Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Blogit: The Fountain of Youth! -- Kingmi Travelogue
Ah, to find a computer workstation! Priceless... I'm here at the Holiday Inn in St. Louis, if you missed my blogs from the road. I am returning to Des Moines from my first retirement trip. My travelogue: A. I left Friday two weeks ago, June 12. B. I took the girls and headed South to Key West,...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
My Choice After Ten Days in Key West...Running For School Board
I honestly do not mind the kind of stress that the schools put on teachers. It is important to know that the adults leading groups of little kids, are stable and healthy. People are funny, and the density of the human psyche is sometimes not that easy to penetrate sitting for an hour in the Human...
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Friday, May 22, 2009
A Little Poetry in the Afternoon...
A bonny flawless sight, she shone a splendid light I was swept away; stayed the night, intermittent light, but I was kept away; I righted myself, Tried it myself, We were led astray; And try tho’ I might, She opened a fight, and I just stepped away.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
"Strawberry Fields -- for Life"
All the years we listened to "Strawberry Fields" and superficially pointed out that it elicited utopia, that at the end Lennon was heard to say in the background "I buried Paul.." Recently I went off the reservation with an examination of the meta-cognitive nature of the lyrics, related to...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Songs with Too Much Emo
I have three stable groups of songs that I weave into fairly agreeable sets. Set One: Kenny Rogers / John Denver. The Gambler, Country Roads, Lucille, Lady My Sweet Lady, Music Man, Rocky Mt. High, Ruby, Jet Plane, She Believes in Me, Sunshine on my Shoulders. Set Two: The seven o'clock hour I fill...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Ever had Original Cavatelli? Mmmm
My weekends find me gigging a local restaurant. Fine Italian cuisine, bar and video poker. I sing in the dining room after supper till ten o'clock. My percussionist buddy James played along on Valentine's Night. Dave sat in this past Saturday night and demonstrated a vast improvement. Still waiting...
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Blogger Admits to Having Sex with Obama
The other day, before heading out to a local restaurant with friends, I wrote about being a single dad on Valentine's. I was remembering the day my sister plied me with a list of all the abnormal psychology involved in choosing a mate. I couldn't remember much of our dialogue, although she had given...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
How to Have a Healthy Holiday Season, Message to Gov. Blagojevich
I just reviewed an article written by an Anglican priest named Charles Moore, about the true meaning of Christmas. Because of the quandary set upon us between SPEND! And pay down your debt, by the economic collapse, the author argues that this Christmas season, our effort should be on regaining...
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Monday, December 1, 2008
A-Rod and Madonna: Here we Go Again!
Mexico City this weekend hosted the pair, separately, and both on business. Madonna was there to perform her second sold-out night of "Sticky and Sweet" (ew). A-Rod had been contracted to christen a new mega-sports plex. Both superstars are single again. The old lyrics keep coming back: "...and...
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Mademoiselle once told me that I had missed one of the very best Woody Allen films. I held my fire because I have had a busy life since "Take the Money and Run" back in college. I've been living out my own script similar to many of his movies. I thought I had seen them all, until tonight. One...
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