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So...
Does anyone else post here a lot? I don't, sadly, but life does that. And, Facebook usually has more of my daily musings now more than ever. Undecided if I should keep this account or purge it. Time will tell ( Read more... ) -
Holiday understanding
For most of the Christmases that I can recall, I have been melancholy in some forms or other, but never certain as to why. I tried the Charlie Brown approach and wondered if I had forgotten it's true meaning, only to figure out that, no, my knowledge of the celebration of the Christian Child was still embedded in my mind from decades of Catholic ( Read more... ) -
Timbers
Many of you Okay, SOME of you might take at least a passing fancy/interest in soccer. Some more than others, obviously, but at the very least you've taken notice of, say, World Cup action. I think the reason for the growing national interest in a sport like soccer is, by and large, because it's the one sport played by many other countries where ( Read more... ) -
New Dumb
From Anthony Weiner exposing (kind of) his junk, to Sarah Palin exposing her lack of basic historical knowledge, election years bring out the dumb in most of America. Overall, as a nation, we cannot seem to recall where the "shot heard round the world" took place (it was Concord, Massachusetts, NOT New Hampshire, a la Michelle Bachmann), or what ( Read more... ) -
...And then I woke up
Last night I had a dream about sectarian dodgeball. I know why it happened: I had been reading an article earlier about attempted bombings of two Scottish Premier League teams by sectarian sources in Northern Ireland. but this is just the latest in a string of odd dreams I've been having. Some of them are so vivid, I thought that they were ( Read more... ) -
News Tidbits
This is what happens when Jeanne has MSNBC on too much ( Read more... ) -
Going through the mud with weights on our feet
Various things on the mind/brain these last few weeks, sports fans! Think you can keep up? Because this is the no segue entry right here!!
Last night was the first night I have ever gone to be feeling depressed since I moved out here. Primarily because this past week was the first time that I have ever been financially pummeled by unemployment. ( Read more... ) -
Whew!
Got back from California yesterday. Yet another example of a whirlwind time I've been having since I moved out here. We got to CA before my folks, and with our limited funds, had no way to get a rental car. Solution: Public transit! Well, sort of. See, the BART train from San Fran International doesn't go to San Jose, where we needed it to, so ( Read more... ) -
This might make people wonder (more) about me (part 2)
I should have explained a bit more about this and the previous entry. First, this is not my son I am talking to. Well, not yet, anyways. See, I had this whole thought conversation, I guess you could call it, in the shower yesterday morning with my unborn son when he is in high school. It mirrors a few topical things my dad and I talked about. ( Read more... )
