They Say It’s Good For The Soul

I have a confession to make. I? Made a mistake.
Yes, I know. I can hardly believe it myself. It’s a fact, tho. I have a habit of running the oppostie direction of public opinion: I can’t count the number of good movies that tanked because the General Public hated them, or the wasted hours watching [...]

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A 900 Number I Am Not

Many years ago when I was naive and (sorta) innocent, I got an obscene phone call. It wasn’t your ordinary heavy-breathing kind of thing, though. It was an apologetic(!) young guy who said his friends had told him that he could randomly call a phone number and probably get phone sex out of it. Well, [...]

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Christmas Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve

I watched the Muppet Christmas Movie tonight, which is basically a rewrite of “It’s A Wonderful Life.” I know I’m about to get hate mail here, but I have always hated that movie. Why? Cuz on Monday morning when George goes back to work? He’s still gonna have money missing from that bank that HE [...]

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This ‘N That

Some days are JUST like this.

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Others, like this:

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A Lot of days, this is me spiritually:

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Today I confessed to the diabolical plan Redbird and I put into action. OK, she just suggested it. I DID it. The person I told laughed and laughed, cuz just yesterday he told me, “You [...]

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Things I Didn’t Say, Volume 4 (I think)

“DO. NOT. SING.” Also, “OMG, somebody turn off his mic!!”
“If you play that guitar any harder, it WILL start screaming.”
“Boy, you think a lot of yourself, huh.”
“Hmm. Tell me, have you ever actually HEARD yourself play?” Also, “…and you STILL don’t know why they didn’t let you play in the other church?”
“Can’t… stay… awake… speaking [...]

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Happy Birthday, Mama

Today my mother would have been 73 years old, had she made it this far. When I was a kid, I used to wonder why she never seemed to be bothered by my cuts and scrapes and falls and such. It bothered me until I realized I’m a raging hypochondriac of sorts, so no wonder. [...]

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One Singular Sensation…

I bought my plane ticket today! I am NY bound the end of this month. I am actually a little excited, if for no other reason than it is NOT IN GEORGIA. I know the truth about this trip: my friend is a bit of an exaggerator, and even tho he SAYS he’ll introduce me [...]

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Melange

Stuff happens. When you teach, stuff happens. The classroom is not a perfect little world where there are no variables, no threats. It should be safe, yes, but even that has its limits, simply because kids trip or drop things on their toes or whatever. But basically, nobody is perfect, no matter how much they [...]

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Those Ruby Slippers Ain’t Cheap

I just spent the last two days in what will become my new hometown, and I just hafta say, I’d be an idiot if I don’t go.
The friend I visited organized and helped cook a dinner Tuesday night with some of his friends and my new acquaintances. They declared me cool. Whew! We spent the [...]

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It’s A Small, Small World

Yesterday I mentioned that I think about a lot of useless things. I didn’t mean to insinuate that I am terribly bothered by those thoughts. I figure if it’s in my head, I have a little bit of control over it. The ones that bother me are the little items I never see coming until [...]

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