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

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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Living in Denial

Beetles, cockroaches, and others owning exoskeletons live robotically: eat, defecate, breed and die; insect attention is always on the next meal, the next mate, the next egg depository. Humans live likewise, while at once being unlike those owning exoskeletons in that we order fries with that, worry... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 11, 2012

Safe Places

I used to wonder who the Gallup Pollsters talked to as they announce public opinions and what percentage of people think this way, and how many think that. A few days ago my caller ID showed Gallup Poll so I answered the phone. I spent a few minutes answering questions for a young-sounding guy who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Editing-revision, the evermore aspect of writing

It's as all-consuming as being in love -- this writing thing. It's what you think about in the back of your mind while you're doing any and everything else. The universe is connected by your fevered brain to your plot, background and characters: news stories, scientific discoveries, incidents and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Best Job I Ever Had...

R A I N B O W, 1 9 9 7 Classified Ad: Help Wanted: Office Assistant, SCCC Office of Humanities & Social Sciences I applied for this job because of the school’s diversity. What excited me was its unlimited ethnicity -- skin tones, eyes and cheekbones inherited from ancient peoples, hearts and minds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 7, 2012

Men and Boys -- Home Base

Had an extended coffee conversation with my two oldest sons yesterday. Dan was deploying to his next mission at a Wally World about 400 miles from here. He manages the upgrade crews when a Walmart expands within its walls, better lighted, more appealing displays, etc. He'll be gone a few weeks.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

A Facebook Interchange

Post by Guy A little sugar to sweeten the afternoon. I remember using my mom's good scissors to cut a 45 of this one from the back of a Life cereal box when I was a kid...an ironic promotion, huh? That was lost on me then. Life is still sweet -- maybe sweeter now -- and this goofy song is just as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 5, 2012

"There'll be a change in the weather, a change in the sea...

from now on, there'll be a change in me. My walk will be different, my talk and my name nothin' about me's gonna be the same." I used to love this song, loved to hear my mother singing it. I don't remember who sang it on the kitchen radio in those days, it kinda sounds like a Peggy Lee anthem. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 4, 2012

My second blog today -- remembering how it is to have a job...

Who walks away with my coffee cup or makes his tea and takes it up, leaves it on his desk somewhere, forgets it’s MY cup sitting there and deprives me of a bracing drink should suffer seeping boils, I think. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thank You Jackie in Customer Service... You saved my bacon...

Talk about stupid tech tricks... Yesterday I changed my email address on my Blogit account. I haven't been able, due to my own inept ways, of accessing the email for screen alias (pat_blackhorse). No doubt there's a lot of junk mail built up, but I haven't visited that mailbox in a month of Sundays.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Shuffling papers before Mother's Day

Sometimes I print a news story or an email, intending to put it in a notebook or use it for a blog or as a pinny little point that fits into the fabric of a story in progress. And then something else happens - a phone call, the doorbell, the sudden imperative for a fresh cup of coffee, and that... Sign in to see full entry.

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