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This afternoon I saw a man in the driver's seat of a circa 1980 Oldsmobile, at a stoplight, reach his arm out and spray his windshield with glass cleaner solution. Come to think of it he resembled John Candy, and the car was similar to the one Candy's character drives in the movie "Uncle Buck."

The world is my Amy's apple toaster pop.

Did anyone see the lunar eclipse?

I forgot to look for it; however earlier in the evening I saw a purple sunset and bright green-headed mallards flock away ten feet from my face.

In cooking news, steamed sweet grape tomatoes are entirely lovely.

A week and a half ago on the day 8,000 tons of snow fell from the sky, I was on my way to work via the Ohio Turnpike, I-80. I was wearing gloves, and with ticket and change ready, I slowed to the booth only to see a Gene Wilder-Elton John hybrid ready to collect. I slightly recall he was wearing headphones. He was certainly wearing black fabric ( Read more... )

The temperatures are rising, and I am freaking out. Feeling so asthmatic today; this intense pressure on my lungs, headaches . . . Forgot to take my vitamins all week. Having anxiety about dust and strong chemical smells and the changing air pressure ( Read more... )

I love this cold weather and blue skies. 10 or 13 degrees is too warm. I love it 3 or 7 degrees. I can breathe so well; I don't feel the slightest asthmatic.

Everybody's complaining about their scaley skin. People come up to me and start scratching like lice ridden baboons in an unclean zoo. The people say "I'm so itchy. I can't stop itching!"

(My) favorite quotes heard on the radio today, both from callers:

1) "I hate pronouns - I, we, you, THEY, THEM!"

2) "Business first. Politics follows."

I suppose I have not  been an ideal friend. I have been critical, shy, sensitive, and inside all too often. But, below is a list of things I'd like to do with someone, perhaps you?

See Barcelona at the Cleveland Museum of Art
See Christopher Guest's "For Your Consideration"
Eat at Mint Cafe (again)
Design/make holiday cards
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This article reminds me I need to return library items and pay some fines. By the time I pay in fines, I could actually be owning the item for about the same cost. As for phones, I do miss rotaries. I love how she says, "I want my rotary back."