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Monday, December 12, 2011

WRESTLING ON TV

I listen to announcers talk as if reporting something real, speak earnestly of strategies and efforts, goals and unplanned outcomes, yet all I saw were masked impostors, rank poseurs who strutted, preened, and waved to mindless cheering fans like Mussolini in his salad days, a silly vast confection... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

ALPHABET (read the CAPITAL LETTER first, then the rest*)

'A, 'enry! B's knees Cm to have a cold, do we? D Caprio Esy to operate Fective Gography Hildren's book Ifel Tower Jlbird Kme home late I did, said Yoda. 'L's 'ot! Man's a man for a' that. Nter. O jus Pnut Q t pie Rsenal Steem for self Tter totter Uth V vill vin! W and raise you five! Xcentric Y... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 9, 2011

I GUESS IT''S ME

"Would you like to see our wine list?" There are times I will say yes, and I know exactly why (I should know better by this time): connoisseur notes on the wines sing a fetching siren song: "Come sense that citrus note and savor smoky oaken resin, linger over tropic tannins, be there for the satin... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

BRING ON THE WINDMILLS

I said I do, she said I do, and so we went ahead and did. Life was good - we traveled, worked, made crazy love and shopped and argued, made more love and in the bargain made a son, the best of us. But that life did'nt last for long before MS moved in. Unwelcome number 4, MS halved everything, then... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

I MEAN, WHAT OTHER EXPLANATION COULD THERE BE?

My Evil Twin is hiding things, and that right after I've just used them! Not really mean, just playful only (I could wring his neck right now!) Somehow - oh so cleverly - concealing them in plain full view! How could I not have seen them there! (His kind of wit does not wear well...) Other times he... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW

Tell me, Seriously. If you and your neighbor had a falling out the two of you could not resolve, would you check and find the website, then persuade her, if you could, to let you bring the issue before Judge Judy? And would you want your friends to watch? How about your enemies? Just asking. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 5, 2011

SUBURBAN STORM

Thunderheads above me roll, dim my street to greenish dark. Then, unexpected, suddenly they split the sky a long way off - lightningfork too-early dusk followed by a brief delay - then distant thundercrackle grows to nearer, louder rumbling. That can't be all, I mumble idly... Shutter-slinging... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

WEIGHTY MATTERS

Gravity is my good friend - I have no doubt about it! I'm pleased to hear it's now a law. Things sure were tough without it! Stone walls could never get it right - they'd wander here and thither; the record states that lifting weights was nothing special, either. Oh pity the poor pizza chef! However... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

THE SHOPPING CART - Untrusted Friend

We gamely make our way to WalMarts, always hating how it all starts by extracting shopping carts with clashing, folding, nesting parts. Wild untamed rovers push-collected in a train the boy's connected go directions unsuspected up where they can be selected. Once inside we soon discover we have one... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 2, 2011

TILL APRIL, THEN

In one more day the season ends. This time next month I'm 77. My kyack cockpit, cold and snug, says, "Really want to do this, Bob? Summer was two months ago. The water is no longer warm; in fact, you'll find it pretty chill. You ready for the drip and splash that used to cool the August heat? Now... Sign in to see full entry.

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