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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

My, how time flies when you're not having fun

Truth is, lingering malaise has just about wiped all the fun out of life for a while now. It started as a cold somewhat disguised by normal susceptibility to tons of pollen floating around this time of year. Working ballgames in cold, rainy weather proved to be less than ideal for fighting off a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

We've got to stop meeting like this...

Yup, I'm hit and run blogging again. Circumstances always seem to leave me with an ambition to blog, and little free time in which to pull it off. So I randomly pick out a few blogs and turn myself loose until I have to stop before collapsing from exhaustion. Or, worse, I have to cut it short to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

I've been living the night life!

I've been living the night life Every night this week I've been out having a good ol' time in such fabulous centers of nighttime revelry as Biscoe, Bear Creek, and a favorite hangout near the redneck heaven community of Robbins. I don't hit the clubs. I hit the ball fields in pursuit of a living... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

Liar, liar, pants on fire...

or something like that. Obviously, I didn't return quickly to jot down dozens of profound thoughts and observations on the condition of man. And I'm not going to get into an involved discussion about where I've been for last several days. Let's just say I was abducted by aliens, briefly escaped... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Time's a wastin'...

And I've got deadlines to meet. But I just couldn't resist touching base with good ol' Blogit for a short while before putting my nose back to the grindstone. I hadn't planned on skipping yesterday entirely. It was all friend Dan's fault. Since allowing him to temporarily move into my spare bedroom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 7, 2008

And then there were two…

I got up off my lazy ass this morning and finally did something with my old List & Information blog. “Notapoet’s Needless Lists of Unnecessary Info” is now “notapoet’s new, old miscellaneous blog” right here in EE. Check it out. While you’re at it, check out my income tax tips in “I don’t know... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 5, 2008

A handful of quickies…

is all I have time for this morning. Uh, the blogging kind, not the, you know… Only in my wildest dreams was I ever capable of a handful of that other kind. Ol’ notapoet was more of a slow hand. The same was probably true of the younger notapoet as well. But here I am getting sidetracked again... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Feelin’ warm and fuzzy…

about response to my blogging the last couple of days. Y’all really surprised the ol’ non-poet. Enough so that he felt it appropriate to post one of his great big thank you lists of bloggers who’ve left comments and calling cards: CRShelley auslander FineYoungSinger Ariala sam444 Kayzzaman mariaki... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Enough tomfoolery!

I’ve succumbed to my annual attack and played my silly little April Fool’s joke for another year in “Blogging Naked.” Now it’s time to get serious and solve all the ills of the world. Yeah, right. The latter is not exactly in the territory of high probability, and I make no promises about the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 31, 2008

One more thing

Then I hope it will be back to business as usual, whatever that may turn out to be. One thing that will be included in business as usual will be replies to comments that have been backing up on me. Many of you have probably noticed that I have replied to very few comments at all recently. Forgive... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Sometimes the plan works.

On Friday night I was supposed to cover two overlapping games in different locations as part of my day job writing high school sports for the local newspaper. One was a varsity soccer match in Southern Pines that began at 4:30 in Southern Pines. The other was a 5:00 pm junior varsity baseball game... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Whoops!

Days never seem to work out quite the way you expected. Yesterday was a case in point. Anticipation was for a productive day interrupted by brief trips to stock up on groceries and take care of a little business at the county seat. This is how it actually worked out: I overslept a little, something... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

It’s approaching 5:00 am,

and I’m feeling the urge to get a bite to eat and then put myself to sleep with a good book. First, I wanted to touch base here since I haven’t in a few days. I’ve also been lax in a few other things. I need to reply to quite a few comments, thankfully, and do a lot of reading instead of just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Sometimes you get it right.

I’ve done it a few times in my life working against deadline. I did it once when I was privileged to cover my first no-hitter. The game story was fine, but the sidebar in which I expressed the pleasure and privilege I felt at finally witnessing a genuine no-hitter for the first time was one of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 21, 2008

And I thought things were interesting the last time out!

I’ve been replaced on my sports beat by a former coach at least a decade older than me, but I’ve been working my ass off since I was last here. It seems my replacement wants to cover just two of six spring sports (plus a JV team), and has only been covering one. So I’m back on the sports beat... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

It’s been an interesting few days…

full of ups and downs in my life. The middle of last week it appeared my main source of income, freelance sports writing, might have come to an end. I don’t drive these days for the simple reason that I haven’t been able to put together enough money to put my old Volvo back on the road. Repair... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Hit and run -- again!

Just a quick hit, or maybe I should say sacrifice bunt, to let everyone know I'm thinking of you and itching to read and post a lot. I've got to get back to a secondhand story on a soccer match to salvage something out of what has been a disastrous couple of days for me in the sports writing biz.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

An acquired taste?

Sometimes that’s what I think I am as far as Blogit is concerned. Most read my various blogs without leaving a comment, so I can’t tell for sure. But among those who do comment, a few comment frequently on several of my different blogs. A few more comment on a particular blog whenever I post to it.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Yesterday In History…

Don’t mind me, folks, I’m just jotting down a few notes, sharing a few thoughts, and answering some mail while I decide whether to continue waiting on an important email (to my sports writing) or call it a night (early morning?) and get some shut eye. Whew! That was a mouthful. Anywho, did you know... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Geez, it’s almost 7:00 a.m.!

I just copied and pasted a post to WRITERS WRITE and looked up and saw daylight instead of dark through the window. My damned old watch must have stopped sometime after I dozed off last night. Double damn! I thought it was about 4:30 and that I had plenty of time to write another post or two, reply... Sign in to see full entry.

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