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

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Speaking of phone calls, as Wiley's last post does...

I called my daughter in Florida to see if she's recovered any energy after that grueling first semester of law school. She has. They're having the big family get-together for her "in-laws" on the 18th after church -- and she's the chef. Says she's making Cuban pulled pork, fried plantain and several... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Have you heard of Mary Celeste?

Fans of naval history might find themselves thinking that name rings a bell. It was the first item on my MSN news page this morning. The Mary Celeste was a big sailing ship found under full sail, with not a soul on board. I barely pulled the headline into my mind when it came to me. Mary Celeste... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Something DrJPT wrote made me think of an old saying --

Opinions are like noses. Everybody's got one. I cleaned that up a bit. This is a family show. heh heh heh Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Cinderella -- CinderFella

In an excerpt from The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir talks about clothes – the “rules” for men and women and how they present themselves. She says “A man’s clothes, like his body, should indicate his transcendence and not attract attention; for him, neither elegance nor good looks call for his... Sign in to see full entry.

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I made the doctor laugh...

I was in the last stages of labor, feet up, nether regions well lit and center stage. The initial pain shot had worn off, and the anesthesiologist was half an hour out, but on his way. A nurse was administering slight little bursts of gas as each contraction came over me like a wave crests over the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Life is good

And in my life I have been lucky. Sometimes I didn't see the luck in what happened, the turning moments that came upon me like a two-by-four to the head. The "why me?" things that bent me low, and left me feeling broken and that the whole show we call life is pointless. I am not convinced, tho' I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Doctor, Doctor, give me the news, I've got a bad case of lovin' you!

My brain is wrapped in fog this a.m. Can't remember whether or not I mentioned that Dr. Cardiac wants to put me on coumadin or warfarin. I'm resisting. Those little A-Fib episodes weren't that severe, although they've been coming more often lately. He's afraid the atrial valves will cast a blood... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

The Philosophy Gamer, Finals Done, and a Perv

I went to the online list of faculty, checked out the philosophy department. No such name as Thomas Patrick whoever. No courses coming up to be taught by "staff." That's how we listed them a few years back, when a beginning course was to be taught by adjunct or temp faculty. Don't know what his game... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Bob who?

I went an hour early to the retiree's reception so I could stop at Starbuck's and visit the bookstore before the big party. While waiting for my latte to appear I got to chatting with a couple of speech comm grad students who asked me to settle a light-hearted debate they were having about who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

... is paved with good intentions.

Yesterday was an iffy day -- occasional sleety rain, sometimes a powder-sugar sprinkling of tiny little bee-bee snowflakes, but nothing accumulating, dry roads. For a while there in late afternoon it looked like there might be enough milky sunlight to cast shadows. So, based on that and other... Sign in to see full entry.

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