Category: Everyday Stories
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The World of Discontented Dissident Dick and Jane and Friends
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Adventures of Dissident Dick and Jane
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Transitioning to Homonyms as Hurricane Emily weakens
And suddenly from Gumby we go to homonyms. “M-e-a-t and m-e-e-t. Meat and meet, two words that sound the same but aren’t spelled the same,” H.o.p. informs from out of nowhere, stepping away from Gumby. “Yes, homonyms,” I take the opportunity to inform him. “I know!” And H.o.p. in a matter of Internet seconds is…
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Ginsberg to Gumby in Internet seconds. I think I need a transition nap.
Gotta have a voice for poetry, not just an ear. I start out this afternoon playing some selections that just don’t make it and go hunting for free Allen Ginsberg and find some at Allenginsberg.com. I play C’mon Pigs of Western Civilization Eat more Grease and H.o.p., left cold by my earlier selections elsewhere (so…
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I vote we tie Rove in a chair, force him to watch "Oliver" 40 times in a row, and see what truths of soul commence to happen
I am drinking the worst coffee in the world. That came out of my very own French press. Hours ago. It was this bad hours ago. It was this bad when fresh. Tasted like the proverbial 20 year old Converse sneakers that climbed up on the counter and said look I’ve got holes in my…
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A world of Jonestowns
Hasih Hussain was 18. It’s said he had a “troubled adolesence” before becoming devoutly religious at the age of 16. A friend of Hasih’s was Shehzad Tanweer was 22, had studied for a sports science degree at univeristy, was said by friends to be non-political and from a very strong family. “Shezad is a very…
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More Sensenbrenner prison love
Wandering about at Skippy the Bush Kangaroo’s place I see that Jamess Sensenbrenner wants to stick it to the judicial system and be both judge and jury. In an extraordinary move, the chairman of the house judiciary committee privately demanded last month that the 7th u.s. circuit court of appeals in chicago change its decision…
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Canopy is cool benefit (had an unexpected guest)
An unexpected guest came to the Canopy is Cool benefit. Well, unexpected as per a couple of weeks ago when the date was set. Dennis the Menace. No, we were not suffering major hurricane tribulation, we were just stormy, but many people had the impression it was an outside benefit and first it drizzled and…
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Damn that hurts!
So, because H.o.p. loves monsters I read to him (in part) Arvin’s description of the Corporate Monster. He was in the middle of getting cranky about wanting another Happy Meal so he could have another Neopet. Mind you, he wants the Neopet for perfectly good reasons. There’s nothing wrong with him wanting another Neopet. Neopets…
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Green Acres mystery solved
Husband happened on a neighbor who identified who owns the chickens. She seemed concerned the owner might be raising them to feed to her dog as she feeds her dog raw chicken. My husband said he thought that was kind of a pricey way to go for dog food and he imagined they were pets.
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What does the corporate monster look like?
“What does the corporate monster look like?” H.o.p. says and hands me a piece of paper from his 3 inch high stack and a pen. “Draw it for me?” H.o.p. has recently discovered Neopets and he wants a Neopet toy and of course at the Neopet website they have all the toys and where you…
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Blood and words
Scotland Yard warned Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just previous the London blasts that they’d received warnings and so he stayed at this hotel instead of heading down to the hotel where the economic conference was taking place, which is over the subway stop where one of the blasts occurred. No news on how long…