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Anger & Oates
I think I have a lot of anger. Though I'm not sure, since I've not been in anyone else's head, so maybe by comparison, I actually have very little anger. My anger doesn't manifest itself as a constant presence. It actually waits until something comes along that provides a ready target. Idiot drivers are always a good target, for example. Someone ( Read more... ) -
My shoes speak to me
As I walked to the office kitchen this morning, the souls of my shoes on the carpet whispered softly to me: I hate my job, I hate my job, I hate my job. -
Speaking of movies...
... does anyone else see the Oscars as a dumb, lumbering dinosaur? In this shiny new century when we are all highly educated and informed and worldly, do we really still want to sit in front of our televisions and idolize celebrities and gossip about which ones wear the best dresses? Why don't we get our own dresses and go to our own parties? This ( Read more... ) -
The Shining????
I made the mistake of watching The Shining this weekend. My younger daughter is really into acting (she's in a dramatic arts program at school) and I thought, well, you know, it's a classic in the horror genre and all. When I saw it all those years ago I remember wondering what all the fuss was about, but I thought maybe that was just me not ( Read more... ) -
Family
I'm in favor of multiple generations living together. I have no idea when or why people came up with the notion that every individual in a family has to go off and start a completely solitary life in some distand city. It's very lonely if you ask me. Families should take care of each other -- and bake muffins for each other. In my immediate family ( Read more... ) -
Niceness
I am not nice myself, but I can appreciate niceness in others. Do I get points for that?