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Tag Archives: insanity
Suburban Ducks
Now here’s something you don’t see every day: After shopping for groceries at Safeway yesterday, right before I got to my car, I saw this: Now I wonder why on earth these Mallards would want to sit in a parking … Continue reading
Comcast Sucks (Chatting with a Robot)
Complaints about Comcast are all over the Web. I’m not happy about how much they charge, of course, and wish it was regulated like other utilities. And I’ve had a few complaints from time to time, but luckily have not … Continue reading
Commuting
I have probably mentioned the fact that once a week I go and work at a client location for a few hours. It is just across the county line and a drive of only about 20 miles. When the traffic … Continue reading
Movies (and books, of course)
Last night I watched a couple of movies on HBO, the first was called “Kingdom of Heaven,” and starred Orlando Bloom (who I think is such a cutie). I also like Liam Neeson, who also starred in the film. The … Continue reading
The Ides of April (part 2)
…So my son won’t go to school. As I last reported back in February, he was starting in this Independent Study program through Valley Oak School. The problem now is that he doesn’t want to have to go there and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged insanity, kids, school
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Tidying up…
I often jot down things that I think I might want to write a blog post about, but sometimes I don’t end up getting around to it – so I thought I’d just put some of these things here and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged creativity, family, health, humor, insanity, politics, questions, work
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well, this is interesting…
Every so often I check my spam mailbox to see if there is anything in there I need to look at before I delete them. And once in a while I find some strange and interesting things. Here is today’s … Continue reading
Political Insanity
Unbelievably, our ridiculous Congress has caused the government to shut down due to a refusal to cooperate and do their jobs. It is ludicrous. This so-called Tea Party needs to get a grip or just go away! They are Neanderthals … Continue reading
092113
It’s Saturday. I seem to be depressed. I did not want to get out of bed this morning. I didn’t even hear when Dalton got up. And I’m in that kind of foggy-headed funk that happens sometimes – when I … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged ADD/HD, books, insanity, parenting, philosophy, questions, SciFi
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nine-eleven
9/11/13 – thinking about where I was on 9/11/01. Sitting on my sofa nursing my child. I will never forget it. I think about other shocking events I have experienced: The 1989 earthquake in San Francisco, the floods in 1982 … Continue reading
Posted in Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged insanity, philosophy, politics, questions, smoking, spirit, writing
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WHAT, REALLY???
You have a Transfer worth $12M USD with us in the bank of America FROM THE DESK OF: MR.BRIAN MOYNIHAN. TELEX DEPARTMENT BANK OF AMERICA NEW YORK BRANCH OFFICE, USA. EMAIL: BRIANMONYNIHAN@ZING.VN INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) IN AFFILIATION WITH THE … Continue reading
INSANITY?
CONNECTIONS… I often tend to see the “connectedness” between seemingly disparate things; I constantly see examples of the ways things are connected. But sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint just how a thing might relate to another thing, even … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Ruminations
Tagged books, history, insanity, money, NATURE, philosophy, politics, questions, relationships
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The Nuremberg Interviews
The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn I started reading this book on March 24th, and didn’t finish it until May 15th. This was a “heavy” book to read, and often very disturbing. I found that I generally could only take … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, history, insanity, nonfiction, questions
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Cat Breeders gone WILD
I quote here an article from The New Yorker wherein I learn that people are now breeding wild cats with domestic cats. At first this seems like a rather neat idea to me, a major cat-lover, until I read on … Continue reading
Capitalism Gone Wild
My sister posted this Wall Street Journal article on Facebook the other day and, after I got around to reading it, I decided it was worth posting here: Capitalism is killing our morals, our future Commentary: In a Market Society, … Continue reading
Here’s another good one…
From: A 0 L T E AM <hello@wxxinews.org> Sent: Thu, May 2, 2013 3:28 am Subject: S E C U R I T Y A L E R T ! Dear Customer, Your E-mail account has exceeded its limit and … Continue reading
We’re in trouble now…
I think this is hysterical – here is the text of a spam email my sister got today. She says, “Oh no! I’m in big trouble!” I have copied and pasted the email text verbatim. Too funny. From: … Continue reading
“System Notice 10755”
The last few days I have been having trouble getting into the admin functions of this blog. I initially thought I had done something to corrupt the files or something, I just could not figure out what was wrong. I … Continue reading
3/24/2013
Today I started reading “The Nuremberg Interviews,” by Leon Goldensohn; Robert Gellately, editor. Who isn’t curious about what drove the Nazi “monsters” to do what they did. It is chilling. …And as I write this, I am thinking about a client … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, history, insanity, nonfiction, philosophy
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1/4/2013
I have discovered/learned a couple of things this week: 1. You can’t count on anything where health insurance is concerned. I went to the pharmacy, as I do the first of every month to pick up my prescription (that I … Continue reading
Moving Day
March 10, 2012 – Saturday. The day has arrived to move. My sister and I have been taking car loads over to her house on a regular, almost daily, basis. Most of the house is packed up, but we haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged ENVIRONMENT, family, insanity, pain, relationships
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6/15/2011
(re the “Pause”) Well, well – and where am I now? I think that I am going through so many changes so much these days, it’s like I figure out who I am and what I’m all about – and … Continue reading
“ADD” vs. “Gifted”
9/16/09 I have recently felt compelled to do some research on an issue that has me feeling some consternation and confusion. There has apparently been a debate going on regarding how one can differentiate between children who are “gifted” and … Continue reading
STATE OF OVERWHELM
Sometimes it’s hard just to remember to breathe… Daily/normal – continuous – parenting, groceries, garbage duty, meal prep, packing lunches, dishes, driving, school, homework, play-dates sports and activity scheduling, volunteering, constant house upkeep, enlisting Dalton’s help to do things, or not … Continue reading