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

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Thursday, October 1, 2015

TED talks, Pat questions...

There's a new thing (new to me at least) that came up about a year ago: TED talks. Now I cannot describe their purpose and scope the way their website can, so get your Google going and look 'em up. T: technology, E: (I forget, maybe entertainment), D: Design. The thing is, they're 17 or 18 minutes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Just Do It.

The Nike company has quite a philosophy in that slogan. "Just Do It!" could well be the thing we need to hear when we get on one of those journeys of the mind that would point us to a fork in the road. There we go, thinking "The one less traveled by," (Frost) or "When you see a fork in the road,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Proposal -- (not the happily-ever-after kind)

My memoir writing group has been talking up the idea of setting up a similar class for creative writing - stories, poetry, etc. and not just telling our own stories. Some visitors at The Center who've talked with me have said they'd sign up for that, but they didn't think anyone would be interested... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 28, 2015

Happy Monday...

I'm still high from the fun of Friday night, when so many of my kith and kin showed up to surprise me for my birthday! It was a busy couple of days, I had wonderful company with Robin and Cris - we ate lunch at a place up on Main Street I've been wanting to try. It's called Cleveland Heath - a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Birthday Party – part 2

There were six tables in the large banquet room, white tablecloths, silverware laid out in formal style, stemmed water glasses, linen napkins, lit candle centerpieces on each table. The buffet was several tables pushed together, also draped in white linen, complete with large wicker breadbaskets,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 26, 2015

Queen for a Day

There used to be a radio – then TV – show called Queen for a Day. The master of ceremonies, who sounded just like Bob Barker of “The Price is Right” fame, would interview three contestants. Each one would tell her hard luck story, often involving the death of her husband and a sudden loss of income.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 25, 2015

Hmmm. Should I? or Shouldn't I?

I was pretending to neaten up the place yesterday when I realized there was something going on next door - the house just north of mine where the retired carpenter and his one-legged wife live. (Now that sounded like a joke, but the poor woman lost her right leg from the knee down due to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Late Night TV - when you really, really want to go to sleep.

The late night hosts are a diverse bunch, mostly comedians playing to the millenials and young moms and dads up feeding their babies. They joke about politics, the economy, about relationships, whatever crap has hit the media's ever-spinning fan in the last half- hour, what celebrity made a dumb /... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Happy Hump Day - only 2 days 'til the weekend

I guess I never got it. Well, not totally got what the deal was about the weekend. It's not like my weekends were mini-vacations. I wasn't jetting off to the island retreat or going for martinis with the in crowd. Most of my grownup life, the weekend was for catching up on housework, shopping,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

List of Things You Can’t Joke About

Someone on Facebook posted a list of things it’s never cool to joke about. A person’s weight, their education, their race or religion, their gender, their sexual orientation, a disability – it’s a long menu of political correctness. How can we deal with all these issues without having a sense of... Sign in to see full entry.

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