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

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Overheard on a midsummer fishing trip

Two fisherman along a trout stream, probably somewhere north of the US-Canada border, overheard a conversation between two mosquitoes as they circled above the riverbank. What ya wanna do, mate? Eat 'em here, or take 'em with us? Better do it here. If we take 'em with us, the big ones will take 'em... Sign in to see full entry.

Anniversaries...

Marry in haste, repent at leisure. I don't know who first said this. But those six words tell the story of hard-won knowledge. I met my first husband a couple weeks before Thanksgiving in 1954, set up by a girlfriend. Shirl was fat all through high school, never had a date. When she applied for a... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed.

But you have to. There's some keepin' on to do. Some days I wonder what's the point. I wrote a dystopian thing yesterday about this guy named Dirk who had the habit of killing off his wives. A guy who keeps the truth close to his vest, puts on a good guy mask, and gets away with murder. There were... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Last Full Measure of Devotion

Dirk watched as Emma opened the cupboard, sipped black coffee from the mug he always used. Even from ten feet away he could smell the vitamins and herbals she kept on that shelf to the left of the sink. As always, she opened the compartments on the pill dispenser before pulling all the bottles for... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Sandusky found guilty on all but 3 of 48 counts!

He's got a gob of mandatory sentences, will be doing 60 years or so. 'Nuff said about that nightmare. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Losing it...

Something in my new diet doesn't agree with me. My gut, which has been more or less functional lately has suddenly become the "throne" monster again. I had just settled on the couch to watch "Martin" - the BBC series about a small-town doctor in Port Wenn, when I got an urgent call from Nature. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Heat Wave...

We've had a warm winter, hot spring, and little rain. Still, compared to what's going on in the Western states, it's best not to complain. I cannot, don't want to imagine a forest fire huge enough to take out small towns, an inferno that devours square miles instead of acres. Breathing must be hell... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Sandusky Effect

Some time back I wrote a NaNoWriMo novel "Waltzing With Zombies," and have since revised it. Both versions contain a chapter in which a lowlife spy goes off message and seduces a young college student. The sex scene is not totally explicit, not porn, but it's aftermath would be revelatory to a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Blog 2: The one on hell is a bummer. Don't bother reading it.

The you-know-what has hit the proverbial fan on so many levels, it's difficult to find the good stories, like friends getting married and joyful events. It seems to be going on all around me for the most part, bad stuff for the people I love, things beyond my control. The rain falls on the just and... Sign in to see full entry.

What the hell?

Not so long ago I told this rank, toxic, hateful woman the next time I spoke to her would be when we could ice skate in hell. Consider me invisible, I said. So, what or where is hell? What's it like? Dante thought there were circles, with various sins committed in our mortal lives deciding in which... Sign in to see full entry.

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