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Sunday, September 21, 2003

ABSENTMINDEDNESS

The umbrella was one of those big, red and white striped golf umbrellas and it was the last thing on the bus as I made my way to the front at my stop. I asked the driver how many forgotten umbrellas are stored in the MBTA lost and found office. She laughed hysterically and said UMBRELLAS???? Ha!... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 19, 2003

SUPERSTITION, BELIEF AND SCAPULAMANCY

This morning my digital, outdoor thermometer read 66.6 degrees. Now, if I was pagan or a devil believing Christian or simply superstitious I might have gotten back under the covers and not left the house. But I'm none of those things. By the time I had my clothes on it was up to a nice even 67 so I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2003

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Eleven million Americans including one in five 21 year-olds are out on the roads at any given time under the influence of ILLEGAL drugs. So says today's Boston Globe. Oh my Gawd! add that to the legal drugs, prescription drugs, over the counter drugs and alcohol and I am amazed that the roads are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2003

WHY PRAYER DOESN'T WORK, OR UNDERSTANDING CAUSE AND EFFECT

BUS 174 is a gripping documentary currently making the rounds of international film festivals. It was featured in the New Directors Forum in New York City last spring and garnered a double page spread in the NYT. The attention from the Times led to it's being picked up for theatrical distribution... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 13, 2003

THE IMPORTANCE OF HAIRDRESSERS

To rationalize what some people would call my excessive spending on such things as clothes for my grandaughter and me and body maintenance (for me), the fact that I have never owned a car and don't even have a license seems to offset everything. When I buy yet another Ann Taylor suit for me and... Sign in to see full entry.

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