Monthly Archives: May 2010

What’re you saving it for??

My parents used to joke that they didn’t know why they made such a point to vote in every election, since they usually arrived together but always left having cancelled out one another’s votes.  Growing up, I never spent much time considering … Continue reading

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Commencement

I’m just back from watching my nephew graduate from high school.  It was, for our area, a large graduating class–580-some-odd members– and boy, was that roll long.  Also, I am amazed at just how many friends and loved ones 580-some-odd teenagers … Continue reading

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Wow, Facebook really has me wound up today…

From FB, today:  A link to a (youtube) video in which a man whose credentials are not presented discusses how the Constitution of the United States is designed to subvert our rights.  The (theoretical) right in question is the right to consent to … Continue reading

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On (not) Equating Religion with Virtue

From FB, today:  “…in between elections, these spineless, godless, socialists are able to foist immeasureable destruction to the country and our American way of life.” Oh, hell.  This is the kind of crap that I hate to see in the … Continue reading

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Best Regards to Bret Michaels

So here we sit, my husband and me, talking about this site as I work on it, and what I might blog about today.  I offer a few of today’s headline topics:  Texas adopts history curriculum changes, Bret Michaels aims … Continue reading

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On Language, Class, and Long, Lovely Musicals

From @nprnews, via Twitter:  “Happy Eliza Doolittle Day!”         Indeed!  Now, quick: who is Eliza Doolittle?  If you are my friend KG, you probably know, because I once forced you to sit through a full-length, AMC-restored My Fair Lady, in the … Continue reading

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Cymbal Monkey is born.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010  Well, this should be an adventure.  I am generally a private person, sharing my views and opinions only with close friends and in appropriate settings.  One of my biggest complaints about social networks online is that … Continue reading

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