http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/Sometimes you have to write it down in order to learn what you really think about life, what it means, how to do what's best. Sometimes you need feedback from someone else to put things in perspective. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/573055without attracting a libel suit. But devotees of the grand old nominees seem more desperately virulent this week than last. Now that polls show the Dems have a seven-point lead these last-ditch smears and unfounded claims sound a bit like psychotic breaks. Anyone who's lost a job or watched their...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/572887I included this poem in gift jars of jelly and syrup that I sent in Christmas gifts to family in friends a couple years back. The jelly’s from berries I picked in the yard And the syrup’s a batch that didn’t set hard If you put it on waffles or over ice cream It will put you right into a...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/572709"Rationale," a new method for managing life's little dust-ups. It's not a chill pill that will take the bad feelings away for eight hours. It's a real cure for what ails you. Here's how it works. Let's say Mary has been working hard, on the job and around the house. She's learned how to get out...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/572394I need to get estimates for some tree pruning and a patch for my roof (or a new roof). And I need estimates for building a handrail or new front steps so I can get in and out of this house safely. Sometimes my balance isn't so sure, thanks to the meds I need to keep the blood pressure down. They...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/572203What great comments! Corbin came by - don't you love the way his mind works? And Krisles spun off a whole 'nother blog which is well worth your time. As for Naut -- I always love what he has to say. Krisles got me thinking about Jesse James and all the legend and lore about the gang. It seems my...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/571987He was an honest, straightforward bank robber. He didn't wear a tailored suit and silk tie. He didn't offer interest free credit for a year -- which tempts you into buying more than you can pay off within that year. And on Day 366, they slap your balance with 21% interest. (ain't that loan...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/571818I've been out of the Library for a few weekends because of the surgery and recovery time, not supposed to lift and reach high or stoop. So I wasn't there sometimes when my little friend came by, and she had been busy since school started. So I was happy to see her and her sister -- they're bright...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/571634When my computer went blank and refused to obey my command I was trying to open Word. I had this idea about a sex policy I wanted to write down. Simply put, I do not f**k anyone to make them happy. Used to. Don’t any more. If you’ve been married you know about intercourse as part of the job...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/571467There was a time I cried into the dishpan about you about you walking away, about you not seeing how I had invested all in you – my concrete defenses had crumbled to gravel; leaving no barrier to whatever you decided, go, stay, or call when you damn well pleased. You didn’t say see you later,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Pat_B/571259All right, children. Now settle down. The name of this story is "Cages." So here we are, the twins and me, sitting in the second row waiting for the judge to pronounce sentence on Billy Wayne. There’s a real big crowd, so they had to set the proceedings in this big gymnasium. There’s a big square...