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

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Sunday, September 30, 2018

ICING ON THE CAKE

It would be beyond naïve to think that any president’s appointment of a jurist to the Supreme Court is apolitical. Anyone who’s gone to the trouble of getting elected has an agenda. How Jane Q. Public feels about the current political climate depends on her own experiences and expectations. There... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 29, 2018

THE LIVING BOOKS PROJECT

About half a block up and across the street from The Main Street Community Center is another place that focuses on service. That place is now a part of the Lewis & Clark Community College, known as the Mannie Jackson Center for The Humanities, originally the Lincoln School. Mannie Jackson is a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

NO CIRCUS TODAY - SEND HOME THE CLOWNS

I just don't find politics amusin' any more. So if it "ain't my wife, ain't my life" I'm gonna turn the back burner down to low, let the pot-kettle debate simmer on its own. * * * On Tuesday I got to the DMV about a quarter of 8:00 a.m. to find twenty desperate souls already in line. Some were glum,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

GENTLEMEN AND SCHOLARS? BUBBAS?

The GOP male-dominated U.S. Senate is facing a values test this week. At issue is whether they are competent gentleman-scholars of constitutional law, able to decide the legality as well as the moral right or wrong of a particular matter – or merely bubbas who will go along to get along. As wiser... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

BEST LAID PLANS…

Have to admit yesterday’s plan wasn’t one of the best laid. I decided to check Google before heading out for the DMV. Turns out the facility is closed on Mondays. Not just the local one, but all those nearby are off the clock on Mondays. So will be going at 8:00 a.m. on my very birthday, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 24, 2018

WISH ME LUCK

I’ll be heading for the DMV this morning to renew my driver’s license. Not a big deal for most of us, an inconvenience – it’s always a 3-hour ordeal, the counter clerks are not known for their warm welcome and questions are often met with one of those looks that mean “how can you be so stupid?”... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

At The Checkout Counter

I’VE GOT TWINS As I do when there’s a new kid bagging groceries while I’m waiting for the clerk to finish scanning my groceries I asked him if he’s in school. Many of the workers at my store are business majors or in IT programs at the university, well on their way onwards and upwards. He grinned... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 22, 2018

REALITY BASED DREAM

I had one of those prophetic dreams last night. Or maybe it‘s a product of the news I’ve been binge-watching lately – all about the fires in the West and this latest hurricane that became a tropical storm that became a disaster – a major flood the likes of which we haven’t seen in a thousand years.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 21, 2018

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

I’m dealing with a bit of secret frustration that has to do with the Write Your Own Story group. It seems that one of our members has taken to presenting research he’s done on, let’s say, the origin of his name, or his educational background. Today he worked into his story his grandfather’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

A WEAKNESS FOR COWBOYS

I was in the checkout line, seven items but the fast lane was closed, behind a woman with a large cart piled high. She’d been unloading it onto the conveyor belt for a couple minutes before I wheeled into the lane behind her. As she worked I noticed her tee shirt, a muted shade of spring green with... Sign in to see full entry.

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