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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Lay, lie, laid...

Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. Hens lay, people lie. Double check the easy words -- there's a big difference between site and sight. (Nora Baker, JRN 251). One goose, two geese, baby goslings. The past tense of shut is shut. The past tense of lay is laid. Think about it. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 24, 2011

In the Nick of time...

Dropped by yesterday to talk to my granddaughter. I had planned to talk her into going up to our local health food shop and buy her a sandwich at the lunch counter, go through the vegetarian publications they have there. Green Earth Grocery has a freezer full of Tofu treats, Not-Meat frozen stuff,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Nutrition vs self-destruction

Processed foods are so tempting: potato chips, chocolate, fizzy syrupy drinks, pizza. We have that craving for sweets and fats, even though we know we could get along "forever" without a Hershey bar or a Pepsi. Yesterday came a problem. It seems this 16-year-old Granddaughter who's otherwise... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

I love my country.

But I'm falling out of love with the politicians. Double-talking, word spinning, money-snatchers, all. They dance on the line, step over at times, caught by their own twitter photos in the act of being less than. If that's the worst they did, we'd all have jobs, pay fair taxes, find equal protection... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The "Supremes" said no to women.

Equal pay for equal work? Ridiculous. Millions of you asking for a judgment against Walmart? Fogedaboudit! You're lucky to have any job at all, Ladies. So you don't make the same pay as a guy in your job class. So what? He's got responsibilities, child support to pay. Now if you want to take on the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Catcher in the Rye...

J.D. Salinger's book is still required reading at my granddaughter's high school. In light of certain crap she has to deal with, I thought she might find it interesting, at least the overcoming adversity bits of it. For some reason we talked about that author and that book a couple weeks ago when... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Dee-ad!

Summer evenings, kids playing kick-the-can, hollering for Dee-ad! to join them in the fun. He may be sitting on the porch, maybe he mowed the lawn earlier, or made the boys help with that chore. There might be a glass of iced tea gathering sweat in the humid evening, making a ring on the old wood... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

What's your bid?

Essential tinsel and bling the marketer doth sing gizmos, gadgets and trinkets galore "Last chance" they say. There won't be any more. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 17, 2011

When you call the company office

ask for a guy named Joe. I got hold of them about 8:35 this a.m. Left a voicemail. When the lady called back about 45 minutes later, she sounded harried. Said they were swamped this morning. Said she'd write up a ticket and call me. An hour later, a big boiling black thunderstorm came roiling in... Sign in to see full entry.

I think the thermostat blew. Or maybe lightning did something

to my circuit breaker. I've got to call the guy to check it, because if it gets up in the 90s, it's gonna get mighty warm in here. It didn't run all day -- I thought it was just the mild weather. Only got up to 85 and started off cool in the morning. But now I see the thing's not working. No... Sign in to see full entry.

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