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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Temptations during the Polar Vortex

Used to be, when I was in better shape, a weather system like this would be a challenge. I'd pull on my boots, hitch up my britches and make the old man go out and shovel the front walk, warm up the car and drive us somewhere. I had plenty of brass in those days, didn't fear being stuck in the snow.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Beans, beans the musical fruit...

Used to be we thought of beans, even the luscious Southern style beans n' ham, served with fried potatoes and onions and a nice slab of cornbread, was food you made to stretch the budget. Eat a couple meals a week of mac n' cheese or beans or some kind of casserole made of left-overs, and you could... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 20, 2014

Granny Squares

During the hippy-dippy '60s and / or '70s, there was a needlework fad. People learned macrame and tied string into works of art - at one point our college's office building had a hanging in the atrium that covered the window from top (3rd Floor Level) to about eight feet from the bottom. It was a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

About Equality --

Way back at the dawn of memory our consciousness about unfair limitations on women's pay, etc., rose to Defcon 5. The liberation movement was both syncronous and a post-partum follow-up to anti-war protests, campus demonstrations and the sexual revolution some now blame on hippies. It was the era of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

prevue of coming attractions

note to myself. Women's liberation issues from the '80s will be my topic tomorrow... very brief, some guy on the crew asked me, during reportage on bra-burning demonstrations, if I wanted to be equal... Sign in to see full entry.

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How long is a piece of string?

Kabu's question: How long should a story be? Short Answer: as long as it takes to tell it. You need a beginning - the status quo setup, a middle - the confrontation or problem - and the end, when the situation is resolved. If you keep going after the story's told just to satisfy some page number... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Apologies if you've heard this one before...

When I was still on the job I designed a certificate for presentation to retirees - an invitation of sorts to join the Senior Image Team (SIT). Here's how it works. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As a SIT member, your goal is to accumulate 500... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Pet Peeves...

These days it doesn't take much to tick me off. I'm looking at myself wondering what's got me so touchy and irritable. I'm out of patience and forbearance, and lately it seems I'm surrounded by irritating, petty little whiners. "Behind every cloud there's a silver lining." (reminder to myself)... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

On the Phone

In early days the phone was for emergency and we were on a party line surveilled by the neighbor down the road. Long Distance was only for notifications about impending loss or the end of a soldier's weary war. Tomorrow we may have a device implanted to send to or receive random thoughts from anyone... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Funny thing happened on the way to

That line used to be a standard opener for stand-up comics. So many oft-repeated lines seemed to comfort us like the nursery rhymes of childhood, rather than bore by repetition. One gold standard: Henny Youngman's "Take my wife: please." I used to love the old Vaudeville routines that were on TV in... Sign in to see full entry.

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