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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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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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Green Acres comes to the city
Ha! You nature bloggers with your enviably scenic backyards chock full of wild flowers and exotic birds (any bird is exotic if not a pigeon) and the occasional wandering deer don’t have anything over us urban apartment dwellers any longer. Kind of. Well, ok, you do, but you go with what you’ve got. And what…
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Wanderin’ Fool
Was one of those kind of sleeps where you go to bed and wake up feeling like you’ve been drugged, can’t move, go back to sleep and repeat. Lots of dreaming. I remember at one point trudging along in one of those dreams and looking down and seeing my left pants’ leg pulled up and…
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The best advice you'll ever get for cutting in half a roll of paper towels
I can think of nothing to blog while I’m deep in mangling the look of my site on the side. I’m that kind of dedicated sort of person. But I came across this over at Cupie’s and had to share. You too can make your own baby wipes. Think of the money saved. And all…
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Why can I never remember Karl Rove’s face?
I never can remember Karl Rove’s face. Rumsfeld is easy. When I think Rumsfeld I think Wes Craven’s “Hellraiser”. Rumsfeld has always, always been “Hellraiser” to me. But Rove? Nothing. A suit with a zero for a head. Continuing. My son can draw like crazy. This is not one of his drawings-drawings. This is my…
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Saturday with the Sisters of Mercy
Yesterday was a beautiful morning. For no reason at all, since we live in the area, we got lost getting on the Interstate going North to visit some relatives. We went South and pulled off into downtown and began circling back to where we live to get it right this time. And so doing we…
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No other purpose but for the memory book
Ok. No one is going to be interested in this post except for a very small group of people who attended Jason Lee school in Richland, Washington in 4th grade in 1966-1967. And chances are perhaps not even they would be interested. And chances are zero that any of that small group of people who…