Wednesday, October 8, 2008
You say Increase Taxes Like That's A Bad Thing
My Grandpa Sam immigrated here from Russia in 1921, with nothing more than $100 sewn into the lining of his one and only coat. Through hard work and lots of moxie, he became a successful businessman. When he was in his 80's, he said to me, "I'm proud to pay taxes. The more I pay, it means the more...
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Civilization in Decline: Spears Vs. Newman
Today's Stamford Advocate - our city newspaper with a circulation of over 25,000, serving a city of 120,000 - featured a sickening, above the fold, banner headline; "Spears flees for a shopping spree: Pop star spotted on Greenwich Avenue." This news trumped "House OK's Bailout," and a story about a...
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Winking, Blinking and Nod
On Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler (Katie Couric) said to Tiny Fey (Sara Palin), "Is it my imagination, or when you get stumped, you just get more adorable?" I couldn't help but remember that line as Palin winked her way through the debates last night, bless her heart. Was I impressed? Palin stood...
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Looking for Myself in Old Home Movies
Yesterday, I got a hold of a few DVD's made from old family movies and videotapes. The movies were REALLY OLD - of my Dad and his brother in the early 1930's - and had been voiced over (or voiced for the first time, I guess) by my then very alive Grandparents. I had never seen these scenes which...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
How To Rack Up Comments
I finally figured out how to solicit more comments from my posts; Reveal some personal information, then ask a question. This is a method that Ariala has been using for lo these many years, and it's been working for her to the tune of over 6 grand. I'm just slow on the uptake. Seeking information...
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Monday, September 22, 2008
In my last post, I called for Blogit Members to write about their favorite childhood books and what I discovered didn't surprise me. You are a PLUCKY bunch! From Ciel's The Borrowers and Tales of Moominvalley to TAPS A Girl of the Limberlost, to Sam444's Gulliver's Travels, and lots of Winnie the...
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Friday, September 19, 2008
What Books Did You Like As A Child?
In last week's New Yorker, Adam Gopnik reported on new "controversial literature" surrounding Barbar the Elephant; the theory that Barbar was actually a stand-in for French Colonialists. This may be so, but I never liked Barbar or any subsequent Barbar books to begin with, so there may be something...
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Palin Vs. Cheney
What's the difference between Dick Cheney and Sara Palin? Palin's the better shot.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Election Quandry
My ambivalence about this coming election grows by the day. I am not a diehard Obama fan, though the squishy, socially liberal parts of me cry out for someone like him to take a turn running this country. At the same time, I'm not a fan of the 72 year old hot-tempered pseudo maverick whose idea of...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Oh, Those Gay Greeks
In my last post, I brought up the Hippocratic Oath merely in jest. I decided to investigate just what it was I was referencing and discovered that one of the vows taken by physicians in ancient Greece (besides "do no harm" and keeping all matters confidential) was; "In every house where I come I...
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