Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Monday, April 8, 2013

It's Poetry Month.

RAINBOW Color me, color me, color me brown. I’m tired of the whitebred look, tired of being mistaken for one insulated by tradition and majority from ordinary penalties. I am not that narrow. Yes, color me brown. Color me, color me, color me blue as the fragile ocean, as the weary sky, make me an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Deadly Dentistry

This may explain why I am a bit fatalistic about my upcoming dental work. In January of 1976 my brother-in-law, who had been in and out of a state mental facility for much of his adult life, died after the extraction of an abscessed tooth. To be fair, our situations are hardly parallel. I'm pushing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Writer's Journal...

This is my third start on today's blog. The first was a brief paragraph about Eliza Bright, the woman who was most likely my father's sixth wife. I've written bits here about my journeys through Ancestry.com and family histories, etc. and the novelized version of my mother's biography. Since it was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Rehash of a rehash...

I'm a fan of "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. Sometimes he's not as funny as he thinks he is (I deal with that condition myself) - but sometimes I think he's brilliant. Last night he took CNN to task. I'll be looking at the rerun on Comedy Central this morning to make sure I got it all. Sometimes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

They caught the soup guy...

Well, he saw himself on TV and turned himself in, represented by counsel. Turned out he was a 61-year-old who admitted being in the store but denied putting anything in the soup, video of him in the act not withstanding. Delusional? Cops are not saying what he added to the recipe - perhaps the info... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

I think I've caught my granddaughter's virus...

Sore throat, watery eyes, all the energy of a two by four. No appetite, coffee doesn't taste good, weird headache that strikes like a hammer and fades. I think I'll just crawl back in bed and listen to the TV with my head under the covers. No updates on the soup Nazi - the guy who spiked the soup at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Who spiked the soup? Why?

One lead story on this morning's news - surveillance video of a guy putting something into the soup at a local supermarket's soup & salad bar. Pulled it out of his pocket, poured it into the soup, looked around to see if anyone was looking, then walked out. He didn't look in the direction of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Hairy Easter...

My granddaughter is in beauty school. Tech during the morning hours, hair science, the chemistry, a bit about the neurology, physiology, etc., and these days, salon hours. There are ladies who ask for her when they come to the beauty school. Afternoons she has the usual high school senior classes -... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Rag-top bug carries Easter bunny

I'm waiting at the stoplight at the intersection by the library when I see this cute little pea-green VW bug convertible in the distance. My older daughter had one of those, so I looked closely as I waited for the light to green up. Sitting next to the driver was the Easter Bunny, which is why,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

J.R's Favorite Easter Story

My brother-in-law frequently acted like a know-it-all and tended to take over the spotlight at any family gathering. He could be overbearing with his tales of the war in the south Pacific, his service on a PT Boat during WWII. He made a show of his religion, was called "preacher" by some, but it... Sign in to see full entry.

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