Five Months to the Big Birthday

Not exactly. And I am not going to start talking about it incessantly, but Julia and I started to sketch out some preliminary plans. I sort of want to have a party and I definitely want to go somewhere spectacular. Right now it's between Stonehenge and the Desert Southwest. Stonehenge because [...]

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Way behind everyone else

As I am with so many things in my life. I have recently discovered Elliot Smith. Yeah, I know Miss Misery was prominently featured in the movie Good Will Hunting, so sue me, it takes me a while to pay attention to things. Someone gave me a bunch of music recently. Among the [...]

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And the award for the most annoying movie ever goes to . . .

Yes.
Of course it was a mistake for me to rent a movie about an American woman who has an affair with a Middle eastern man. But fortunately for me the dialogue was so irritating that I only got through three scenes before I cut it off. This post serves to warn everyone.  The [...]

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Deadwood

I am obsessive.  This we know.  The third season of HBO’s Deadwood begins June 11th.  Since I didn’t have HBO last season I had to catch up on the show.   This holiday weekend I watched all 12 episodes of Season 2 plus the “making of” extra on the dvd.  A marathon like that will [...]

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Memorial Weekend

Time to remember and appreciate our veterans.  My father’s father was a veteran.  He served during World War II in the Pacific and European theaters.  Why do they call the battleground a theater? Is it a show? More euphemisms.  I think I understand the need for euphemism.  I have a friend who is currently in [...]

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Free Will (if only)

It would have be real helpful had this advice come to me last week.  Thanks Rob, for helping me to avoid an ugly situation.  
 
 
Scorpio Horoscope for week of May 25, 2006

According to mythologist Michael Meade, real warriors are those who are experts at avoiding violence. They know how to prevent the escalation of [...]

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Huntington Towers Demolition

My brother used to live here. They tore two of the apartment buildings down for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project. I was working on the bridge project and drove by while they were in the middle of the tear down. Ironic. I make my living as a historic preservation specialist but I am [...]

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Can’t think of a title

Jeff commented on my post calling for my women friends to share their stories of the jerks they have dated by directing me to a NY Times article he felt related to the topic. The gist of the article was a Feminist woman who is trying to balance between her strong political views and [...]

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Jimmy Hoffa

This morning I heard that they are digging up some farm outside of Detroit in search of Jimmy Hoffa's body.  What will happen if they find him?  A crime will be closer to being solved, yeah I get that.  But the Hoffa mystery is part of American Folklore.  And we have so little folklore that [...]

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Not Changing the Topic

Because I am having too much fun and I want more stories. It's funny to see the things women find unacceptable.  And men, Thomas wrote me a hilarious story about dating straight guys.  And since Julia pimped me on her blog, I will say thank you darling and everyone should read her blog too because [...]

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