Tuesday, September 21, 2004
IN EXACTLY THREE MONTHS FROM TODAY I WILL ENTER THE DARK SIDE
of 45. I will turn 46 on Dec. 21. Sheesh. In honor of that I am posting a story I wrote a number of years ago for mymerrychristmas.com that still runs on their web site to this day. I had to write an audition piece for them in order to garner assignments. The editor asked me to wirte about my best...
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Monday, September 20, 2004
I'VE LOST MY MEMORIES!
I am betwixt, befuddled, and bewildered--and out of "B" words. I seem to have lost an entire box of photographs. These include not only those precious photos of my precious children, but photos from when I was 15 and lived with Nana for the summer, family photos I've stolen from Mum's photo albums,...
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Friday, September 17, 2004
THIS JUST IN .....................................................
An old friend sent this to me a few moments ago. I like it - want to share it. A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying...
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Thursday, September 16, 2004
FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN HURT BY A PARENT
I STARTED TO WRITE A COMMENT TO SOMEONE ELSE'S POST ABOUT THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THEIR MOTHER. IT BECAME THIS POST: I grew up with an abusive father who was also an alcoholic. I swore I would never forgive him. I won't go into all the lurid details - it is enough to say that I was beaten every day...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2004
FEELING MY AGE
I guess it's the barometric pressure changing or something--the moon in the seventh house, Jupiter aligned with Mars--whatever. Today I feel my age--and by cracky I hate it. I hear old people says things like "by cracky" and "oh my stars." My grandmother always said, "Oh George!" To this day I have...
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Sunday, September 5, 2004
RIPPING OFF SINATRA - IT'S SING-A-LONG TIME
That's right - it's time to sing. You cannot read this post. It must be sung to the tune of "When I was 17." Hey, hey, HEY!!! What are you doing reading this. I said Sing. Sing baby sing. Throw out your arms and belt it out. Sing it from the rooftops. That's it, that's it, YEAH! When I was 17, It...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
MAN - I HATE WHEN THEY DO THIS . . . . PERILOUS NEWS TONIGHT
From World News Tonight: Also tonight, a new study published in the journal Radiology suggests that CT scans can increase a patient's risk of developing cancer. According to the study, the amount of radiation used in a single whole-body scan is similar to the amount received from 100 mammograms or...
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Monday, August 30, 2004
New pain meds are doing odd things to me wee little brain
so I will be hitting the sack early tonight all. I am having horrible dizzy spells and can't eat right now. Makes me sick. I feel like I'm again even as I type. Much to do tomorrow to get diet article done and send query letters out to get more work. Need to pay for these damn pills. I think I may...
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Saturday, August 28, 2004
Low Fat, Sugar Free, Low Carb Iced Mocha Latte
I made up this recipe a couple of years ago when I was trying to copy Tim Horton's Iced Latte that I drank like a fiend every summer. I fiddled around, and came up with a low carb, low fat, sugar free version that even Jake loves. I've given the recipe to a couple of coffee shops in the area, and it...
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EVERYTHING HURTS AND WHAT DON'T HURT DON'T WORK
That's what my dad used to say about growing older. I understand it now. I come from a family of active men. I was always more like the guys in my family than the women - maybe because I'm built like a boy. My father, who is now 76, ran a judo and ju jitsu studio in Burlington, Vt. when he was in...
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