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The Constitution
I just had an idea ( Read more... ) -
The Irony is Thick
I just listened to Laura Ingraham speechifying at the Republican National Convention. Most everything she said was ... unexceptionable. She's a Republican Party Mouthpiece, and she touted the Republican Party -- including it's policy-free promises of some vague "better ( Read more... ) -
What you think about can affect the way you think.
... and the way you speak ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Heroically Prevent Office Bloodshed
I walked into my office suite today, to find two of the employees arguing.
PERSON1: "*%*&!!@*!!"
PERSON2: "!*+$$*!??!"
ME: "Knives at sixty paces."
[Dead Silence]
beat...
beat...
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Public Service Announcement
If you live in the United States of America, be sure to top off your gas tank on Monday.
In my living memory, the price of gasoline has always, always, ALWAYS been depressed in the month leading up to a national election. This is not an artifact of the improvement in our economy; it is an artifact of a concerted effort on the part of those who ( Read more... ) -
I almost screwed up BIG-TIME
Last week, while discussing all the changes coming down the pike at work, I mentioned that I didn't think I had time for the UMSL thing in this next quarter. My supervisor told me "Don't even think that." So... I got on the UMSL website to look at the fall semester. It starts tomorrow, 25 August. Thank Goddess for online registration ( Read more... ) -
Sunday -- Life Maintenance Day
It's noon.
I haven't gotten dressed yet.
I can't go on like this. I've got to shake off this post-divorce depression.
So... today is the only day of the week that I'm not working at work. It's time to work at home.
TO-DO LIST
In no particular order...
wash dishes
clean off kitchen counter tops
wash laundry
take out trash
take out recyclingmow ( Read more... ) -
I Am Disappointed
I received an email from the Democratic National Committee, telling me all about how Senator Lindsey Graham is talking about impeaching President Obama. The point of this exercise was to persuade me to donate money to elect Democrats ( Read more... ) -
A culinary experiment
I've tried an experiment: a variation on a low-cal meal that even a bachelor who hates cleaning up the kitchen can handle ( Read more... ) -
A completely arbitrary milestone
Since I left the Army several-mumble years ago, I had gained weight at an average of 3 pounds a year... creeping upwards from a very fit 220 pounds to a plateau of just over 330 pounds. That is to say, once I hit 330, my weight gain slowed significantly. My highest recorded weight was 338 pounds, last May ( Read more... )