Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Monday, August 4, 2025

The Sapphire Ring

When I was a senior in high school, I was going steady with a boy who'd graduated the year before. At that time boys had to register for the military draft on their 18th birthday, and by early spring of '53 he was about to be called up. But one weekend, with Mom's OK, we drove up to Seattle - about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Down On The Farm

When Mom got her cancer diagnosis, she decided to place the three of us kids in a foster home situation while she underwent treatment. She checked with the state dept. of family services to get a recommendation and chose a farm family living on a rural route at the other end of the county. At that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 2, 2025

As Jack Nicholson said to Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men:"

"You can't handle the truth." Yesterday's quarterly economic report showed a nationwide slowdown in hiring and a rising unemployment rate. Highest during this president's term. Consumer prices are up. Displeased with that report, DJT had no option but to fire the agency director. Nor did His Royal... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 31, 2025

A Horse Named Santa Claus

In 1946, eastern Washington's desert country just north of the Columbia River was the old west. Ranchers rounded up wild horses, tamed them for farming and herding. Every fall there were rodeos, preliminary competitions in which riders qualified to compete in the biggest rodeo of them all - Oregon's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Song Lyrics from the '60s

Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Street Bridge Song Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for fun and feelin' groovy Ba da da da da da da, feelin' groovy.... I got no deeds to do No promises to keep I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

English Lit 101

Do you remember "The Picture of Dorian Gray" from high school English Literature? Oscar Wilde was one of Mrs. Newton's favorites. In the story, the protagonist stays young but his portrait grows old and fades away. There were a lot of other weird twists to the story, but these I no longer remember.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 28, 2025

What's with all the violence?

Every time we turn on the news these days there's some violent incident in a Walmart or on the street, or in a church. Some fool is plowing into a crowd of people at a street festival, killing or injuring dozens with his car. A creep grabs a folding pocketknife and begins slashing shoppers in a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 27, 2025

Bear Logic

There was one small skinny bear - a 'teenager' - and one big burly one, who lived in the woods not far from a human habitat. They learned to look for food in human-made containers near their dwellings. The two bears had learned there was often food inside, but they had to pry the containers open.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 26, 2025

THE PRESIDENT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR:

- TARIFFS: Uproar. Trade war, U.S. consumers pay higher prices. - BIG 'BEAUTIFUL' BILL: Uproar, confusion as health care, education and other programs suffer funding cuts. - DOGE: Chaos. Mass firings of rank & file workers. - BORDER ENFORCEMENT: Law disregarded. Lives uprooted. - EPSTEIN SCANDAL:... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 25, 2025

One more limerick I remember

A diner while dining at Crewe Found quite a large mouse in his stew. Said the waiter, don't shout And wave it about, Or the rest will be wanting one, too. Sign in to see full entry.

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