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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

So many lights are blinking off. RIP Phyllis Diller.

When "Sunday Morning" on CBS does its memorial slide show this December, it will take a long time. So many stars gone this year, old and venerated, young and with so much more to do. We lose our heroes and our celebrities every year, but this one seems so heavy with loss. Yesterday it was Phyllis... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Foot in Mouth Disease: Our Only Hope

A couple weeks ago a senator from one of the northern states (Wisconsin?) was named as Mitt Romney's running mate. Mitt's the man who would be president, and his new #2 is Paul Ryan. For weeks I'd been flipping channels and tuning out whenever the "news" focused on elections, political exchanges,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Dodging the negative

"You've got to e-liminate the negative latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with Mr. In-between." I've messed up this quote, but I think this old song by Phil Harris from radio days was an upbeat, finger-snapping song that would fill Mom's sunny kitchen some Saturday mornings. He and his wife... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Adventures in parenting...

I used talk to my kids, listen to them. Sometimes these talks were nothing much, about what was going on at the time. Sometimes I felt I was expected to give wise guidance, which was often based on how I'd managed to survive my own school days with only a minimum of battle scars, or where to look up... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 17, 2012

What CCT said about racism/prejudice

"Well it is I suppose the pecking order. Mind we don't treat some of our own colour too well at times, I would like to think I agreed with the gentleman, but I have not had much occasion to test his veiws. I do note that some schools have many more coloured chilren than white and they all seem to... Sign in to see full entry.

Racist or prejudiced? There's a difference, part 2

After Joyce was persuaded to return to her seat, still fluffed up as a mother hen whose chicks had been threatened, John Gray began to speak again. He explained it was a fiction, and said "race is a myth." The whole idea of one race being superior to another was founded in error. "In fact, every... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Racist or prejudiced? There's a difference.

At the university the powers that be decided to run an awareness seminar to bring whites and blacks into a better understanding of the differences between the two cultures. Muttering in the ranks at my little office included the complaint that we were all one culture and that this would be a waste... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Roomies for a day...

I was lying flat of my back in Room 200, bed 2, watching the drip from hanging bags into the IV line - saline from the big bag, antibiotics from the small. The TV was on, mostly to mask the racket in the hall, to instill a sense of normalcy so I could sleep. For the moment nothing hurt; I was wide... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Menu for Tuesday: Hash

Mama used to make the greatest hash, left over baked potatoes & fresh onions cooked in fresh bacon grease from the drip pan, whatever bits of meat she had left over from the previous day's dinner, assorted veggies. I suppose these days they'd call it a hobo skillet and cover it with cheese, but in... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Ripples on a pond

You've seen those amazing nature photographs, a single drop of water falls onto a placid surface, and the ripples spread even as the camera snaps. Maybe you've lain on your belly by a pool and studied the reflected sky. What you're looking at isn't always what your mind's eye sees. Triggers,... Sign in to see full entry.

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