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Monday, July 24, 2017

Rough Draft - conclusion?

CH 3 At anthill near the aforementioned lab in outer Vermont or North Carolina – which will be determined soon – the denizens of the inner colony – we shall call it Central – are disturbed by what their cohorts find in the inner sanctum Calvin Theobald calls the White House. The queen, having... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 23, 2017

More fun - CH 2

CH 2 Meanwhile, back in the lab at a nondescript college in an underfunded section of outer Vermont or maybe South Carolina, an unrecognized and discounted researcher had been looking into the ways ants communicate, and created an electronic sonic communicator powered by a couple of Eveready... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Rough Draft - Ch. 1...

Bugged When the Secret Service day shift reported for work at the White House on Sunday morning, they found their codes no longer worked to open doors. The guards at the front entrance had reported no situations during the night, there were no alarms. All systems were normal, although there was a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 21, 2017

MEETING BETTY DAVIS

Sometime in the late ‘80s I went on a weekend visit with my daughter, a student at SIU Carbondale. Saturday night she invited me to go to a bar with her. I don’t remember the name of the place, but it was a gay bar, Carbondale’s finest. The music was some kind of robo-disco, there was a mirror ball... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 20, 2017

Weather, whether or not

Steamy this a.m., 82 degrees with a heat index of 90 due to the huma-ditty. Supposed to go up to 104 actual and 112 Heat Index this afternoon. Staying in... will finish this later.... I'm back. Son dropped by to take me to breakfast & check out how I responded to a phone call I got from the drug... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK.

Yesterday I wrote a short blog on politics, something about maybe seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, but by the time I finished it I was so discouraged by the negative tone, I decided not to post until I’d thought it over. Re-reading didn’t improve it, nor did it seem a thing one inflicts on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 17, 2017

TOO DARN HOT

Last summer was unusually mild if memory serves. I don’t recall 4- and 5-day stretches of 100° coupled with swampy humidity and a heat index of 105 or so. I know it’s worse in the desert southwest and I shouldn’t complain, given the relatively uneventful weather we’ve had here in the Greater St.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 16, 2017

WHY DON’T FROGS HAVE WINGS?

For some reason this morning I got to thinking about marionettes and legends about a guy who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for power and wealth. Once again it crossed my mind that kind of bargain is a con game. Seconds later, as I sat on my porch with a cup of fresh coffee and listened to a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 15, 2017

Prepping for the move

Watching HGTV this morning – The Property Brothers show where they help a home-owner upgrade, sell and buy a better place – when a break came. It seems HGTV is holding a drawing, $25,000 for remodeling. Now they want to know what I’d do with that cash… 1) I’d have a new door built as walk-out access... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 14, 2017

WRITING PROMPTS

I couldn’t come up with a single idea for the Write Your Own Story group. Abdel had told me on Tuesday he wouldn’t be at the class due to a schedule conflict, so this would have been an opportunity to pick a couple of “girl” topics. It crossed my mind (and was immediately dismissed) to make one of... Sign in to see full entry.

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