Archive for January, 2009
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Climate Control and Other Issues
Outside the dining room window I can see one of my Welfare Rodents aka a squirrel, stuffing her mouth with corn as if food will never be an option again. The squirrels, like our feral feline friends Midnight and the elusive (to the point of hostility) Socks, seem to feel that I should have been [...]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
This Was Kinda Me Today
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Normal blogging should resume tomorrow. I had very little sleep last night and today we had a wonderful afternoon visit with Dr. Susan, so posting didn’t happen. But, nothing is “wrong” per se, just Benedryl withdrawal on R.’s part and some angsty behavior. I’ve been busy with my normal work-a-day chores as well as [...]
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Today, I Needed This Hawk
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Today, my angels sent me a warrior with feathers. Driving back from the grocery, feeling pretty beat down, I saw this magnificent hawk perched on a broken tree branch by the creek. Knowing I had no camera with me but the tiny Nikon S210, I still wheeled [...]
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Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Idle Sunday of Random Tasks
Throughout the morning I idly watched various moving trucks come and go across the street. I happen to know it’s a rental property and the current occupants are not leaving, but are rather engaged in taming their possessions. This move was obviously a downsize for them as things have been coming in and going out [...]
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Prevailing Headwinds
At some point yesterday, when I was gasping and pedaling into a stiff headwind, it crossed my mind that although I may some day be found expired on the side of a bike path, no one will ever say I spent my time searching for the best weight loss pills. Whoever draws the short straw [...]
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
As Usual, Struggling to Stay on Top, Winning Some at the Moment
Most of my writing assignments involve various aspects of the automotive world with occasional forays into insurance or education. I don’t handle medical stuff, so I don’t spend any time staring at the page wondering how to insert a keyword phrase like “cerebral palsy” into an article. If I don’t feel qualified at times to [...]
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Post-Inauguration Day Report
During the presidential campaign, I became a fan of using the microblogging service Twitter to participate in a real-time global conversation during the debates. Operating in concert with Current.com, Twitter made for a fast-paced, exciting way to get a sense of the zeitgiest of the moment.
People often say to me that they do not know [...]
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Inaugural Day Microblogging
Hey gang, for lots of reasons I’ll be doing more twittering than writing today. If you’re interested in reading my micro-thoughts, it would probably be easier to do so on my Twitter homepage. (Click here.)
Procedural note. For those of you who are not on Twitter, when you see “#current” at the end of a tweet, [...]
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
He Put the “Alley” in “Alley Cat”
I think we’ve all had a good laugh over the tough as nails cat in the post below. Like LA, I felt pretty much the way he looks when I posted the picture. However, he also reminded me of an alley cat Papa and I saw down on the Texas-Mexico border in the Seventies.
My family [...]
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Amen, Brother
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