Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2007 | No Comments »
(Pictured above: a fully anesthetized kitty before “de-ball.” Photo by Job Conger)
Ketchup
Trivia buffs may know that uranium has a half-life of 100,000 years. I discovered recently that the only thing that comes close to that is refrigerated ketchup. How do I know? When I found myseff out of Kraft Catalina dressing, my usual [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Reason’s Refrain
Some games are played
for higher stakes
than passions weighed
against heartbreaks.
The magic shared
with arms entwined
and bodies bared
can burn the blind.
As smiles from secret pleasures fade,
sometimes come consequences made:
the cost of chance romance we buy.
The never born will never cry.
A flirting glance,
a warm embrace,
time’s classic dance
a fall from grace,
“Let’s go!”
becomes
“Hey, let’s go back!”
You train’s about
to jump the [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
It’s been seven days since I last directed my voice to a living hummin’ bean.
Hello, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again.
The occasion was last Saturday. A friend across the street had called and left a voice mail invitation. He had more watermelon than he and his family could eat. Would I [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks to South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham, who appeared on “The Jim Lehrer News Hour” and journalists John Burns and Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco, who appeared on “Charlie Rose” Tuesday night July 17. Without their eloquence and memorable understanding of Operation Doonit Fadaddy (my term), this posting would not have been hacked out [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Dinner Hour Shuffle
When I know PBS on TV is a lost cause, such as tonight when I was promised “NOVA Science,” a summer camp at the lake version of the fabulous NOVA for Grownups which airs the rest of the year and a “Front Page” dealing with teaching underprivileged chidrins, I do the Ramen noodle [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 16, 2007 | No Comments »
If Sam had not graciously added his astute comment following my Sunday lament, I’d have deleted it. Thank you Sam.
Friends, Romulans and countrypersons, I hit the hay last night awash in the ignominy of separation from AeroKnow and CIVAG. After arising this morning, I called my web service provider, Interactive Data Technologies, hoping [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 15, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If you’ve enjoyed visiting my two websites recently, when you return this coming week; you will find either nothing (error 404) or exactly what you saw during your previous visit. That’s because I discovered, as I was about to update the sites this early evening, that I can no longer update them. That’s because to [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I may be the only cockel and mussel, alive alive-o, who on a slow Sunday, builds is day around WUIS radio. Y? Because of Word For Word, 3 pm on WUIS.
When I first became a National Public Radio Fan, and for a few years, a WUIS pledger and off-air studio fund raising campaign volunteer, the [...]
Posted in thoughts, writing on July 14, 2007 | No Comments »
It isn’t having the same Rumen noodles for my Friday meal that I’ve had every Friday (and Sunday through Thursday) for the past two months. After all, I attended a party last Saturday night, attended a reception a few Saturdays ago where dinner was a collateral (if unintended benefit) because I know there are some [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Sue D.
I don’t want to seem dramatic.
I don’t want to seem crude,
But I’ll say it’s a fact:
You gatta clean up your act
Or you’re gonna get sued.
I don’t want no discussion.
I”m correct, and you’re wrong.
There can be no retort
To a fuse that is short
And a righ te ous song.
Life is a lesson-filled ox cart
And the angry [...]
