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

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Monday, August 5, 2024

So Soon Old, So Late Smart

I was a good student in high school, especially in English and journalism. I helped publish The Viking, our school newspaper, the mechanical stuff, the writing and editorial stuff. My thinking was the experience would help me to get a job after graduation. Senior year my goal in life was to get a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 4, 2024

WOULDA, SHOULDA, COULDA

I was watching live when the 20-year-old with his dad's assault rifle started firing at the podium where candidate Donald Trump was speechifying to his loyal followers. I saw him grab his ear and duck, half a second before the sound of the shot reached the screen. And I saw the Secret Service agents... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 3, 2024

LET GO, LET IT GO...

No need to plot revenge or waste time thinking about just desserts for someone who has leapt over all boundaries. That creep who never misses church, who doesn't drink, smoke or curse, who pretends decency but molests a child left in his care, will get what's coming to him sooner or later. Time... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 2, 2024

ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHER

Sorry, but I had to delete that bit. Realized upon taking a second look that it missed the point I was trying to make. Will try to find something good and non-fattening by tomorrow. Peace. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

NEWS OF THE WEIRD AND AWFUL

Stupid jerk set his mother's car afire and shoved it over the embankment in California, costing at least 100 families their homes as the fire swept through. The fire is now one of the largest, most destructive in history, and the area around the town of Paradise has seen some pretty bad ones. Can't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 29, 2024

PICK ME! PICK ME!

I've been listening to the various VP possibles as they speak with the media about their support for Kamala Harris as the party's nominee. The energy and campaign funding flowing into this turn-around from just a couple weeks ago is phenomenal. No matter who becomes Harris' pick for the VP slot on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 28, 2024

KING OF CRYPTO

In the flurry of surprise that followed Pres. Biden's decision to step down and nominate his VP to head the ticket in November, I heard the orange one complain that he was going to have to start all over on his insult comedy tour. Also heard him say one of his goals as president would be to make the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 27, 2024

Old Song Lyrics

Sung by Frank Sinatra, Count Basie's Orchestra: Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars In other words, hold my hand In other words, darling, kiss me Fill my heart with song And let me sing for ever more You are all I long for All I worship... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 26, 2024

EXERCISE TIP

WE MUST! WE MUST! WE MUST INCREASE OUR BUST! It was the spring of 1952, a month before school would be out for the summer. In the locker room after gym class, Billye W. was telling the girls in her clique about the new bust-increasing exercise she'd learned. It was true, as she pointed out, her own... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

NO THANK YOU, cont'd

When the bus pulled into a depot on the edge of the city Elizabeth had chosen as her destination, she stepped off the bus, claimed her backpack and stopped by the lunch counter. The Greyhound depot was at the end of a block, and she'd noticed the buildings were stacked right next to one another,... Sign in to see full entry.

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