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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Queen of the Office: off with their heads

Miss Frances Jean was a business machine. Of Freightco Billing, she was the queen. She'd say "Simon Legree has nothing on me." Miss Frances was one scary old gal. Prim and terrible as any dark entity in folklore, she ruled the office with will power, hard and fast expectations and an axe that could... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Check Engine...

Remember the old story about "the little old lady from Pasadena," who drove her car only once a week, to church. It was the used car salesman sketch from radio comedy shows: think Jack Benny. The comic timing was classic. The salesman makes the claim, and then our hero, seeing that the car looks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

After The Breakup ... (old poem revised)

There’s no burial, but there is ritual: “I will survive” on the juke box, talk therapy with friends, throwaway embraces, and finally a return to the upright position, in hope the cliché is true: time heals all wounds. Attention to mundane details, work itself will eventually soften jagged emotional... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Resumes and shortcake

Son Joe called Saturday morning and invited me to come to his house for supper. He was going to grill some burgers, he said, picking up his dad, and it would be ready between 4:30 and 5. I said what could I bring. He said "just yourself." Minutes later my older son Dan and his wife Lis appeared. I'd... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Fruits of our labor, and other myths

Just caught one of those goofy ads online. The blurb reads "Ten veggies that can burn fat," next to a photo of a bowl of strawberries with whipped cream. Talk about a mixed message. Speaking of strawberries -- standing at the back door, having a debate with myself about whether or not it was too hot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Herding Cats...

That's the job our friend Naut has taken on, trying to explain theoretical physics to those of us who don't "do" math. I've pondered and speculated a lot about time and relativity and was amazed when I first found out that those twinkling bright stars we're seeing in the night sky could well have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

Love or war?

Groggy me, standing at the kitchen sink to fill the Brita pitcher, waiting for the coffee to brew, when I see Shee Squirrel running along the roofline of my garage, then leaping, almost flying across to the roofline of the garage next door, about five feet away. Usually Shee will zip down the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

It's not what CCT said, exactly -- but where he sent my mind:

When a single thinks of doubling up I don't think I'm a fan of mysterious, elusive lovers who say one thing and then do something other, or answer mine with questions of their own for in the end they're gone and I'm alone. But when he writes so wistfully of speculation, then I just can't help... Sign in to see full entry.

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Laconic, sardonic -- cowboy talk

I used to read westerns by Louis Lamour and a few others. There was one guy who owned his own bookstore somewhere in New Mexico -- Albuquerque I think. The only books he sold were his own, and a guy I used to think was Mr. Wonderful stopped in there and bought me one of his books as a souvenir. Big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Facebook Friend Request...

To friend, or not to friend, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous wall posts, or to take up the delete option and by opposing end them. Got a Facebook "friend request" from a gal I used to work with, nice woman but she could find the... Sign in to see full entry.

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