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

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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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Early Resolution

I resolve to avoid grim and depressing news or making comments about things the Clown in Chief says or does - his thoughtless insults, petty opinions, etc. Fogedaboudit! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 6, 2025

Irony

In a plot twist I didn't see coming, some sports organization awarded the chief architect of chaos and discord a peace prize. Duh! Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 5, 2025

Old Song Lyrics (Sweet Violets)

"There once was a farmer who took a young miss Out back of the barn where he gave her a Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs And told her that she had such beautiful Manners as suited a girl of her charms, A girl that he wanted to take in his Washing and ironing and then if she did They could get... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

A Kindness

Seattle - Capitol Hill - 1997 The AIDS crisis came to life in the mid 1980s and devastated the gay community. It terrified others, too because scientists had not yet discovered where the HIV virus originated. During that decade and until knowledge was gained, people were afraid of any intimate... Sign in to see full entry.

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