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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Peanut Butter Paranoia - conclusion

"Peanut butter! You're too damned good for peanut butter? What in freaking hell is so bad about peanut butter?" Elaine interrupted. Her voice cut the atmosphere of the Dairy Queen like a knife. She’d risen off the plastic seat and across the table to get in Virginia’s face. Her motion shoved the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 30, 2012

Peanut Butter - While We're on the subject -- PB2

Your regular Jif costs about $4.25 for fifteen servings of 2 tablespoons 190 calories each, with 130 calories as fat. A new product -- PB2 (powdered peanut butter) - costs about $5.75 for 15 servings of 2 tablespoons 45 calories each, with 13 fat calories. Which means a slice of whole grain toast... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Perv Update --

As Judge Judy would say: "What were you thinking, you stupid schmuck? A man simply doesn't act like that. Grow up, grow a pair, or you're... done for!" Now "done for" is not the word I was thinking. But this is kind of a family show. Few days ago I wrote about the teacher, husband of a friend, who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Custody Dispute Gone Bad

Last night's early news in St. Louis was all about the abduction of a little boy from Children's Hospital. He was there for treatment of a serious heart condition, and had been discharged with a portable drip to medicate him for a day or so. He had just been put to number one on the transplant... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Character Study of a Facebook Friend

Have you heard the term "old soul"? Sometimes when you look in a baby's brand new face, she looks like a little old man -- bald, toothless, looking past you at something you cannot see, perhaps remembering what heaven was like. Well, this is isn't about that kind of old soul. It's about a kid of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Olives, Kalamata: an acquired taste

It was accidental, really. Norm had dropped by the office to turn in some paperwork, and I was sad because my kids were leaving that afternoon to spend Christmas with their dad. It would be my first Christmas alone since the divorce, and making the best of it had begun to wear thin. Norm's wife had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

I'm catching up on the classics...

All of TV these days has become a cacaphony. Manners, waiting one's turn to speak, all that's a thing of the past -- talk shows are like big drunken arguments among people who have opinions on everything and the facts on nothing. They remind me of holiday get-togethers in a family of folks with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Visiting Seattle

There was a travel show on Channel 9 at about 5:30 this morning, focusing on Seattle. All I can say is, it did not represent the city as I knew it. On Friday night I switched over to 9 because there was nothing but re-runs of shows on the networks after "Grimm" went off. There was a spectacular... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Flakes, female...

Just got an email from Martha. She's apologizing because she gave Vicki the wrong info and could we all just change the date of our meeting from next Monday to the following one, otherwise Vicki can't get off work. What's up with me? I thought we were meeting on Tuesday? Well, Duh!. In fact I talked... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Bad Hair Day

I needed a haircut in December, but due to one thing and another, I didn't get it. My beautician left the Beauty Brands salon to go out on her own, and her number got deleted from my phone, so I just kind of waited, hoping she'd call me again. She didn't. Meanwhile, the new beta blocker my doc... Sign in to see full entry.

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