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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Observations from the saddle

I never thought I would ever see a man and woman arriving at and departing from the opera on bicycles. Yet there they were, he in a seersucker suit and tie, she in a long evening dress. They chained their bikes to a lamppost in front of the theater and sashayed inside. When it was over, they got on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

I wish I had written this one: Part Deux

I don’t normally post something I get in email, unless it’s something I can thoroughly castigate, but this was priceless. True, I am also a musician and probably only musicians will really get this, but it’s well done. Kudos to whoever came up with it. I only wish it was me! “How to sing the Blues"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Memorial Weekend reflections...

I have a picture – probably my favorite of my parents -- that sits on my desk in my office at home. It was taken probably in 1960 or so, the evening of the West Point Founder’s Day ball, and in it, my parents and their best friends – known to us urchins as “Uncle Ed and Auntie Fran – are posing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 24, 2010

Mmmmm. Fire Good, Paert Deux...

Ah, late spring/early summer. The nights are still cool, the days heat up, the mosquitoes start to swarm and the flies provide untold hours of amusement for my dog. It’s time once again for that most cherished rite of warm weather: Grilling out. It’s not just that the weather is nice and cooking out... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 17, 2010

The name game revisited...

You just have to love the Social Security Administration. In these times of vociferous, vituperative complaining about government waste – and I am right there with those who want to throw all the bums out – along comes the SSA’s annual “Most Popular Baby Names in America” list. I suppose this is not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

An old family tale that still cracks me up...

I know I have written about my many shenanigans over the years, the various and sundry moments when I almost but not quite made the Darwin Awards. However, my Uncle told me a story the other night about a kid who seemed to hit the jackpot. You must remember that this was a kid who grew up probaby in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 10, 2010

A STOOPID joke I left in Tim's blog. Sorry, had to share...

Seems the town slut went to a barn dance with her poor, long cuckolded husband. She got a few too many glasses of punch in her and before you know it she was passed out in the dairy shed under a guernsey cow. The husband, after a couple of hours, finally found her and shook her awake, telling her it... Sign in to see full entry.

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On the road and clueless

One thing that’s kind of depressing about finding yourself a couple of decades out of college is the realization that spontaneity is more of an enemy than an adventure. Not too long ago a simple trip to the store –probably a beer run – more often than not would result in a road trip, destination and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Life lessons from the bird feeder: Reprise

I don't know how they seem to know. Maybe the dumb ones don’t and that’s why I don’t see them too long. I’ll be sitting on my back patio, coffee by my elbow, newspaper in hand, when a sudden and deafening silence will jar me out of my concentrated reverie. All the birds, from the noisy, exuberant... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Just wondering about things...

So I’m sort of sitting back and scratching my head about all the hoopla over Arizona’s newly passed anti-illegal immigration bill. Sure, the law is a bit draconian, largely unenforceable, and ultimately will never trump federal law, no matter what all these newly resurrected states’ rights mavens... Sign in to see full entry.

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Flotsam, jetsam, tangled threads and ADD moments. Stupid jokes and esoteric observations. An occasional deep thought, even though I try like hell to weed those out as often as possible. This is just a comfortable place to come get an occasional chuckle or two. And yeah, I left for awhile -- most of us do at one point or another -- and now I am back. I feel no obligation to explain; suffice it to say, "There's no place like home."

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