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

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Friday, July 8, 2011

New girl in town ...

- continued - Halfway to their Fourth Avenue accounting office -- on Pine Street between Sixth and Seventh -- was a jewelry store: Slidell’s. It was a ritzy, expensive little store, apparently run by a family. Doris seldom glanced in the window s, except maybe to check her own reflection. She’d... Sign in to see full entry.

No more Dr. Oz for me.

Thanks to that guru of everyday health solutions, I've discovered that I'm old. Also obese. And that the problem stems from sitting. I've learned to sit and stay. Yesterday his rerun -- which I was fortunate enough to miss the first time 'round -- pointed out the symptoms doctors look for in your... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

New girl in town,,,

Lenore, perfect name for a star. That's the screen name Doris Mae would use as soon as she was discovered. Lenore Duncan. Or maybe Garson. Lenore Garson: how would that look in the credits before the title? Starring Lenore Garson, in the epic adventure,.... "Whatcha thinking about Doris?"... Sign in to see full entry.

Computer Forensics

You can hit "delete" all you want. Empty the recycle bin. The incriminations are still there in the event "they" want to investigate your search habits. They can take a fine-tooth electronic comb -- an app that does key word searches -- to your hard drive, and years later there's a chance they can... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Jury has the case: Countdown to verdict clock is running.

It's been a long, confusing trial -- in some ways Law 101, in others it's extraordinary. Despite brilliant summations by Jeff Ashton and Jose Diaz (prosecution and defense lead attorneys) and all the forensics you could ask for from expert witnesses -- nobody knows how the toddler died, or exactly... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 4, 2011

I don't find this stuff amusin' any more...

(Line from a Paul Simon song.) I loved Simon and Garfunkel when they first came on the scene. One thing about singers in those days, you could understand the lyrics. They e-nun-ci-ated. Might as well be singing Sanskrit these days. I get the beat, catch an occasional phrase. But for the most part... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

If at first you don't succeed...

The group did a final run-through, Pasco running a sound check as they performed. Cammie’s voice was at times one with the sax, other times rounding above it with longing and passion. He worked automatically, his mind on the fight he’d had with Janice before work. She’d screamed, as she had more... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

About raising the debt ceiling...

Funny thing how profligate we get when there's no accountability, no reckoning. We fill those pork barrels to overflowing, expand our wars, build more planes, make more bullets and high-tech weapons. Congressmen and senators pose and take positions in front of the cameras, make deals behind the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Poets: Langston Hughes -- Harlem Renaissance Man

Langston Hughes writes stories: beautifully crafted, enduring, triumph-over-adversity stories. He writes about making do or doing without, about how the life of the mind can carry the heart through rough inconsiderations, trials by fire, terrorism. Sometimes I can not keep reading because the sharp... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Sunshine...

There's a commercial out now, I think it's a car commercial, that uses the old song "You are my sunshine" to get the viewer's attention. It's a grabber. We used to sing that song on Saturday afternoon drives when the boys were little, in the days before seat belts and carseats for kids under 40... Sign in to see full entry.

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