What are you most proud of in your life? I thought I should do a lot of psychedelics and do drugs, to be like Timothy Leary or drink and be like Ernest Hemingway. Perhaps I could be freed from the burden of the rules of society and be an edgy artist or writer who has …
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Like a Good Neighbor. . .
A good neighbor starts with me at the lobby door when I see the UPS man with packages. I can buzz him in or carry my neighbors’ package up to their door. I’m aware if they’re at work if their parking spot is empty. I can text them that they have a package, or, depending …
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Interesting that the question says who, and not what. For the first time in looking at these prompts, I looked at how others’ replied, and saw some very interesting patterns. Folks that obviously don’t have that kind of money would spend it on a single project that could easily be a sinkhole of loss in …
What’s Gotten Rotten in our Income and Affordability?
One recent writing prompt on my Word Press channel–was to describe, “What would I do if I lost all my possessions?” I started to write about the two men I see here on Oahu that were fortunate enough to survive the Maui wind fires from Hurricane Dora, and are basically having to start over here …
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Honolulu or Bust
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? The best piece of advice I’ve ever received was to do nothing and stay in Hawaii. As a twenty-nine year resident of San Francisco I thought it would be a good idea to go move back there now that COVID is over—to find my heart—and be …
How Would You Design the City of the Future?
In the future of the world of George Lucas–of Star Wars fame–the modern central system city is filled with flying cars moving smoothly, but in a somewhat congested city, with tall gleaming buildings. In contrast to this futuristic world, is the world of Gene Roddenberry, of the Star Trek realm, where cities, like Romulus, resemble …
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How Do I Plan my Goals?
One of the simplest, most basic way to plan goals is with a pen and paper in a spiral notebook. Sometimes a pencil is better, and a smaller, pocket sized spiral notebook is better. The problem with phones is screen size, and the inability to read the font of longer bullets or outlines from page …
Why Do I like to Write?
Writing helps me preserve my best thinking in a cleaner, clearer, more thoughtful way by slowing down my brainwaves into telling you what I really desire to say. Lord knows I have a lot to say–and if you know me–this is the cue to roll your eyes and lol your head! I’d say journaling and …
I can be Positive even if I’m not Happy
We asked Driver Doug to list his top Thirty things that make him happy. 30. Seeing the “On Time” arrival and departure display at an airport next to my flight number. 29. Hearing my barista say, “Would you like to use your points for a free drink and sandwich?” 28. Logging on to zoom and …
Daily Writing Prompt – Who is Driver Doug?
I’m serious about work and my coworker relationships, and the bounty has flowed as an abundance that has served me well–although I have bad fortune with subordinates and with my private life sexual excursions. Glib, quick-witted and able to read a group and others when I am still and quiet–is a rarity in and of …
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The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 