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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Jury has the case: Countdown to verdict clock is running.

It's been a long, confusing trial -- in some ways Law 101, in others it's extraordinary. Despite brilliant summations by Jeff Ashton and Jose Diaz (prosecution and defense lead attorneys) and all the forensics you could ask for from expert witnesses -- nobody knows how the toddler died, or exactly... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 4, 2011

I don't find this stuff amusin' any more...

(Line from a Paul Simon song.) I loved Simon and Garfunkel when they first came on the scene. One thing about singers in those days, you could understand the lyrics. They e-nun-ci-ated. Might as well be singing Sanskrit these days. I get the beat, catch an occasional phrase. But for the most part... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

If at first you don't succeed...

The group did a final run-through, Pasco running a sound check as they performed. Cammie’s voice was at times one with the sax, other times rounding above it with longing and passion. He worked automatically, his mind on the fight he’d had with Janice before work. She’d screamed, as she had more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

About raising the debt ceiling...

Funny thing how profligate we get when there's no accountability, no reckoning. We fill those pork barrels to overflowing, expand our wars, build more planes, make more bullets and high-tech weapons. Congressmen and senators pose and take positions in front of the cameras, make deals behind the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

Poets: Langston Hughes -- Harlem Renaissance Man

Langston Hughes writes stories: beautifully crafted, enduring, triumph-over-adversity stories. He writes about making do or doing without, about how the life of the mind can carry the heart through rough inconsiderations, trials by fire, terrorism. Sometimes I can not keep reading because the sharp... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Sunshine...

There's a commercial out now, I think it's a car commercial, that uses the old song "You are my sunshine" to get the viewer's attention. It's a grabber. We used to sing that song on Saturday afternoon drives when the boys were little, in the days before seat belts and carseats for kids under 40... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Odd programming on HLN

How much speculation, how many woulda-coulda-shoulda suggestions can you swallow in a week? If you've a low tolerance, then stay offa HLN and don't even peek in at Nancy Grace. I caught a couple minutes of Nancy Grace last night. It's all I could stand. She was practically jumping out of her chair,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Parabola

Years ago, perhaps when I was an English major browsing the campus bookstore, perhaps it was assigned by a creative writing prof -- I discovered a publication called Parabola. Subtitled "where spiritual traditions meet," it is a magazine style collection of philosophy, science, art and religion. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Rainy days and Mondays...

I love Mondays! When I tell people that they arch an eyebrow and say nothing, or come up with a surprised comment to the effect that I am one sick puppy. What happens on Monday that makes me happy? Work. The Job. A sense of purpose, a chance to earn, a change of scene from the house. When I was in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

My older daughter friended me on Facebook...

She hasn't been there lately. Or "forever." She's a speech pathologist, rehab specialist at a nursing/rehab facility in Decatur, so she doesn't get down this way very often. Her profile picture is the one I like best, fairly recent and smiling, and I posted a comment that it was my favorite. L... Sign in to see full entry.

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