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Monday, January 5, 2026

Unsure what all this really means

When you tune in to the news networks, you get all kinds of opinions about the U.S. mission into Venezuela to grab Nicolas Maduro and his wife and bring them to NYC to stand trial as narco-terrorists, among other things. Some reports claim it's not about the drug trafficking at all, but is a ruse so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 2, 2026

Missed it!

I fell asleep before they dropped the giant lighted ball in Times Square, so the new year started without me. My days of dancing the night away, sipping a drink and enjoying a sweet kiss at midnight to start the new year are long past. But they were good while they lasted. The 1960s were a very good... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Peace

Here's my wish for all of us for the coming year: Peace. We've seen too much of click bait on social media designed to keep us ticked off and reacting rather than thinking. There's an old saying about chickens always coming home to roost. The wicked and the stupid will end up where they ought to be.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 29, 2025

What's new?

I have a cold. A head cold that reaches to the chest. I've been coughing and hacking over the last two days, which is bad enough, but even worse - it seems to have detoured my thinking gear. Can't remember or imagine anything of interest to write about, not even politics, which I'm trying to avoid... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Adding it up

Started tracking the funding appeals on the tube this past week - so many groups with their hands out, asking for "only 63 cents a day" and showing the most pitiful pups and kittens, children in braces and operating special equipment, shots of desperate teen-age homeless youth, and others. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Add a couplet:

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. And Mama in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap. When out on the lawn I heard such a clatter... " (Your turn: add the next couple lines in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 22, 2025

DJT Memorial Library complete with 1943 Sears-Roebuck catalog. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Name this song

"I rode through the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to be out of the rain. In the desert you can remember your name 'cause there ain't nobody to bring you no shame, Ah, la la la, la-la la la la. Ah la la la la." Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Cincinnati, WKRP

That theme song just took over the earworm job in my mind. "Baby, if you've ever wondered, wondered what ever became of me... I'm livin' on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, WKRP." Loved that sitcom. What a fabulous balance of characters and story lines. Herb, who provided the on-the-spot coverage... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Something to Keep in Mind

We all began as gazillion-year-old stardust. We're not new here. Sign in to see full entry.

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