Mark Graham

@marky7 (563)

Independence, Louisiana • Age 60

Joined myLot 9 years ago

I am an avid reader and a grad student in education. I worked as a practical nurse 13 years and now want to write what I have learned from everything I did.

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Hurricane Flossie ...

DW Davis @DWDavis (25805) • United States 31 Jul 19

... just doesn't have a name worthy of a hurricane. Flossie seems more to me like a name for a milk cow. Right now, though, in the Pacific off the coast of Baja California, Hurricane Flossie is churning her way toward Hawaii,...

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Mark Graham Hurricane Flossie well there are some pretty mean cows out there. I have arthritis and when a thunderstorm approaches my knees and tailbone thump a lot.

1 Aug 19

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What About Rainbows?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15962) • United States 25 Jul 17

Rainbows are a “meteorological phenomenon” that scientists have a difficult time explaining. Have you ever really thought about rainbows? Do you know the seven colors of the rainbow in the order that they appear. Starting with...

rainbows

covenant

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Mark Graham Totally agree rainbows are gifts from God and no one else.

10 Sep 17

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good for nothing!

Arpita Chakraborty @Arpita1996 (137) • Bangladesh 24 Feb 17

sometimes I feel that I have no good qualities at all.I have no power to do something interesting.this types of feeling made me depressed always..what can I do??

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Mark Graham Just be yourself. I feel like this at times too

15 Mar 17

future aim in life..

Arpita Chakraborty @Arpita1996 (137) • Bangladesh 21 Feb 17

hiii.. how are you all?? what is your aim in life?? my future aim in life is to be a software engineer..

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Mark Graham My future aim is to be a college professor as well as a writer/researcher of some kind. Currently I am working online as a writer of lesson plans and assessments.

21 Feb 17

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Mid-Week Blog for 2.15.17.

Tammy @tammys85 (30066) • Baltimore, Maryland 15 Feb 17

Hey there, everyone. I hope you're all doing well. I'm posting the Mid-Week Blog kind of late, but at least I'm getting it posted lol. I went to Rite-Aid with my niece for some Valentine's Day stuff. She insisted on getting me...

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Mark Graham You had a productive day and better late than never as you say.

21 Feb 17

What kinds of book do you like to read and how often do you read a book ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 11 Mar 16

I enjoy reading books just like you are. I enjoy reading all kinds of books including : Christianity, history, fiction, poem , and many more. How ever, there is a kind of book which I will never read anything about it. Anything...

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Mark Graham I read just about everything including Math and Accounting books. Those two books are mainly for the one online site I work (write) for presently. I really like reading and reviewing children's literature.

27 Aug 16

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Anyone still know how to write in Sorthand?..

raijin @raijin (10345) • Philippines 23 Feb 07

I learned way back in high school, though I already forgotten some of it, I know I can still read and right some. Plus, I do still have my book and manual of it!;) So do anybody here still practice writing in shorthand? I'm...

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Mark Graham I am trying to find sites that will let me transcribe books into shorthand. I saw an edition of Alice in Wonderland totally written in Gregg Shorthand. Do you know of any sites that do this?

15 Aug 16

Two Weeks Off and Now Back To Work

DW Davis @DWDavis (25805) • United States 29 Jun 16

Who Says Teachers Don't Work In The Summer? We do work, we just don't get paid for it. I've received my teaching assignment for next year. After four years away from it I will be teaching Seventh Grade Math again. While it won't...

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Mark Graham Long time no see. One thing about elementary/middle school teachers we can teach all subjects. I have not been writing too much except for writing my nursing study guide. Hope your family is doing well this summer. Have fun with the lesson plans.

9 Jul 16

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Being a Bookworm

allen0187 @allen0187 (58582) • Philippines 2 May 16

Good day to all the myLotters out there. One of my pleasures in life is reading a good book. I started young when it came to reading. I would read anything and everything I could get my hands on to. No genre is off limits to...

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Mark Graham I also read whatever I can get my hands on as well preferring to read hardback and paperback books over a nook or kindle. I like to actually turn a page to read what happens next. I even reread books as well.

17 Jun 16

Are You A Person Noses In A Book?

Shavkat @Shavkat (139933) • Philippines 9 May 16

When I was in high school, I always noses in a book. I like being a bookworm and had learned so many things during that time. However, when I step-in in university. I lost the drive to read novel books and focused more on my...

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Mark Graham I am an avid reader and I always have my nose in a book ever since really elementary school. I am re-reading my nursing textbooks for a test prep study book I am writing. I am also reading classic literature and have already read Peter Pan, The Scarlet...

17 Jun 16

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CRAWFISH

terriann @terriann (4450) • United States 2 Nov 06

I love boiled crawfish... How do you like yours?

crawfish

seafood

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Mark Graham I like mine boiled and the sides of brussel sprouts, potatoes, mushrooms, onion, corn and spices.

9 Jun 16

Sticky Keys

Jose Juan @quantum2020 (12041) • Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico 28 Apr 16

I was resolved to continue working to the limits here on Mylot, today; however, I can hardly type a complete word with this keyboard, since the keys are sticky. They have given me computers with sticky keys before here at the...

sticky keys

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Mark Graham I did not have that problem at the library when I used their computers, but on my own computer which comes with something to stop sticky keys and when it does happens the computer takes care of the issue. I really do not understand how to explain but it sure...

30 May 16

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My Computer Got Difficult

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317041) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 May 16

Last night or this morning before I gave up and went to bed I was down to 13 notifications and could see the end in sight, and then it happened. Error after error. Shockwave errors and that wait/kill box on every comment I...

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Mark Graham That is a pain. You did accomplish something in cleaning your kitchen though. That could be a bright side. The site I just signed up must me really new it let me on in the morning now it says access denied after a early afternoon of maintenance. Another...

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This is Spring Right

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (317041) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 8 Apr 16

Okay, the calendar said it was Spring on March 20. Here it is April 8 and we're in the middle of a winter storm warning. Some places are supposed to get up to 6 inches of heavy wet slushy snow. I just took two inches off my...

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Mark Graham I used to live in Western PA. I remember April snowstorms and I kind of liked them but I could walk wherever I needed to go if the roads got to slick. I live in Central Louisiana and if I remember correctly April 8 was warm and humid and severe...

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Can It Really Be?

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3573) • United States 29 Apr 16

So for the last week it has been cool and rainy. At nights we're still using our wood burning stove because it's still cool!! The lows are getting down into the low 40's- mid 30's. I just heard we might get some SNOW this...

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Mark Graham I like snow, but I think I know where you are coming from snow in late April or even in May is just too late for the white stuff. I do remember living in Western PA in the late seventies we did have a freak snowstorm very early April and it melted two days...

13 May 16

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What is the longest book you have read?

Scindhia H @Scindhia (1906) • India 11 Mar 16

I would love to say war and peace but I'm yet to read it. The longest book I have read till now (from what I can remember) is 'The pillars of the earth' by Ken Follet. It had more than 800 pages and took a week and a half to...

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Mark Graham The longest book I read was Homer's Illiad and now I am re-reading it to make a study book of it for other readers.

8 May 16

I am thinking of learning animation on my own, which software is a good choice for beginners?

Wowtalk @Wowtalk (592) • Jamaica 3 May 16

Going to school is nice and all but when you are not financially there I think its a good Idea to force yourself to learn something new on your own, so I have decided to stop dreaming about doing animation and start doing it, I...

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Mark Graham I am not sure of this, but did you check with Disney.com for they may be able to help you in this idea.

8 May 16

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Turning to Ubuntu

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16679) • Boston, Massachusetts 7 May 16

I have had a difficult few days. One of the PCs decided to lose its mind through some broken Windows and cannot be restored to sanity. We tried. And tried. And trying led to trying times. In the end, the Windows we had...

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Mark Graham I'm with you I need to feel the keys beneath my fingers when I am writing papers and blog articles. There is just something about typing. It is kind of calming even when I only had an old electric typewriter.

7 May 16

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