Archive for December, 2007
Friday, December 28th, 2007
I've had a relatively busy day for me, but this has been on my mind for most of it. I've mentioned this song here before. But, today, as I reflect on what happened yesterday, what is happening now in Pakistan, I just have to believe, that the world, ...
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Today, I just want to add my voice to the millions around the world who are mourning this wonderful woman. That she was not perfect in every way does not make her a candidate for the extremists of the Islamic world to murder, it made her human. Just ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Greetings Gene --
Here is your horoscope for Wednesday, December 26:
You may not be on top today, but you can tell that you still have a
strong chance at coming from behind and taking the lead. It's a good
day to keep an even pace and let others wear themselves out.
You know, I ...
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
I have just got to say that I am, well, if it actually mattered, worried about the outcome of this winter. Not so much the winter, as I think of it, but my tiny part in it. Because my dog just tried to kill me again. Okay, ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
So, not much to say the past few days. Sort of been within, things have been odd, it is the season, partly, I've lost all sense of it, many years ago, maybe almost 11, maybe before that. But definitely since that. So, Jenna's been having me ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
As I have often done, I am sharing a Steve Goodier piece here. But I disagree with him. Vehemently. Not in his basic principle, but in its particular application. I'll be back after. :^)
CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE CLIP AT A TIME
What can one person possibly ...
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
A girl like me
What I want to talk about this morning is this video. It was made by a young black woman and it is a series of vignettes in which young black women talk about what it is like to be a young black woman in this free ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
About a month ago, I told you how not to go down the basement steps with a dog, while carrying a bicycle. When I wrote that, it seemed okay, and then I learned just how long it takes for an injury to the bursa between the patella and knee ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
This has been one of the oddest months of my life. A lot happening, yes, and reason for some of what I feel but what I feel changes so much from moment to moment, not just day to day, that it is making me a little more insane than ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Specifically women's golf.
But first a word from our sponsor. Me. :^). I've been a sports fan all my life, what else did a kid growing up on a farm in the middle of Minnesota have to do? I mean one who had no interest in farming, ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
I like that word, Bushite. It rhymes nicely with luddite, which of course they are, although Wikipedia defines them as "...This English historical movement has to be seen in its context of the harsh economic climate due to the Napoleonic Wars; but since then, the term Luddite has been ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Random thoughts maybe. Odd things have been running through my mind. Well, anyone who's looked at the main site already knows that. I'm just talking about the past few days.
It turns out I hate Christmas music. The last few years it has annoyed me more each ...
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Yes, again, or maybe still. I've seen a couple things that have just boggled my mind in recent days and have a couple things I want to say about them. I sort of began this with the story of the teddy bear "scandal" that caused what one might ...
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
I am probably the last person in the world to have seen this movie, lol. Jenna led me to it this past week and I watched it, and I have to say I was mostly disappointed. Somehow from the hype, I expected more. I got a personal ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
We've all seen, okay, heard of, the movie, starring Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind - I'm the one who hasn't seen it, lol. But this special little girl and her beautiful heart comes from Steve Goodier and is worth sharing. So, for tonight, this is it. ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
I've known this woman for years, we've been friends for more than 10 years actually. We get along fine although we come from completely different sides of the political spectrum. She operates a mail list group that is composed mostly of frothing, as you will see, conservatives, many ...
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Yes, a teddy bear. The story below was written about Muslim fundamentalists, please read it. I'll be back immediately following.
Teddy Bear
By LEONARD PITTS JR.Just to make sure I've got this straight: Their God is threatened by a teddy bear?As in a plush, cuddly doll in the shape of ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Again I quote from this "amazing" film:
"When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon, men of violence. They rarely think of peaceful men. But contrast the reception they will receive when they return home from their battles.
Napoleon will arrive in pomp and in power, ...
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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
A couple quotes from the early part of this amazing film:
"You found God, sir?"
"I think He found me. Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is?"
"It is a sad fate to be well known to everybody else and still unknown to himself." Sir Francis Bacon
gene suggests a ...
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