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This new guy, the new communications director who came and went like Haley's comet, is it worth my time for me to figure out his name?  ...

People have been having great fun at the expense of Debbie Wasserman Schulz because she mispronounced the word misled--pronounced misled.  L...

Who had the good idea to appoint a special prosecutor?  I can't remember.  Now he's like an advanced case of cancer--can't get r...

What universe am I living in, where the President appoints a special person, a Grznd Guignol kind of guy, to investigate his doings? Why doe...

Going to see it tomorrow God Willing and the creek don't rise. I told a friend what it was about and she said, "How do you know th...

I went to see "Hero" with Sam Elliot at what passes for an experimental film venue in Wilmington. I strongly recommend that eve...

During the past few months I have been plagued by insomnia. I tried to ride it out, but nothing solved the problem. Even sleeping pills ju...

So I wanted to order my medication over the phone, using Humana's automated service. I put in the prescription number. then was asked f...

Yes, Blogger is cheap. In fact it is free, the very best kind of cheap. Otherwise, no-one would use it. It's a very clumsy tool. ...

I was expecting my airbnb guest today, but he stood me up. Admittedly, I was of two minds about having a stranger in my house, but now that...

I put up the pictures, very poor ones to be sure, but someone is already coming on Monday!

I admit it--I was distracted by Facebook. But I got burned out. Facebook can actually be very dull. Having seen countless Facebook videos ...

I decided that since I am never going to be free of the Mysterious Ailment, to continue with my life as if I were normal and just avoid fal...

I only watched a little of it. The consensus seems to be that Hillary won it, according to reports from the professional thinkers on televi...

This blog was hijacked for quite a while, but my computer expert sorted it out, so I am back to expressing myself, sort of. I have been b...

I have been feeling a little down for a while, but I ignored it.  Yesterday I felt that I was in imminent danger of dying.  All systems were...

About Oscar Wilde,English history, and other harrowing events. I saw the most marvelous film tonight--"Oscar Wilde," starring Ro...

The Mayans had some really neat art forms, civilization, yada yada.  Pyramids!  They also practiced human sacrifice, but hey, that was their...

   Being sick. For the past year I have been under the star of some malignant force that has it in for me.  I got sick last year just abou...

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