Brian Dickens Barrabee

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The Trouble With Beauty

1 week ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

There’s only one winner in the battle for her bodyAs long as she could remember she was always considered beautiful. An observer would think she had no problems. But unbeknownst to the woman, her absolute physical perfection brought on a certain stress the nexus of which she had not discovered although she’s tried. Humans of every sexual persuasion found her flawless beauty captivating. She had many admirers. She was the closest version to a modern goddess you could imagine.
The Two Words Used Most Often

2 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Parents use these words multiple times during just one Pee Wee game. There’s a problem that good enough parents are wrestling with their boys and girls. I don’t know how many of you much maligned folks realize that most of you are working on the problem every time you see your son or daughter play baseball. Let’s identify the problemHow many of you parents (and grandparents) who are reading this article are concerned about the recent trend of instant gratification sought by your wee ones?
My Lucky Bill

2 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

If I’m ever financially embarrassed it could be the only solution. When I was in elementary school, every Tuesday morning, when we first arrived at school, we did our banking. That was the time designated by the school for grades 3rd to 8th to deposit and withdraw money from their school bank account. Not all the kids participated but whomever had the funds and the parents to encourage them would bring in what funds they could for deposit. I tried to save .10 out of my .25 a week allowance.
Liking (or Loving) Someone Who Doesn’t Like (or Love) You

2 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Therapists say you’re insecure if you only like people who like youI had a friend that once said when she met someone her first thought was, they won’t like me!I thought that was a strange way to look at things. I automatically assume, possibly a false assumption, when I meet someone they will like me!Therapists may call me insecure but my quotient for being attracted to someone is based largely on their attraction to me.
Disillusioned At The Doctor’s Office

3 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Suddenly there was a cry out in the waiting roomMy wife had to go into work and I had a doctor’s appointment. I drew the assignment of watching our youngest. I’d been going to the same doctor for a good many years and she always gave me a sympathetic ear. I liked her very much, had the feeling she was on my side. I felt it prudent to give her office a call to ask her if it would be Ok to have a 3 year old to my appointment.
Sneaky Inflation Fighters

4 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Pay less, drink lessThere was a time in the 1970’s where restaurants and bars started severing more. The quantity of food and drink became more and more generous for the money diners and drinkers had to shell out for usually more than their fill. This trend continued to grow right up thru the 2010’s because of competitive pricing, competition and increased food production.
Stupidity Leads to Bankruptcy

4 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Money does matterNot bragging; I’m confessingMy father passed away 40 some years ago. One of the things that his will directed was I should inherit a small case, about as big as a Cracker Jack’s box. It was shaped like a treasure chest. It had no lock. I was also to receive, “the contents within.”Curious about exactly what it contained as soon as I constructively received the box, I opened it. MoneyThere were 25 silver dollars in the small box.
We’re All Just Animals

1 month ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Which animal would you and like-mind people chooseI had my cat Smokey and my cousin Kit had his dog Wiggles. If we ever had a chance us as kids to answer the question, “I you were an animal, which one would you choose to be?”I’m quite sure Kit would’ve been a dog; and I’m very sure I’d have been a cat!As seniors, with changing circumstances, our choises may be different.
Surprise at the Corner Pub

1 month ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Everyone was in high spirits when they called out the answerI’m proud of my adopted town of Philadelphia. Although I was born in New Jersey, I eventually immigrated to the “City of Brotherly Love” after college. Oh everyone’s heard of, and probably visited the normal tourist attractions: the Liberty Bell, Constitution Hall, the Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross House (and no, they didn’t live together), the Museum of the American Revolution and many other icons in the country’s history.
So You Want to Be a Billionaire?

1 month ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Then you need not read furtherI entered my real estate office the same time as I usually do. I listen to my answering machine as per my morning routine. It was the summertime and students were lining up apartments in which to reside for the coming fall and spring terms. And that was my business — gettin’ ’em housing. I listened to all the messages that had been made the previous night, when no one was maning the phone. There were quite a few people to call.