Friday, November 28, 2008
Holidays @ kingmi Residence
Staying alive and thriving requires a little self-discipline. Although I confess to very little. My beautiful turkey, cranberry relish and pecan pie was a big hit with the girls. We pigged out all week, as they have been out of school since last Friday. My chicken and rice soup was a hit, as well as...
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Audition for a College Gig
I was invited to be guest lecturer at a local college. The class is Special Eduction, and I am to contribute what I can from English as a Second Language. I've been writing my lecture all weekend. I entitled it "Five Things I Can't Talk About in Class" just for fun. When I told my friend, the...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
No Rage, Projected Anxiety, Repressed Anger Over Old Friends
I saw a picture of my old friends, Jan (pronounced yawn) and Carmen. Both were at different times, people I spent a lot of time with in high school. Carmen and I were intellectual soulmates in my sophomore and junior years of high school. Jan and I were drinking buddies. He and I formed a singing...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Omnia Gallia Divide en Tres Partes Est
That, (Gaul is Divided in Three Parts) the first line of "Ceasar's Gallic Wars" is in every high school Latin book there is. Gaul, of course, is France. Today my friend - a substitute teacher - who used to be a Latin teacher, was quoting "The Iliad" to me in Latin. My pawltry speech couldn't hold a...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Pink Floyd' last Big Hit - Same as that Race Car Driver
This morning my alarm merely buzzed. I was expecting "Wish You Were Here" as I always hear. But no. Two buzzes, and nothing. Since I was up till almost ten last night I became suspicious about the time. 5;06 AM. Tuesday. The worst morning of the week. But, there are compensations. I'm up early...
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Monday, November 10, 2008
MySpace and Facebook, New and Mysterious
We have one fast rule at school! Anyone who logs on to Myspace at school is immediately sent to a table in the library for time out. At first it's a warning, but later, if it keeps up, the administrators will keep them out of the computer labs. Evryone has a chance to learn their lesson. But why is...
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
How to Avoid Spending $70.00 Each Time
Every day I stop at Walmart. We always need something, and I always wind up spending $70. So today, with my account at a low level, six days out from payday, I decided to think ahead. I decided that I would only buy things I absolutely needed. Not wanted. Needed. Big difference. Wants 1. New socks...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
You Never (or Rarely) Walk Alone
There is a certain joy in the early morning darkness. For one, I feel well rested. Protected from the wind and cold precipitation, I stand and listen to the sounds of the furnace. I sit down at the kitchen table and read the headlines. The trees' bony and black limbs present naked to the sky outside...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
The Morning After -- Oh My Gosh!
I read today in the paper that John McCain, with no transition team to appoint, walked to Starbucks for his morning coffee. Imagine, you have the freedom to do as you please; you have your health; you have a beautiful world to experience and think about, or write about; you have a beautiful woman...
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My Morning So Far
I was greeted this morning at the drug store by, among other fantasies of the recenly deranged, a one-armed man and a hot Asian lady in short shorts and running shoes. Taking my daughter to work at the hospital I was reminded of why I was able to settle down in Des Moines. We passed Owen Crist body...
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