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

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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Coincidence on a Melting Snow Day...

A woman in the library today caught my eye. I've seen her several times previously, and something about her always reminds me of my mother - the way she has of looking at everything, a certain inquisitive "never miss a trick" glance. Today she came into the Carnegie's sales area and bought a Jack... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Willie (or Won't he)

Woke up remembering this guy I'll call Willie, my son Joe's first father-in-law. Joe met Willie's daughter when she was 16, beautiful as a movie queen, million dollar smile. He was 19 and highly susceptible to her charms. Willie was doing two-to-ten at the state pen at the time for some kind of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 22, 2016

People, people, people!

Just when you think humanity has lost its mind and nobody gives a tinker's dam for the welfare of the next guy, some unexpected person jumps in to rescue a driver from a burning car, or donates part of his liver to save someone just three steps from death on the transplant list. And then you read... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

I skipped the library, 2 Sundays in a row

I've more or less decided to give up that volunteer gig. Petty reasons, of course. Nonsense. In spite of the fact that I get to talk to some interesting people there, hear their stories from time to time, it seems that after ten years the new has worn off, and it feels more like W O R K. For the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

You don't have to be a genius

Stephen Hawking in a recent talk said the biggest hazard to human life is our advancing technology and dependence on it. He says we're putting ourselves at risk, and that it will take a hundred years to work out a way to colonize another planet. But at the rate we're going, with the kinds of things... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

It's the little things...

You know the old saying about the straw that broke the camel's back. Sometimes on the long road to marital bliss you come to a washout, a rockslide or some other hazard. Saw a story on the news about a couple who got into a fight because he left the coffee pot on after he took the last cup.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 18, 2016

The Summer of ‘49

These days, (2016) Nina George comes to The Center on Tuesdays to play bingo. She’s about 70, and sometimes brings along some knitting, just in case the regulars at her table don’t show up to make conversation or share Subway sandwiches. She makes dishrags using peaches & cream yarn, 100% cotton and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Outsider?

It was a big surprise to find such lonesome thoughts had crossed the mind of a great poet, renowned and revered, “owned” by Mrs. N., who stood at the front of the room, and bore the brunt of our boredom with po-e-try most of which was beyond me, beyond my poor comprehension. Such study guaranteed to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Diagnosis: The biopsy shows the scary stuff is benign...

but the doc still wants to remove the suspicious lump. Sometime in the next couple of weeks. No problem. My daughter emailed me the results, then called. She said she'd almost asked the doctor if she'd now have perkier boobs to show off, but bit her tongue. I said that comment might have gotten him... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 15, 2016

A Learning Experience

Sometimes I think I should buy a lottery ticket, because a few million would certainly take the pressure off from being one of the ‘salt of the earth’ paycheck-to-paycheck and Lord help keep the old bus running until the tax refund gets here members of society. Other times I think about what a mess... Sign in to see full entry.

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