Category: Everyday Stories
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And then I yawned and moved on…
Let’s see. Did any Atlanta schools rank in Newsweek’s list of the top 1500 public high schools in the U.S. I see one. Just one. North Atlanta High School came in at 865th and I see Dekalb School of the Arts came in at 307th. Plus a few from suburban/satellite areas. North Atlanta High is…
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The demise of the summer bathrobe?
The demise of the bathrobe is on my mind, because Aaron loves bathrobes. Several years from now, that guy you see strolling around town in a Japanese Yukata? That will be Aaron. I searched all over the internet for a boy’s cotton summer robe for him but found nothing. Eventually, it occurred to me to…
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“They’re weird!”
Aaron is totally freaked out by the new Old Navy ad campaign with the scary mannequins. Can’t say that I blame him.
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Guns for Jesus
It’s called an Open Carry Church Service and not only does the Valley Station Road Church want you to carry your gun to church, they’ll give you an opportunity to win a handgun and listen to operators of gun stores and firing ranges while enjoying patriotic music. A red font resembling splattered blood is used…
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The news that I preferred to have catch my attention today…
Particles Larger Than Galaxies Fill the Universe?
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I’m Practical That Way
Toothpick lampshade making its way around the internet. I saw it last week on another site and is on Boingboing now. My immediate response is, “But you’ll poke your eye out!” I seem to be the only one with such concerns. (But, seriously, “You’ll poke your eye out!”)
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H.o.p. Discovers Scratch
I never anticipated trying to help my son make a computer game. Teaching him Photoshop, helping with animation programs etc., yes. But a computer game??? He’s working in MIT’s Scratch and I haven’t a clue. More and more poses (called costumes) he makes. And sprites. And backgrounds. Eventually he’s going to be serious when he…
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Active Memorial Day Weekend
A really good incentive to immediately wash your dishes after dinner and take out the trash is because you never know when the police are going to be trekking through your apartment to get to the back courtyard. At least the place was tidy otherwise.
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A Haruki Murakami story in the making
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“No Notice” Evictions
Watching a piece on Las Vegas in which “no notice” evictions are taking place. The renter has been paying on their rent while the owner of the property has been going through foreclosure proceedings and not notified the renter. Then the bank sends out the police to kick out the tenants with no notice whatsoever,…
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We, too, have a rug that kinda tied the room together
We too have a rug that kinda tied the room together…and it is suddenly deteriorating over the past couple of months. And I didn’t think it was moths. But what was causing it? For anyone who’s interested in learning a little bit about hand-knotted Orientals that aren’t what they seem to be, the in-laws gave…
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Use the camera on the iPhone, right?
H.o.p. picked out for me the best cheese a couple of weeks ago. Was expensive but so good I finished it off in two days. Had never tried this kind before. When done, I threw out the wrapper without thinking to write down the name and now Marty and I are kicking ourselves because we…