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Friday, November 4, 2011

The song remains the same . . .

BUT NOW THE WORDS GET ME THINKING There’s been a lot going on lately; I mean a lot! Which of course puts a lot on people’s minds. And there are some days when it seems as if dozens of different thoughts would be zig-zagging across your brain at the same time, like a shotgun blast of ping pong balls... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A little something for Halloween

FRANKENSTEIN - THE MISUNDERSTOOD MONSTER [ Sorry everyone - this was to have appeared yesterday, but since Mother Nature smacked us here on the East Coast with an early winter storm, we had no power since Saturday night! We just got power back this morning, so this was the earliest I could post... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

A Halloween tale . . .

THE ACCIDENTAL, AND SCARIEST, COSTUME I love Halloween! I think I’ve had more fun during this “holiday” than any other. And part of that fun, of course, is creating and parading around in a unique, unusual and definitely scary costume ( no cowboys, bums, Power Rangers or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

"Money . . . keys . . . spray!"

HOW DO YOU RETAIN YOUR “CHECK-LIST?” A couple of times a month, I like to venture down to my “old hometown,” where I still have family and friends. Some of those friends I have known since kindergarten ( that’s about a half a century, for anyone keeping score ). And one friend in particular is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

A brief history of

GREAT ONE-LINERS... BAD TIMING! As some of you may have surmised from previous blogs and comments, I am a huge fan of the early black & white comedies. The Three Stooges, Abbott & Costello, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Laurel & Hardy... I love ’em all. But my absolute favorites are probably the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Concerning some everyday occurrences

YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL THAN YOU THINK Suppose you were driving somewhere specific, and the road you were on eventually forks. To the left, the road swings way out to a long, curved loop, with an average speed limit of thirty miles per hour, and was seven miles long. The view is scenic, and it will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Can you say stress?

SO, WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT? I read a newspaper everyday. I watch the world news every night. And I never miss The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ( one of the best shows on television, in my opinion ). All in all, I try to keep up with things. I try to maintain some sort of awareness of what’s going... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

News from around the state

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS SEEM TO BE SO GLUM? I read my state’s newspaper everyday. Not necessarily word for word, but enough to have a pretty good generalization of what’s going on. My paper is divided into sections ( state and local affairs, business, entertainment, sports ) as I suspect most newspapers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

"In your own words . . . "

DO ANY OF US HAVE OUR OWN WORDS? The other day I was talking to my wife about the last time I came home with a box of goodies from Dunkin’ Donuts ( we rarely indulge ). As I was forming my next sentence in the recesses of my mind, something odd happened. My brainwaves somehow split... and then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

A little something for everyone

SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY... Chew on these for a while... If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work. The sicker you get, the harder it is to remember if you’ve taken your medicine. If you mail a letter to the post office, who delivers it? Kilometers are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Like the famous Roman stand-up philosopher Comicus once exclaimed: “I coalesce the vapor of human experience into a viable and logical comprehension.” In other words, I see, hear and read about a lot of peculiar things, try to make some sense of them, and then pass them on to you, hopefully in a whimsical but common sense way. Strap yourselves in . . . this ride can sometimes be a little bumpy! From the author of "The Hindering" and "Welcome To America-Society In Decline"

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