimately forgave them for saving you from a terrible situation? I almost was kidnapped in Milwaukee one night. The friends and I h...
January 24th in Posso's Prompts
Tell a story of a time in your life influenced by something that happened around this time last year. Heather first attempted suicide just over a year ago. It was a cry for help that went answere...
January 23rd in Posso's Prompts
What job did you envision yourself having as a kid? What do you do now? As a kid, I always dreamed I was going to become some sort of medical professional. Saving someone’s life always seemed ama...
January 22nd in Posso's Prompts
What band/artist has had an impact or influence on your life that you wish you could share with them? My cousin Nathan shot himself in the head one morning in January five years ago. It was in do...
January 21st in Posso's Prompts
What’s a movie or television show you have not yet seen that everyone gives you a hard time for not seeing? This is why I have refused for 21 years to ever watch the movie Titanic. I was 12 year...
January 20th in Posso's Prompts
What’s something you’re still thinking about that you did wrong in 2018? I won’t lie to you: 2018 ended up being one of the shittiest years to date in my life. In case you need a brief history, I...
January 19th in Posso's Prompts
Inspired by someone asking me to relive the story of the time I pissed off a musician, when has there been a time when you drew attention to yourself that you regret? If you don’t know me well en...
January 18th in Posso's Prompts
Is there a recent time where you set out to do something you thought you could and ‘ate a piece of humble pie?’ I had just finished what would be the first of two rounds of cancer treatment in 20...
January 17th in Posso's Prompts
Take us back to a time where something you wrote helps to bring inspiration to you when you are in a rut. My first interest with writing happened in high school. I applied to be the associate edi...
