Archive for March, 2014

Parlor Games

Maybe there’s some psychological underpinning that dictates the need to make everything seem like a game or a puzzle to entice general participation, but enough already! I was at the AT&T Store three weeks ago to upgrade my in-laws ancient cell phones, and while I had the rapt attention of…

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Week in Review

It seems that gatherers and providers of “The News” can be overwhelmed soccer moms or dads too.  So, this week, no matter how you went about seeking your information, (newspaper, TV, radio, InterNet, water cooler), you may have found it more challenging to find any.  Always ready to be helpful,…

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Krypton Explodes!

Not one of the more than two dozen Democratic senators, who held an all-night vigil this week to bring awareness to the catastrophic possibilities of global warming, mentioned the obvious parallel between their presentation and the horrific end to planet Krypton.  The Kyrptonians, light years ahead of human scientific and…

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Spelling Bee

I don’t know where Jackson County, MO is exactly, (I was going to look it up, but I didn’t want its ruralness, or lack thereof to cloud my perception), but their Spelling Bee ended today after more than 90 rounds and a two-week delay due to the “word givers” running…

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Legislate This!

I’ve been trying to find a copy of the Arizona Bill that wacky Jan Brewer just vetoed, but, even though you would think it should be an easily accessible public record, I can’t find it.  Instead, I’ve absorbed as much of the reported, satirized, paraphrased and blatantly misrepresented, (both pro…

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