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Saturday, September 30, 2017

THE GREAT SPORTS BRA FIASCO

Some folks may not realize that in her golden years, a gal’s “girls” tend to wander southward, eventually losing the fight with gravity. Those with bodacious ta-ta’s may have to incorporate more spandex to contain the flow, while we members of the itty bitty committee can continue to enjoy freedom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 29, 2017

FRIDAY NIBBLES

Joke by 2 nd Graders: Q. What did the big boll weevil say to the little boll weevil? A. You are the lesser of two weevils. Our old friend Talion who used to write detective fiction here on Blogit just updated his Facebook photo – Denzel Washington’s good looking brother. For a long time I’ve... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Bad Movies

There’s been talk on the radio – you remember radio – it’s how we got our news before there was CNN or Fox or cable news. Lately, on NPR and the regular TV news, they’ve been talking about the number of bad movies released this summer, and how ticket sales are way down. Reminds me of a guy I once... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Then and Now

This week I’ve been working on revising the curriculum for the Write Your Own Story class at The Center. Most of the participants have been at the table for a year or two and every topic has been recycled a few times. How many times can we get excited about describing grandpa’s farm or how grandma... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

All Hail the Emperor

There’s a tempest in a teapot this week because of DJT’s obsession with picking fights and sticking his nose in other people’s business. It’s not enough to swagger and strut in the U.N. and double-dog dare North Korea to respond with thermonuclear war. Now he’s trying to tell NFL owners – members of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 25, 2017

What’s in a name?

When I was born, Mama named me Patricia because it was, she said, unusual. There weren’t many little girls with that name, in fact no-one she knew. It would be special. Middle name was Lea after my father. If I’d been a boy, I might have been Henry Leroy. (Whew!) I don’t remember there being another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Bullies

Bullies I was twelve when the family (Mom, my 9-year old sis and 7-year-old bro) moved to Salkum. For the next three years give or take, we were targets of the town bullies – I’ll call them the Burgers – a gang of cousins whose parents were well connected business owners in town. We were suspect as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 18, 2017

A FRIEND IN NEED

In Texas/Louisiana and Florida lately during and following the visits from Harvey and Irma, we lucky ducks riding out the storm in fair weather here in the Midwest were heartened by the human response. People didn’t sit by and wring their hands about the disaster – they got to work helping one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

DEMO

Demolition is a big part of rehabbing. If you've ever watched the property brothers or rehab addict on HGTV, one facet of the job is taking down the walls that close in the spaces and block communication. Of course there's a lot of detail work, planning and skill that goes into finishing the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

HURRICANE

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT Or a canoe, an air bed, whatever comes to hand, because your street has become a canal, and wading in that polluted water is not a good idea. The wind is bad enough – debris that used to be lawn chairs or other décor flies at 70-80-100 miles an hour into windows and walls.... Sign in to see full entry.

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