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Driving along Hwy 101 stands a large painted sign in a ramshackle (but not sinisterly so) yard. It reads, and I quote, "Don't Forget The Magic". What could have possibly possesed someone to do that? Why, when I listen to Paul Simon's "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" canticle days later, does it... Sign in to see full entry.

Self plagiarization from another website: Good points even the uncomfortable ones. Can we even define OUR "system"? Maybe we need to look at this from another angle: 1. What is the problem? Describe it. 2. What is the history and current situation? Use hard figures such as per capita descriptions of... Sign in to see full entry.

I can only offer my condolences to those whose family gatherings have become strained, or where a seat at the table is empty because of duty overseas or other exigencies. I am thankful for the last year's bounty of family visits, new friends, new adopted pets, new marriages, and even the poignant... Sign in to see full entry.

aka John Houseman, "Professor Kingsfield" of "Paper Chase" (won an Oscar). But wait, thre's more: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002144/bio He was there and he did that. (Never "been there/done that"). Sign in to see full entry.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/frontpage/35821.php Way to go! Sign in to see full entry.

Autumn has finally come fully to my area. The first true rain since March has been falling off an on since Friday, and this Sunday morning before sunrise, a dozen miles from a large city, five from a freeway and three from an arterial railway in this state, two blocks off a busy throughfare and on a... Sign in to see full entry.

Let's see: 1. Going to take some certification courses in adult education to set up my retirement job...which may be my "moonlight job" to let us catch back up with shrinking retirement funds, then supplement the shrunken benefits. 2. Daughter is pursuing her basic college degree at a community... Sign in to see full entry.

Every morning, when I step out my door he's in my backyard, moving from the plane tree to a seat under the redbud. He's disheveled, garrulous, verbally abusive, warning off all comers that "this spot is MINE!!!". His eyes are beady, and his nose is like a bird's long beak. Then he starts the... Sign in to see full entry.

Yup. Consider a cultural blind spot here.. We need to stop and check what went wrong or could have gone better, but do we ever stop and ask ourselves (in a non-neurotic a'la Woody Allen fashion) "Why in blazes did that go right?". Have you ever tried that? It makes people paranoid! And it can scare... Sign in to see full entry.

Force whomever qualifies a borrower for a loan to be responsible for that loan, to the extent of 100% of their real total net worth, and an annual 30% tithe for the rest of their lives or 'til the loans are paid off. Let NO ONE sell a loan to another. Sign in to see full entry.