July 23, 2012 Though Hilary is looking the best she has looked in quite awhile (quite stately I must say [which she should — for a personage reportedly 223rd in line for the British throne {though my perusal of the British throne succession didn’t seem to list her in the top 300}]), she has never […]
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(In Memory of Richard Mayberry: great swimmer; wonderful fellow) July 18, 2014 I did it again – I flew across the pond in tourist class and exposed myself to God knows how many countless germs, bacteria and viruses. Those sardine-packed, trans-oceanic flights are a veritable incubator for all sorts of things – put perhaps that
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June 27, 2014 I can’t say that I’ve written much about my problematic legs – but over-the-course of-the-past-3-or-so- years (ever since I attempted to break up a fight in the juvi prison I used to teach at) my mobility in my legs has been diminishing: to the point that I can no longer stand up
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Sterling is Just the Tip of the Iceberg May 5, 2014 More-and-more contributors to my beloved Times have been closing in on what I began writing on May 5th – (today being May 14th); so I decided that I had better complete this article ASAP (during finals week) – before someone can suggest that I
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April 14, 2014 “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that \’my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” Isaac Asimov My buddy Clive sent this to me and it doesn’t need a whole lot of pondering to
April 8, 2014 The old oak was chopped down early in the new year — and now I am left to stare at the limestone cliff face — wondering if the old oak would have ever “come back.” I would hate to think that the cliff face is now my mirror… For many of us
March 26, 2014 …And the dance floor cleared, leaving me alone to karaoke with Mick on “Sympathy for the Devil”… Puerto Vallarta is a very quaint town on a very large and lazy bay. From a dining balcony in our Spanish, castle-styled villa, we even got to see a-couple-of-whales swim by! As this was only
March 19, 2014 We have nicknamed a fellow at-the-top-of-the-road: Mr. Grumpy – because he never smiles or acknowledges another human being. He has nasty warning signs posted on his property and he angrily picks up trash around the neighborhood to be taken…to be taken god knows where… I am probably going back 20-years-or-so, when Uncle
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March 1, 2014 I thought I had the U.S. deficit all figured out: as I heretofore preached doom and gloom about our economy. Then my Buddy, Mack Attack, sent me an article that left me reeling. The particular economist featured in this article boldly stated that because the U.S. dollar was the world’s reserve currency
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I’ve Done my Time I’ve done my time I’ve paid for my crime I’ve done my seven years; I’ve done my time I’ve paid for my crime Most of it with fears — Mirror shattered and luck laid bad That polished self in delusional wealth Shattered in so many spheres… I’ve done my time I’ve
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