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Monday, September 29, 2008

Paul Newman,

alias the Hustler, Hud, Butch Cassidy, and so many other characters he embraced and made uniquely his own, Paul Newman will be remembered as one of the greatest actors of the latter half of the twentieth century. And he was so much more than a superb actor. He was a competitive racer and racing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Gloomy Gus? Not me…

he asserts vehemently. It just seems that way whenever I start discussing things political, or remembering particularly distressing events like 9-11. Why I posted entries concerning 9-11 and politics in “notapoet’s poetry” and “notapoet’s notebook” is beyond me. Maybe it has something to do with all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 7, 2008

I started out with a plan of attack

Per usual, it got sidetracked along the way. It was a simple plan. I was going to concentrate on all of the blogs that were in danger of becoming even more ignored than they already have been -- the ones that were about to roll over into the great and nearly forgotten mass of blogs without a post... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Every four years…

there is a unique confluence of events of events that pulls my attention in four or more different directions. It’s the meat of the hurricane season, both major political parties conduct their conventions, Major League Baseball’s regular season rushes to a conclusion, and college and professional... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Go figure!

Yesterday, in the midst of feeling all warm and fuzzy about my triumphant return to Blogit (yeah, right), and while I was industriously following up a flurry of posting with another flurry…the old clunker crapped out for the day. The poor overworked ol’ thing started freezing up in the middle of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Got your DTV coupons yet?

I ordered mine Saturday a week ago. Actually, I tried to order them some two weeks before that. Problems with the computer I was using, the government website, or both kept me from succeeding at first. Now that I’m back to using my slow old clunker, it was slow-going, but relatively easy to place an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Update

Just switched computers again. Sometimes it’s necessary to take a step or two back in order to move forward again. I’m pecking away on an old HP with less memory, RAM and ROM, than my deceased laptop. It runs Windows 98 rather than XP, and simply is not capable of performing some of the tasks that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Verrrrry interesting...

Once upon this time that might have been an appropriate description of this blog. At least it had something approaching a decent readership. It even cracked the Top 100 a couple of times. I think it used to be a fun blog. Somewhere the fun seems to have been lost along with reader interest. Maybe I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wow! Has it really been that long?

According to my Blogit profile it's been 22 days since I last posted here. Not that this blog has been much more neglected than most of the others. For a myriad of reasons, I simply haven't been able to spend much time in the neighborhood for weeks verging on months. And I thought I was going to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Read this, or else!

Okay, it's just an idle threat. But it worked out pretty good for my Humor blog, so I thought, "why the hell shouldn't I try it again?" Besides, I didn't have much of anything else to say that I'm not covering in one of my other posts this morning and, I hope, later today. I've sort of gotten away... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Happy day before Independence Day!

It seemed like as good a head as anything else in what has proved to be an uneventful day. The most exciting thing I've done all day is a little reading in a couple of books. The most exciting thing I'm likely to do the rest of the day is check the progress of the Detroit Tigers game at Seattle late... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Whew!

I wore myself out Monday morning by taking a sizable chunk of time to acknowledge and reply to comments from the last six days, plus several older ones that popped up while I was catching up. I could have gone back much farther, but I just didn't have the time, or resolve, to get that much more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 30, 2008

Don't mind me, folks.

Every two to six weeks, or so, I get this compulsion to post something to all of my neglected blogs. This also usually occurs when I have something else that really needs to be done in a hurry. It's sort of like reverse writers' block. I think I've got it out of my system for a while. I hope so,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

"Oh Happy Day," part 2

Part 1, if you're interested, was just posted to "notapoet's notebook." If you don't feel like wasting the time to find out what it's all about, I'll just summarize and say that it really doesn't take much to make us happy if we're just willing to embrace the pleasant moments that life brings. My... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

I posted a limerick today.

Yeah, I know. Most limericks are, shall we say, just slightly off-color. It'll cost you a click to see if I got down and dirty in "notapoet's poetry." Let's see, what else have I been up to, Blogit-wise, lately. Well, I've made a significant change to both the aforementioned poetry blog and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Not a single hit!

My last post to this blog did not draw a single click. I'm not disappointed -- just a little surprised. This is usually one of my more popular blogs. Truth is, I was extremely pleased with the results of my last flurry of blogging. When the dust had settled all but two of the ten blogs I'd posted to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 14, 2008

10...9...8...7...6...

That's the way countdowns go, right? What am I counting down? Blogs, particularly mine, of course. "Hey, wait a minute!" you say if you're an avid notapoet reader. "Don't you have 12 blogs?" Well, yes I do. But counting down from 12 hardly seems as dramatic and attention grabbing as a quick... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

My Day

It's been a good day, starting with a brisk overcast morning. I don't mind cool. It's coldness that seeps into the bones and interferes with the proper functioning of hands and feet that I dislike. And overcast with a threat of rain never has bothered me. If anything, cloudy skies make me ponder the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 23, 2008

Don't mind me, folks.

It's late (or early if you go by a.m. as opposed to p.m) and I'm tired and a little slap-happy. I started off sanely enough with a post to "notapoet on Blogging," but have rapidly gone downhill since then. I think it's time to go to bed and sleep it off. Then I can make my apologies when I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Warmed over death

Don't know where I first came across that expression. If I knew, I'd give credit where credit is due. All I know for sure is that it is a pretty apt description for the way I've felt for several weeks now. I don't really want to go into all the gory details. It would sound too much like self-pity.... Sign in to see full entry.

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