Category: Everyday Stories
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The birthday sundae (and why H.o.p. discovers Godiva chocolate cheesecake)
H.o.p. enjoys a birthday sundae Light box enlargement H.o.p. had the past several months talked about wanting to go to the Cheesecake Factory for his birthday. Because of cheesecake? No, because he associates it with our trips to Arizona to see my folks and festive occasions…and because he likes the french fries and the hamburger…
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The First Emperor Exhibit
Not only did we hit the King Tut exhibit at the Civic Center last Friday, the Wednesday before we visited The First Emperor, China’s Terracotta Army exhibit at the High. Again, no photos permitted so I’ve none to offer. At the link there are videos which we’ll no doubt spend time watching over the coming…
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Bye-bye goldfish
Doing my yoga last night, I missed my goldfish. You see, our apartment is small enough that I have only one place I can do my yoga, which is in the walkway between the living room and computer/dining room/office which is where the fish tank is tucked in a corner next to the bathroom door.…
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Writing about something as if it's someone else's situation may not help with making a decision
There was a little family that lived in an apartment in an old, old building circa 1910. Their apartment was pretty small and the woman learned a larger apartment with a better view had opened up in the front building. The woman went to look at the larger apartment. The larger apartment was significantly larger…
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Heston's "On the B Side" on the Michael Baisden show, now
Heston, today, on the Michael Baisden show. Heston is the artist Marty recorded who recently released his CD Storyteller. It’s also available on iTunes. Update: After a couple of brief interviews with Heston, and a few callers speaking to Heston, they’re playing “No Way”. A nice, gentle choice. Sounds really good broadcast. Update: Heston’s page…
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Free samba music by Bratuke–right here, right now
Marty recorded this carnival samba today for the percussion group, Bratuke. They’re a new group, just starting to perform more frequently and are working on getting a website up. If you’re in Little Five Points (here in Atlanta) they practice every Sunday afternoon at the community center. The names of the players: Colin Agnew, Rafael…
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Question of the day
We’re watching the Attenborough narrated “Life of Birds” shows on Netflix. After viewing segments on birds which had lost their ability to fly, H.o.p. asked, “What about play and evolution? If they had fun flying, doesn’t that count in evolution?” So, what is the role of play in evolutionary process?
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At the Georgia Aquarium
[clear] Went to the Georgia Aquarium today, where I had a fine time (well, I wanted to have a fine time, and did in parts) up to about the point that we finished viewing the exhibits and then a kind of sensory overload hit and that was pretty much it for me. My initial plan…
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YES, WE DID!
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Party on Peachtree Street
After midnight and many are celebrating. People yelling out their balconies around the block. I followed the honking horns up to Peachtree Street where cars were streaming up and down, honking horns, a lot of joy to share around. I came back home and rounded up H.o.p. and Marty and we three returned to Peachtree…
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Our two votes cast make a slightly less red Georgia
5:23 A.M. We are getting ready to go and vote because I’m going to collapse in a heap o’ panic if we don’t get down to the polling place now. I’ve been hyperventilating for two months now. Eight years ago when we took H.o.p. with us to the polls, damn, looking back it seems like…
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You've heard this, right? (and still, I will blog about it and tomorrow you will have a chance to cast your vote against four more years of edge-of-your-seat Palintertainment and at this point even MccCain is secretly hoping you will do just that)
Over a million listens on Youtube, so you’ve heard this, right? A couple of Quebec comics, the Masked Avengers, managed to get hold of Palin on the phone and had her believing she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Palin was so taken in she scarcely seemed to blink as the conversation departed the…