Sunday, March 2, 2008HUMAN REMAINSThey came in a plain, small, cardboard box. RG was home when the doorbell rang. The postman handed over the parcel and had him sign for it. Then he called me at the office to tell me it had arrived. I'd been waiting, afraid that it might get lost in the mail. When I got home that nigh, there it was,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:49 AM Comments (14) (link) Friday, February 29, 2008AN OLD DOGS OLD TRICKS COME BACK TO HAUNT HIMJohn McCain, being the oldest candidate in this election cycle seems to be repeating the same old tricks. Twenty one years ago seems like centuries when we live in a 24 hour news cycle but some scandals are so big, so egregious, that they don't fade into that good night. And so it is with John... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:03 AM Comments (6) (link) Saturday, February 23, 2008ZIG ZAGS ON THE STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESSAs the right wing attack dogs who just a day or two ago were defiling John McCain's right to walk on the earth are now rallying around to defend him against the horrors of their mutual enemy, the dreaded, "liberal" New York Times, I just had to shake my head, roll my eyeballs and laugh at their... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:49 AM Comments (2) (link) Monday, February 18, 2008HE CAN RUN BUT HE CAN'T HIDEWith his approval rating still hanging in there at 30% or lower (depending on how bad the economic news happens to be on any particular day) bush-boy has decided Africa is where he has to go to find the love and appreciation for his legacy that seems to have escaped him here in the good old U.S. of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 8:21 AM Comments (5) (link) Saturday, February 9, 2008THE INEVITABLE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DEATHDad died. That has a finality about it. Just saying it. Dad died. That we knew it was coming somehow didn't mean anything when it finally came. Death is a noun. An "it". Death. We personify, objectify death in our feeble attempts to grapple with and understand it. I learned, last Saturday morning, a... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:52 AM Comments (11) (link) |
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