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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Age Of Rocks?

"There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges." ~ Ernest Hemingway After eight and a half years of Blogit, for me, and having fun writing, and trying to write, it seems nothing comes easily anymore;... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Life Event

Son #2 - Life Event - Gray chest hairs!?! All right, all right...I'm feeling 50!!! Son's Son - Life Event - A CHEST HAIR!!! Yeah!!! I'll bet you thought I had given up on this blog. Not so! Life events have just kept me busy. Today is Sis' birthday, yesterday was BD of Son #3. Somehow I got caught... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 24, 2012

No, Not Maggot Therapy

All the time that Grandson Peter was in high school, all he talked about was becoming a meteorologist. He read everything he could get his hands on, watched all educational programs on TV regarding that subject, talked about it incessantly, even wanted to chase tornadoes. His grandpa gave him a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Negative Calories

I really, really hate to tell you this, but I must admit that in Missouri where I was born and raised and still abide, two out of three adults are overweight or obese. According to the new ranking just out, Missouri is the 11 th fattest state in the country and is expected to be #9 in only two... Sign in to see full entry.

Am I The Eccentric Relative Of Someone?

I must apologize to Annicita. When she said, "Never heard of the show", I said, "It is not a show." Well, I had totally forgotten that it had been made into a movie until Kabu reminded me. Drew Barrymore did a great job of playing the part of Little Edie Beale who along with Big Edie Beale were the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

It's Not Sam's Fault

Trivia #7 - So far behind...I've gotten so far behind in this blog. I had fully intended to do a trivia question per day just for the fun of it...maybe even more if the correct answers were given quickly. But, one cannot always count on one's intentions. They quickly take a back seat to what is... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Bark, Not Meow

"Aha! One of my humanities classes from college is finally paying off and I just have to chuckle because the weirdest things stay with me! He was indicted for stealing, twice! The gold from Zeus' cloak and the ivory scales from the snake! However there were no eye witness and a false one was... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Art Who?

There once was a sculptor named Phidias Whose manners in art were invidious: He carved Aphrodite Without any nightie, Which startled the ultra-fastidious. We will get back to the invidious accusation of Phidias in a minute, but first I would like to tell you about Trivia #4 from yesterday's post.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

The Shame Of It All!

Self-proclaimed wiki-addict, adnohr, was onto Mozart (last post) like Swiss on rye, just as Mozart so long ago was a tiny tot glued to the keyboard doing piano finger exercises. Like my mother always told me, "Practice makes perfect," and that's what it takes in life--repetition or Fuggedaboutit! I... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Perfect Timing

“If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.” ~ James A. Michener James Michener, Jack London and Louis L'mour all kept many, many people up nights reading their books--including myself. How can you put a good book down and go to bed... Sign in to see full entry.

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