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Wednesday, November 26, 2003 ( 11/26/2003 03:49:00 PM ) DN I'm thinking it's a sign So. I was driving home from the grocery store the other morning, and just as I pull into my parking spot at the house, the radio came on--by itself--and a deep voice said in a shout, "GOD loves ice cream. And HE MUST. But he loves plain vanilla." Long pause. And then I turned the radio off. Also Flood pictures at Harris Park on Saturday morning. The Ohio crested sometime on Friday evening. # Monday, November 24, 2003 ( 11/24/2003 10:09:00 AM ) DN Dear Abby, dear Abby, I was glad to see your support for Planned Parenthood and choice in the matter of the scared and lonely pregnant teenager. I used Planned Parenthood for several years in my twenties for general gynecological matters and found them to be helpful, informative as counselors, and low cost. I often saw a nurse or nurse practitioner instead of a doctor, which mattered not at all. Despite their reputation as abortionists, they in fact offer many other common services to women lacking health-care choices. They are also not deceptive (see, anti-abortion clinic's deceptive name gets it in trouble) about the fact that abortion is one option available to the scared and lonely pregnant teenager. Signed: also a Planned Parenthood supporter # ( 11/24/2003 09:25:00 AM ) DN Another Pickup Truck United Imaging - Office furniture, Office supplies, Office equipment by United Imaging A Cruise Royal Caribbean $10,000 Kohl's # Friday, November 21, 2003 ( 11/21/2003 04:37:00 PM ) DN Huntington Mayorial Race: there's one thing I am sure of, and it is (Herald-Dispatch poll) that in Huntington, we get what we deserve. Although the results of this poll, with current mayor David Felinton winning by a very large margin, say something about the dearth of good candidates in the race thus far, they fairly shout that we don't have a vision of what we need. I say this because he doesn't have a vision of what we need. So we're voting for the harmless young fellow whose main achievement, and it is a very minor achievement indeed, has been to make city council look like an circus act. # Tuesday, November 18, 2003 ( 11/18/2003 01:27:00 PM ) DN How to tell if you've got too much time on your hands at the office: I considered bidding on this, thinking, why aren't collectors all over this piece? Maybe I'll put it on a shelf for five years then sell it myself on Ebay. eBay item 2572720297 (Ends Nov-18-03 20:05:23 PST) - "Have A Smurfy Day!" Wind-up Clock! # Friday, November 14, 2003 ( 11/14/2003 02:26:00 PM ) DN Now Click on the Enlarge This Image button above the Photo A Bill Signed # Tuesday, November 11, 2003 ( 11/11/2003 07:36:00 PM ) DN One Ton Tomato (Guantanamera) Katie heard a song on the radio and started singing a line of it, over & over, as kids will do. I overheard her, and began to correct her interpretation of the lyrics. It’s not Give me the beat boys, it’s Give me the Beach Boys, to free my soul. I don’t care, she said, I think I will keep singing it my way. I thought to myself, well, she takes after me. She hears what she hears and makes it fit. Later, when I heard the remake, I realized: She’s not one of those people, but I am. My version wasn’t too off the wall, though. Pop groups did sing about other pop groups; they named names. Remember, No one’s getting fat except Mama Cass? A couple months ago, Tom played a Zeppelin song for me that he’d been practicing for his Sunday afternoon band sessions, and I discovered (20 years late) that it was called “Custard Pie” rather than “Testify,” and was not about religion. I never did like Zeppelin much, I said in my defense. There is another thing that is worse. I can only hear the parody version of song lyrics, too, if they're a good fit. Remember “Eat it”? Or “It’s a Big Snake” (by Men at Work)? The truth is, if I rarely sing aloud it’s not because I can’t carry a tune. I probably just don’t know the lyrics. # Monday, November 10, 2003 ( 11/10/2003 08:09:00 PM ) DN Sometimes when I use google, I wonder about its misspelled alternatives. Tonight I tried gogol.com which is nothing, and then, following the train of thought, tried gogol.ru. And there is an elegant site about Gogol the writer, possibly, although I'm not at all sure about this. Go see the Mothman-like figure on the homepage and admire the Cyrillic typography. Gogol, the website # Friday, November 07, 2003 ( 11/07/2003 11:59:00 AM ) DN NaNoWriMo I thought about trying this, but did I take the plunge? Nooo. Maybe next year. I was at the pioneer woman's site this morning, and she is doing it. Seventeen thousand words in 6 days??? Good God. A better woman than me. Here's the link to the insanity. NaNoWriMo.org : Home - Breaking News # Thursday, November 06, 2003 ( 11/06/2003 06:34:00 PM ) DN He's been there Browsing through a book the other morning called Backcountry: Contemporary Writing in West Virginia, I came across some poems that blew me away. (Eight in the morning is a great time for poetry.)The poet is Timothy Russell; his bio said he is a retired steelworker who now lives in Ohio. I wanted to put one of the poems on this site; I decided to sneak a few lines in and put a couple of links instead. In Dubio Smoke plumes coil in the valley like cavalry dust, and irises so purple In Dubio--the rest of it Vital Signs # |
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