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“I’m not a racist, some of the women I’ve impregnated were my slaves”

You know how you get stuck in a huge traffic jam expecting a big accident ahead and when you get to it you find a little fender bender and feel disappointed? It’s not that you wanted anyone to get hurt but you feel that something minor should not have created this mess. That’s what this […]

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Mea Culpa

I stayed in yesterday which means I have to fall back on my ideas bin. There is only one thing in the phone version and it’s difficult to write, it’s a Mea Culpa. I’ll bite the bullet and write about being wrong. But first of course, the minutiae of my life.

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Take to the Streets to Fight the Wall

I slept late today; when I set my alarm to wake up early for the MRI yesterday I must have accidentally turned off the alarm that wakes me every weekday at 8:30. I set that alarm to play the WFUV question of the day. Because I slept late I missed it today and there was […]

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We Are All Woody’s Children

Last night I went to the 50th anniversary celebration for Bob Sherman’s Woody’s Children. I haven’t been listening for 50 years but perhaps 40. I’m a newcomer. This was something I had to go to. But first, a word about my mental and physical health. Friday is my day for therapy. It was my first […]

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I Might Be an Idiot but My Prediction was Good

Welcome to idiotville. I was planning on fasting today to prep for tomorrow’s colonoscopy. Great idea except that the appointment is for Thursday. I never got my call telling me how to prep. I called today and found out that I need someone to take me home from the procedure. I’m now scrambling to find […]

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This and That

I didn’t go out yesterday so today is the first write whatever I want post since before NERFA. The problem is I don’t know what to write. I have many competing ideas, I can go personal, I can go religious, I can go political/philosophical. I can write about snow. I think I’m going for potpourri. […]

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More Perfect Union

It’s not the Fourth of July, it’s not a patriotic holiday, but I’m feeling the fire of patriotism burning in me. The spark that ignited it came from President Trump, but not in the way he intended. His words and actions to “Make America Great Again” are an affront to American values, and it’s those […]

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Keep Dilbert, I’ll Take Elbert

The WFUV member drive is over and I’m back to writing. It was a tough week for me; I was always on the verge of falling sleep, right now I’m on the verge of falling asleep. The only time I wasn’t in danger of falling asleep was when I was in bed trying to go […]

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The Tale of Charismatic Karyn and the Smart Alec

Since you last heard from me I’ve been to two concerts, Alec Spiegelman and Karyn Oliver. On Friday I had therapy

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Time to be Patriotic

I’m still moving through molasses. I got nothing accomplished yesterday and nothing so far today. My wrangler, Bri is doing their best. Wish them and me luck. It’s taken me all day to start writing this. In addition to work on the computer I have to do laundry and go shopping. The one bright spot, […]