Notebook Porn
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It is almost the end of the road for this notebook. I bought it at Borders #1 in Ann Arbor, MI last summer. I hope to move on to the next one in the next week or so…it’s been a good notebook. It saddens me that a lot of the ideas haven’t been worthy of [...]
Paterno Is Dead and I Don’t Feel so Good Myself
I know a man who is a convicted sex-offender. He molested his grand-daughter and spent several years as a guest of the State for doing so. Hes paid his debt to the Justice System, but not to Society. He is listed on the Sex Offender Registry, has taken shit from neighbors and some people dont [...]
It’s Sunday And My Notebook Pages Are Still Blank So I Typed This Up Instead
I read a marvelous post close to a month ago, penned (does one who types still get credit for penning?) by @rkrystalli at Stories of Conflict and Love about the reminders of the past year. My comment mentioned how I also keep little bits of ephemera and errata and slap them in my notebooks. Roxanne [...]
The Well Meaning and Thoughtless, or How The Clueless Hurt More Than They Help
It was a quiet Tuesday evening. I’d been to the doctor’s office that day, talked about my meds, made the next appointment, grabbed some Chinese for dinner for me and my Mrs and wended me way home. Shrimp Lo Mein, even at one of the ersatz “Chinese” places around here is a wonderful thing. Fried [...]
Was it really simpler? – Thoughts on Change and Dealing With it
One of the gifts I gave Elaine for Christmas was a new stereo for her car. The original unit played both CDs and cassettes, plus the usual AM/FM radio. The car is old enough that the stereo did not have an AUX input for mp3 players. Who needed one in 2000? On the drive home [...]
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My Book ‘Tender Mercies’
