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Monday, April 10, 2017

Ode to Olde Tyme Soda Jerks and Fry Cooks

Back in the day, before cell phones and internets, before cars were rolling computers and there were a gazillion McDonald’s and Burger Chefs and Burger Kings and Wendy’s and Dairy Queens and all the other joints that make every city a replica of ninety-seven thousand others, there were unique little... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Thought from The Prophet: Khalil Gibran

“Joy and sorrow are brothers. When one is sitting at your table, the other is sleeping in your bed.” Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 8, 2017

The Outsider

How many of you grew up thinking your life was messed up and everyone else seems to be so organized? And there's a secret, everybody else knows it. For some reason the crap hits the fan and splatters everything in your vicinity, while the other guys just enjoy a lovely, flower-scented breeze. Let me... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 7, 2017

Stories from the Center

You missed it! There were seven of us, and there were three topic ideas, plus the writer’s choice option. 1) a biographical story with one fake detail. The listeners are supposed to find the lie. 2) Your inner adult gives your inner child some helpful advice: what is it. 3) Describe someone who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

Old Farts Have More Fun...

TED TALKS If you haven’t seen one on PBS or heard one on NPR, or listened to one at your local senior center, then you may not know that TED stands for Technology Entertainment Design. Or maybe it’s Technology Education Design. The presentations are limited to 18 or 20 minutes, generally by an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

TWITTERPATED

It might have been the Disney movie “Bambi” where the word twitterpated was first used to describe that lovelorn unfocused mind-boggle that pops up in nesting season. It’s why the birds fly in circles and rush madly collecting straw and bits of fluff to make their nests. We’ve had a pair of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

It's in the book:

Blackwater, by Jeremy Scahill. In the news today we have all the thrills of a spy novel: mercenaries, U.S. based military contractors acting as ops-for-hire to set up a a covert meet-and-greet between certain Americans and Russian agents in a neutral Middle-Eastern city for a so-called “business”... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Baseball

The boys of summer got their season off to a great start yesterday; the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on a perfect spring day. The Cards-Cubs matchup is always the first game of the season, the rivalry between the two teams long-standing. In Beautiful Downtown Mundane – a southern... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 2, 2017

Did I Tell You About Dora?

Some time back I remember griping in this forum about loud Dora. I’m thinking she’s a bit deaf, and that she yawps at high-decibel levels because she can’t hear – or else she just wanted to make everybody listen to her. Bugged me. So a couple weeks ago now there was a terrible tragedy. A couple in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Comfort and Relief

Last October when my Sis Rose lost her husband of nearly sixty years, she adapted to the loss with her usual stoicism and was the rock their children needed. He’d been dealing with a Parkinson’s-like deterioration, so she’d been more and more a caregiver – he was 87 and scheduled in for spinal... Sign in to see full entry.

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