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No Cigar 2007-05-19 19:21:00 I was sitting on the steps of the deck, looking over the backyard mowed the day before by my son. I couldn’t tell by looking then that Bird had entertained himself while he worked. Most people cut in squares or circles. My son spells his name or forms designs. That he never complains about mowing, and in fact, enjoys it, makes the cost of extra gas worth it. My mind shifted back to my laptop,
Bad Move 2007-05-18 21:15:00 For a small jewel in her nose and lip, Samantha Elliot will not be permitted to participate in her graduation ceremony at Portland High School in Portland, TN. By all accounts, she has had those surgically implanted piercings for most of the year. She was informed of the decision to ban her from the ceremony less than a week before the event.
With barely half the statewide student population
A Moment of Truth? 2007-05-22 11:26:00 Maybe I am dramatic, but this is how it went:
The hold on Jay’s car had been released. It was time to retrieve her “personal belongings.” I put the phrase in quotes because it is one of several used in situations like this; it is one of several which mark a dreadful occasion.
I had friends offering to go for me. At first, B. didn’t think he could handle it, but when it became apparent that I Read more:Moment
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Quick! Name That Country! 2007-05-28 03:13:00 Ala. site linked activist groups to possible terror
Bob Johnson
Associated Press
May. 28, 2007 12:00 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Alabama Department of Homeland Security has taken down a Web site it operated that included gay rights and anti-war organizations in a list of groups that could include terrorists.
The Web site identified different types of terrorists, and included a list of groups it Read more:Quick
, Country
The Bold and The Beautiful 2007-05-26 16:58:00 All in one day.
Shock and Eww:
It was so hot outside, and I had a cold. I hate summer colds. Colds suck any time of the year, but summer colds are the worst. I am not telling you anything you don’t already know. Moving on:
My cute little summer dress didn’t feel so cute stuck to my skin. I was wishing I had put my hair in a bun rather than a ponytail, or I was wishing I wasn’t in a gas station Read more:Beautiful
Like Taz* on Crack 2007-05-25 23:25:00 One of my sweet little people brought home a new friend who reminded me a lot of my Chihuahua about 20 minutes after he got into my neighbor’s outdoor stash of cocaine – or at least, how I imagined he would act if that were actually true.
Students are now pardoned for the summer, so my house looks a lot like a public service announcement for birth control – reality T.V. style.
However, the
Taking Cover 2007-05-31 18:34:00 I was young when I approached my dad, “It says here that the sound of a car backfiring could make a Vietnam veteran hit the ground. Is that true?”
“I’m sure it has happened,” He considered it, nodded, and then dismissed his thoughts.
* * * * * *
With the lull between Jay’s follow-up appointments and the start of her rehabilitation, things have returned to a relative normal. Summer vacation began Read more:Taking
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Reason 852 I am a Creature of Solitude 2007-05-30 15:09:00 In my math class, I had just completed an entire group project on my own because not one other member bothered to contribute. I missed a deadline in my business class because of it, so the following week, when someone else stepped into the “group leader” role for a group project in International Business, I was relieved. By now, though, I am ready to crash my head straight through my monitor. It Read more:Reason
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My Space 2007-05-30 01:53:00 I was experiencing technical difficulties when everybody else did this. So, I'm late, but here it is:
Random details: The bear with the orange "born to be free" Harley-Davidson hat also wears Drakkar, and that's a huge Valentine's Day card from B. in the corner of the wall. Read more:Space
A Good End to a Good Day 2007-06-04 00:27:00 I almost went to bed, but then, something very odd caught my attention – something so unusual, so rare, and so precious:
SILENCE
Besides the cool air blowing quietly through the vents, and the soft tapping of my fingertips on the keyboard, I hear nothing. My husband and two of the little crew are gone for the night. The one left home is sleeping. Even the area dogs are quiet.
I didn’t want to Read more:Good Day
Phone Fun 2007-06-01 13:57:00 Just for kicks (because I have low expectations, really), I occasionally check for any kind of high speed internet available in my area. In four years, I have found nothing. A year ago, I think, when I was desperately trying to flee left AOL, a representative told me Comcast cable was available in my area (AOL and Comcast had a promotional offer, don’t you know.)
I said, “No, it’s not.”
“Yes,
Not So Much Phone Fun 2007-06-06 20:13:00 Since I had been misinformed before, I called Comcast to confirm it when its website spit out available services at my address. I didn’t order any services then, nor did I explain why. It wouldn’t make sense for me to switch to a cable internet connection until my desktop computer is fixed, and my desktop computer will not be fixed until I pay off a couple of small bills - it's a strategy. In
Tomorrow in History 2007-06-08 23:28:00 My mother is not a woman with whom you would want to discuss the “9 month lie.” She carried me well passed the full forty weeks. (Ten months: The truth of it.) I have heard many times that I was born partially in the elevator and then in the delivery room. As I got older, I told her as many times that it was all her fault – “it” being whatever unwanted behavior I was attempting to excuse – as I Read more:History
Bird 2007-06-07 23:57:00 I tested Bird today to see how much he has learned. He preformed better than even I expected. When I sat down to create the test, I had a list of things we had studied, things he should have learned in fourth grade. I saw a few things on the list we hadn’t been over in a while, and I was concerned he might not have retained those things. He did, though.
Better than the correct answers he
Fun With Battered Babies 2007-06-15 22:41:00 written early May 2007
If you have ever had a child, boy or girl, you have had a bruised or broken little one. If you have ever had to venture into public with your bruised or broken little one, then you have seen The Look: You did it; you know you beat that child, you horrible waste of reproductive organs, you. The irony is that The Look most often comes from other parents who damn well know Read more:Babies
The Hook 2007-06-15 00:14:00 From 1981-1989, Ronald Reagan was the President of the United States. He had been in charge of the country for as long as I could remember. I was young and uninterested in politics, but I had learned enough about other governments to feel relatively safe under his watch. Near the end of his second term, knowing that was it for him, I asked my mom, “Does it make you nervous – getting a new
Brokeded Brain 2007-06-21 00:07:00 I’m 33 years old and receiving prank calls, and from an adult no less – most of my friends in third grade are not so childish. The reprobate began at nearly 4 A.M. and called my cell phone, so I knew it was not a misguided youth attempting to play with one of my little people. Humorously enough, I almost always know who is calling me before I see caller ID flashing. I don’t have a good reason for Read more:Brain
What a Loss 2007-06-26 21:16:00 Every week, I checked PostSecret, a fascinating “community art project” for which people create postcards bearing a personal secret. Some are dark, some are amusing, some are sad, some are shocking, and some are perplexing. What a great release, though. Some secrets create shame; some shame creates secrets… whatever the components of the perpetual cycle, giving people a spot to anonymously post –
Happy Let's Get Drunk and Blow Shit Up Day! 2007-07-04 10:27:00 While you people are hugging your toilets and getting skin graphs tomorrow, I will be feeling fine and going about my day - because something about the practice of mixing alcohol and explosives encourages me to stay home.
Have fun! Read more:Happy
Peek-A-Boo 2007-08-05 03:58:00 It wasn’t until the neuropsychologist had started asking me questions… I put it all together in an honest attempt to explain what it has been like for everybody… Jay’s accident caused Bird’s nightmares about his own accident to resurface… and then there was this connected to that and that connected to this… I realized just how much we have survived in the last four years.
I’m using words like “
Dry 2007-08-19 20:21:00 We had just the right number of consecutive rainy days to make the grass grow out of control. When the sky cleared, the neighbors raced to their mowers while I watched from behind a curtain. I waited because I don’t like their company. But when it was our turn, our lawnmower wouldn’t start. Off to the repair shop it went, and off to the last days of summer and into the new school year we went. My
Snakes and Snails and Puppydog Pigskin 2007-08-18 01:11:00 The locals have gotten to my son (10), eyed his nearly 5’6” frame, ever-widening chest, and size 11 feet. “You were MADE for football!”
I do not know one grown man who played football as a boy who does not also sport a permanent injury, usually in one or both knees.
Bird accomplished a concussion at one year old, and I remember the doctor talking about future sports – and that, you know, you Read more:Snakes
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Forward and Backward 2007-08-16 11:11:00 Some time ago I watched a program about humans moving to Mars – no science fiction here, these were real ideas waiting to be put in practice by a budget currently ignoring NASA. Among problems to be solved would be heating the planet. I laughed before the man said it, “We know how to do that.”
I had to wonder, should people work out the problems and move to Mars, how long would it be until only Read more:Forward
Busted. 2007-09-18 10:02:00 At least once a year, we make repairs to our fence in an effort to keep our dogs in and a number of other dogs out. This time, my husband hadn’t found the time. So, sometime between run, do, get, find, make, administer, study, teach, clean, and referee, I would find the nanosecond. That day, I hadn’t yet made such discovery. I pulled into the driveway, and I was immediately greeted by our now Read more:Busted
Hit Somebody! 2007-09-04 22:34:00 It’s my first time watching any child of mine play a contact sport. It’s my youngest, and it’s football.
His coaches gathered around him, betting boasting they didn’t have a helmet his size – he’d need “a high school helmet.” Bird put it on in this very guy moment. I stood a few feet away, nervously shifting my weight from leg to leg like a kleptomaniac eying something shiny. The impulse was Read more:Somebody
At the Gym/I Predict 2007-10-05 21:43:00 There will come a day – probably the day I quit smoking - I will reach over and pop the emergency STOP button on the treadmill next to me just to watch this woman flip over the top of it. But you know what? I would bet 10 to 1 that while the floor would eventually stop her flying body, her mouth would continue to run.
She was in the locker room one day with her buddy-hen; the two of them
Better Look Both Ways!! 2007-10-27 03:16:00 Did you know we've been spending so much time, effort, and money on counterterrorism at the cost of traditional crime prevention and counter measures? As if we haven’t always been good at killing, raping, and robbing our own, right? Really, we are not supplementing training, studies, and programs; we are replacing them. Does anyone else find utter insanity in this practice? Oh, I understand the
Happy Halloween! 2007-10-31 14:12:00 ... and anniversary to me and mine!
Have a blast! Stay safe; have your little goblin carry a flashlight... Have it carry a large bag so when you tax it every fifth or sixth goody in the loot, you make out like the bandit you are.
Mmmwuhaha!! Read more:Happy
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, Happy Halloween
We, the Strange 2007-11-07 18:57:00 My side bar includes a link to the website Animal of the Day.
Every day, the accompanying photograph changes to display the “Animal of the Day.” Simple and sweet, that feature. The collection includes some of the oddest creatures – see exhibit A to the right, the Brazilian three-banded armadillo. That thing is capable of rolling up like a roly-poly bug, which is all I can think to say about it Read more:Strange
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