From the fortune cookie that came with my lunch.
September 5, 2012
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August 15, 2011
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Vacation
If my output is lower than usual this week, well, here’s why. The Go-Go's – Vacation by EMI_Music But I’m sure I won’t be quiet for the whole week.
July 12, 2011
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19 Years
As of today, I’ve been clean and sober for 19 years. Nineteen years. Six thousand nine hundred and thirty five days, one at a time. I remembered last night, while watching Intervention. It’s kind of amazing when I stop and … Continue reading
February 28, 2011
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Dreaming In The Dark — The Oscars
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Conservatives’ Race to Oblivion I watched the Oscars last night, for what has to be at least the 30th time, because I’ve watched them every year since I was old … Continue reading
October 20, 2010
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Evolving The Perfect Mouse
As my carpal tunnel issues — which go way, way, way back — continue, so does my search for the perfect mouse. I think I may have found, if not the perfect mouse, then a close contender. Sometimes last week … Continue reading
October 18, 2010
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The Milestone in the Underwear Pile
It occurred to me last night that parenting turns the mundane into milestones, causing strange emotional reactions. I had one of those while we were folding the laundry during “Desperate Housewives” (as we do every other Sunday night.) I had … Continue reading
October 15, 2010
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Cover Your Cough
You talk about the president Won’t stop the air pollution Just put ya hand on ya mouth That’ll help the solution “Respect Yourself” – The Staples Singers I’ve been fighting a chest cold for the few days, after finally going … Continue reading
September 30, 2010
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What Songs Get You Through?
I sometimes save things in Google reader that have interesting titles and that I want to read later. “The Wrestler and the Cornflake Girl,” written by a wrestler who fell in love with the music of Tori Amos, is one … Continue reading
September 10, 2010
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An Unstudied Opinion On Study Habits
I knew it! All through my schooling I told my parents that I studied better (and learned more) with the radio on, or some noise going on in the background. I’m not sure whether they believed me or just decided … Continue reading
August 24, 2010
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Vaction, All I Ever Wanted
We’re on a bit of a family vacation this week. So posting may be sparse, though I do have one in the works.
August 12, 2010
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What a Morning (& Thanks, Pepco)
Well, this has been quite a morning. I haven’t been able to keep up with the news, because we got hit with another storm this morning. The latest in a series. Of course, we lost power again.
July 30, 2010
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Putting My Back Into It
"It" being a painful knot, that is. I wrote earlier that my eyes had begun to their/my age. Well, now my back is angling to get in on the act, with some stiff competition from my knees. It’s funny. Twenty … Continue reading
July 21, 2010
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Another Voice In The Choir?
Right now, there are about three or four things, news items and such, that I’d like to write about. Some I’ve wanted to write about for more than week. In the meantime, I’ve actually had to read what everyone else … Continue reading
May 14, 2010
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I Can’t Believe My Eyes
It’s official. I’m getting older. It started, actually, a year ago. I went to my annual eye exam, and the doctor told me that I was just starting to show a touch of presbyopia. Presbyopia usually occurs beginning at around … Continue reading
March 4, 2010
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R.I.P., Jon Swift
Via Skippy comes the sad news of the passing of blogger Al Weisel, a/k/a Jon Swift. this is the saddest news we have had to report in a long, long time. the blogger who was known as jon swift has … Continue reading
February 26, 2010
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Talk Like A Man
I haven’t been following the Winter Olympics very close, except for perusing the news photos and figuring out who the hottest athletes are. (No, I don’t need to see they play to figure that out, if you know what I … Continue reading
February 16, 2010
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Augusta, GA(Y?)
I admit, I’ve never had many great things to say about my hometown, Augusta, GA. In fact, when I was in high school, my classmates and I tended to call it “Dis-Gusta.” That was probably because it was a very … Continue reading
November 26, 2009
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Happy Birthday Bill W., And Thanks
According to the new app I downloaded to my iphone, today is the birthday of Bill W. Second Lieut. Bill Wilson didn’t think twice when the first butler he had ever seen offered him a drink. The 22-year-old soldier didn’t … Continue reading
October 9, 2009
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Value Added
I think I’ve discovered something. Not long ago, I wrote this, about what I’ve felt (and still feel) to be the “lost time” in my life due to untreated ADD, and feeling like it was truly lost time because I … Continue reading
August 13, 2009
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