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This particular entry has been simmering on the back burner, so to speak, for several months now. It started when I picked up The Day I Shot Cupid at the library . . . or maybe I saw it at the bookstore first. Wherever I saw it first, I checked it out of the library, mainly because the title caught my attention. And as ( Read more... )

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"Go with throttle up."

Those words were spoken 25 years ago today. The last words received from the space shuttle Challenger just before it exploded, 73 seconds into its mission.

Five years ago, I wrote that I couldn't believe that it had been 20 years since the Challenger disaster. And now, it's hard to believe that ( Read more... )

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I ride the bus. Most of the time, when I reach my stop, I'll tell the driver, "Watch out for the crazies, because they sure as hell won't be watching out for you." (If you've ever watched Hill Street Blues, remember Sgt. Esterhaus's admonition of "Let's be careful out there." I deliver my parting in much the same tone ( Read more... )

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Last week, I wrote about the crank arm on my bike falling off, and my various (mis)adventures trying to get it secured in its proper place. Once it was finally in place, I thought that was the end of the matter. I hoped it was the end of the matter, anyway ( Read more... )