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

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Clown Show Continues

As Rhett Butler said to Scarlett at the end of "Gone with the Wind," Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. Guilty? Not Guilty? Sleeping at the witness table? Insulting the judge and prosecutors, inviting a gag order (to be ignored) denial of plain facts in evidence. Nope. Not interested in another... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 27, 2024

Tongue Twister from Way Back When

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood that a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 26, 2024

RANDOM THOUGHTS

1) If you want to take down a pyramid, start at the top. 2) If your children still play pranks on you when you're 80-something, you are blessed. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 25, 2024

THE GINGERBREAD MAN

Two little kids were lost in the woods. They wandered off from their family while Mom and Dad were setting up the picnic table for an early supper. They were searching for a playground: swings, monkey bars to climb, a slide. They followed a fork in the trail, and in no time at all they were lost.... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 24, 2024

A MODERN FABLE

Once upon a time there was a poor family who lived at the edge of a village where the father worked at any laborer's job he could find. His eldest son was twelve when the father passed away. The boy dropped out of school and took on some of his father's jobs. With little formal education, and no... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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I was hung up on politics as usual for yesterday's post. Sorry about that. And so today I choose to think of new life: lambs that run and jump in barnyards, new baby pandas being introduced to visitors at the zoo, hikers once again taking to the woodland trails, families preparing to load up the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

MONDAYS AND MADDOW

I've been a fan of Rachel Maddow's ability as an investigative reporter for years. She and her team dig up historical events from the long, long ago and tie them to current news stories. This enables us to see the background patterns and make judgments about what is going on. But this week she... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 20, 2024

CREEPS AND THUGS

I never followed Sean "Diddy" Combs as a performer. Always thought he looked angry, and years back there were those claims against him from a number of people. His demeanor simply turned me off. Then yesterday I saw the video from 2016 of his attack on his girlfriend in a hotel corridor. Have had... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

SKIPPING THE NEWS

I suppose you could say I'm wasting money by subscribing to Cable TV, because for much of the day I leave it off. The networks have shifted their best programming to Neflix or Hulu or some subscription services that I will not sign up for. Even many of the 90's sitcoms and series are no longer... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

INGENUITY

I was watching the kid up the block testing a theory this morning. Oh, he didn't think that's what he was doing. He thought he was playing with a skateboard and a ball, setting the ball at one end, and then jumping on the other curved end to see how high and where the ball would go. He kept doing... Sign in to see full entry.

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