tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190311062012-01-30T21:04:40.378-05:00<p>I've changed the title back to "I Don't Understand", now that it's available again. It's more appropriate (although "I Don't Approve!" might be even better).</p>~~Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comBlogger30221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-74376869465705926982012-01-29T19:35:00.000-05:002012-01-29T19:37:37.173-05:00

Sunday, January 29, 2012Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candlewill not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. -- The Buddha -----------------------------------------------------------Along about January 18th I got a bit concerned about Jasper. He ate some dry food, drank a little water, then promptly threw it all up. He did that once

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Sunday, January 29, 2012A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.-- Steven Wright -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I don't seem to be updating much lately. Don't know why. Oh, well....-------------------------------Back when I was choosing my new glasses and lenses, the rep talked me out of progressives. After I had

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Monday, January 23, 2012Done is better than perfect.------------------------------------------------------Investment newsletters will usually tell you that during retirement you will need about 80% of your final pay to maintain your lifestyle. They go on to point out that it's less than 100% because you don't need to support a work wardrobe and will no longer have commuting expenses.Bull poopy.I

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Sunday, January 21, 2012If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.-- Steven Wright --------------------------------------------------I wear bifocals. The old style, with the visible line at the top of the bifocal section. People have been telling me I should get the progressives, where the division is not apparent, that the line "ages" me.When I ordered these new

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Saturday, January 21, 2012A way to take up more space is with perfume.-- Andy Warhol --Hmmmm. I never thought of it that way, but yes, it's true.Perfume almost shouts "This is MY space!"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There are windows on either side of my front door. As I come down the stairs I can see driveway, lawn, street,

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Friday, January 13, 2012Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.-- Steven Wright ---------------------------------------------------Packing for flying:If you don't like the idea of strangers handling your packed intimates, there's an easy way to discourage it and still not annoy them.Buy gallon sized ziplock bags.Fold your clothes to fit the bags, and pack everything in

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Friday, January 13, 2012Expectation is the root of all heartache.-- William Shakespeare -----------------------------------------------------------Four metal tissue holders bound for a Bed Bath & Beyond store in California triggered a radiation alarm at a truck weighing station. It turns out the whole shipment was made from contaminated metal. (They don't say, but I wonder if the metal came

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Thursday, January 12, 2012Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now.-- Steven Wright ----------------------------------------Daughter has some decisions to make. Her job: She gets a call when a client is scheduled, and goes in then, a few times a week. So her job-related babysitting needs are sporadic. I had told her I'd babysit for things like doctor's appointments or whatever

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Monday, January 9, 2012"An education isn't how much you have committed to memory,or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate betweenwhat you do know and what you don't."-- Anatole France --------------------------------------------------------I found the above whilst wandering around the ether. Both sites credited where they got them, and I followed the links, and followed the

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Sunday, January 8, 2012Every exit is also an entrance.--------------------------------------------------------------Hmmm. I think the above quote is meant to be taken in a philosophical way, but one could get naughty about it, too.Um, not every exit.-------------------------------I have zero creativity. Thinking up titles for these posts strains my imagination way beyond what a title is worth,

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Saturday, January 7, 2012Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.-- Steven Wright -------------------------------------------------I've been suspecting a UTI for the past ten days. The AZO strip said "sorta", and the strange odor to my urine is back. I have no other symptoms. I've been drinking a lot of water, and upped the cranberry tablets. Sometimes the odor

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Friday, January 6, 2012Another happy ending….-------------------------------------------------------It's Friday. Another week during which I made absolutely no progress on anything.Well, I did find the forms online to kill my NY "business". I never bought anything using the tax id and I never sold anything, but I still had to file tax forms for it, so I figure I may as well kill it. All the

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.-- Steven Wright ---------------------------------------------------------I have a lot of silver. Not like big valuable silver tea services or trays or tableware, just bits scattered around, stuff I bought at antiques auctions, like silver trimmed candy dishes, pitchers, silver knobs on walking sticks, stuff

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Sunday, January 1, 2012THE cAPS lOCK IS LIKE pIG lATIN FOR YOUR FINGERS.-- Scott Meyer, “Basic Instructions” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Like the texture of Greek yogurt but don't want to pay the price?Buy a 32-oz container of regular yogurt; the least expensive house brand is fine as long as the only ingredients are milk and live culture.Line a

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Sunday, January 1, 2012Bad decisions make good stories.---------------------------------------------------------I babysat the Nugget last night at my house while her Mommy went out and her very tired Daddy slept. (His mother had been visiting the past few days. She's high energy and natters constantly, so it's a bit of a strain. Overstimulating for Nugget, too. She left to drive back to NC in

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Saturday, December 31, 2011Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.-- Steven Wright -------------------------------------------I've been trying to avoid situations, books and articles, and anything else that makes me angry. I don't need anger these days. There's little I can do about the things that make me angry, and so the result is depression.Yeah, good plan. So what do I do? I

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Friday, December 30, 2011A year from now you will wish you had started today.-- Karen Lamb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------I don't understand the heat in this house. Because it's a slab, the downstairs floors are cold. Because of poor design, many of the heat vents are in the ceiling. Because I'm short, mostly I live in the cold part. That much

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Friday, December 30, 2011Thinking is a skill, not an innate ability.-- Northrop Frye ------------------------------------------------------------------Most Ridiculous Lawsuit of 2011 Announced![From http://www.facesoflawsuitabuse.org/2011/12/most-ridiculous-lawsuit-of-2011-announced/] "The U.S. has been the undisputed lawsuit capital of the world for some time. And

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.-- Steven Wright --------------------------------------------I took Fred for his state inspection today. The nearest state inspection station was about a half hour down the road. The website, and Daughter, and The Man, and everyone else I asked said that NJ checks only emissions. I'm pretty sure

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011Borrow money from pessimists. They don't expect it back.-- Steven Wright ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is North Point Ministries' iBand. It's 7.5 minutes, but well worth it. (I was especially fascinated by the iPhone maracas. How does it know you're shaking it?)[http://youtu.be/F9XNfWNooz4]---------

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.-- Steven Wright ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Articles abound about Puerto Rican frogs, the tiny thumbnail-sized coqui, showing up and spreading in Hawaii. Every report refers to them as "harmful".Propaganda! The use of that word "harmful" makes

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Monday, December 26, 2011A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.-- Steven Wright -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I mentioned online dating to someone today. That reminded me that I had a moribund profile on a particular site that I hadn't visited in years. So I visited. I updated my profile and photos (just for fun, you

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Monday, December 26, 2011A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. -- Steven Wright ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There's a Meetup group I had joined, for us older folks, but I had never signed up for anything because it was always a horde scene. Like 50 people at dinner. Well, they had a dinner at a

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Sunday, December 25, 201199% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.-- Steven Wright -----------------------------------------------------------------------Daughter, Hercules, and the Nugget are away for the weekend. With my ex and Hercules' parent's exes, there are four sets of grandparents: me, one in south Jersey and two sets in Pa, and this is the Nugget's first Christmas, so everybody wants

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Saturday, December 24, 2011Half the people you know are below average.-- Steven Wright --------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm in love again. Fourteen hours with The Man will do that to me.One of the many things we talked about - he marveled at a coworker who, when the clock hits 4:30, stands up, puts his coat on, and leaves, leaving coffee on his desk, the

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December 24, 2011[Note - "youtu.be" is YouTube's URL shortener. I wondered when I saw it, and researched it. It's safe. You'll notice that it expands to the full URL, like magic.]This is long, at a hair over seven minutes, but it's beautiful and might make you cry. He's not particularly friendly to what Man has made of religion, but he "gets" the family aspects of Christmas:[http://youtu.be/

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Thursday, December 22, 2011Illegal immigration began in 1492. Who are we to complain now?---------------------------------------------I just read an article on taking better holiday photos. (At http://www.howtogeek.com/101093/photography-with-htg-10-tips-for-better-christmas-photos/.) Their first directive is not to pose folks. The idea is to take pictures with something natural

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Thursday, December 22, 2011The last time Republicans cared about my life, I was a fetus.------------------------------------------------There's a jewelry store near Albany named "Castiglione". How would you pronounce that? I'd pronounce it the Italian way, with five syllables. They pronounce it "Cast'line". Strange.-------------------------------The mice are running riot in the old house.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011When Jesus said to love your enemies, He probably meant don’t kill them.----------------------------------------------It turns out I was right about the traffic. I left at 7 pm, took the parkway, and the usually 2.25 hour trip took 3.5 hours. Heavy traffic, accident, 10 mile backup at about 5-15 mph. But, I made it, 10:30 last night. I slept very well.You know, I

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011Actually, I never said that.-- God ------------------------------------------------------The folks across the street got a puppy for Christmas 2010. One of those tiny fluffy smooch-nosed yappers. The first few months, the kids played with it in the yard, and the girl walked it on a leash every day.It's a year later, and since the beginning of summer, nobody walks it

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Saturday, December 17, 2011The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrivedand dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.-- John F. Kennedy -------------------------------------------------------------------------So suddenly everybody's all excited about arsenic in apple juice:video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player(http:/

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011A church is not a museum for saints - it's a hospital for sinners.-- Abigail VanBuren ---------------------------------------------------The newest thing on the fashion market - a "mega-pushup bra" guaranteed to increase the frontage by two cup sizes.Um, in the sixties, didn't we call them "falsies"?Let's see, back to falsies, girdles (now called Spanx), bell bottoms

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Sunday, December 11, 2011Nerds make the best lovers. They are intelligent, honest, faithful,teachable, and best of all, grateful.-- Silk -----------------------------------------------------------------In 1982, Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman published The Running Man. The book had been on my shelf for at least 20 years, unread. I think I avoided it because The Long Walk came out at

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Sunday, December 11, 2011"In much of the world, propaganda reigns, and truth is confined to secretive, fearful whispers."-- Jed Rakoff ------------------------------------------------------------Re the above green quote: We're heading that way. Resist propaganda of all kinds!--------------------------------I hate when movies are so dark you can't see what's going on. The Road is on TV right

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Sunday, December 11, 2011Washington DC is the city of southern efficiency and northern hospitality.----------------------------------------------------Just about everyone in NJ has seen this:The story is here: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_man_puts_rednecks_hippies_a.html. The comments on the article are amusing, too.A few people think the guy has made NJ look bad, but most think

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011Why aren't southern schools teaching the difference between "when" and "whenever"? "Ever" and "every"? How do people understand each other?--------------------------------------------------------------------My sister sent me this link. Go to http://www.sundoginteractive.com/carolofthechins/flash/card.swf.Type in the name of a carol, and the puppets chins? will sing the

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011Howard A. Brown, letter to US News & World Reports, 12/27/99, paraphrased:It's easier to make a smart gun than a smart person.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I just had a strange experience with coincidence. I had briefly dated a guy 25 years ago, shortly before moving from Washington to New York. His

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Monday, December 5, 2011It's impossible to learn what you think you already know.--------------------------------------------------I think I was depressed for the past month or two. It happens occasionally. I never recognize it until it's passing. Not a clinical depression, if you know what I mean - a situational depression. I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. Even the grocery store

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Monday, December 5, 20011He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power.-- Stalin ---------------------------------------------------------------------How to Identify Where a Driver is From:* One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago* One hand on wheel, one finger out window: New York* One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: Boston* One hand

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Saturday, December 3, 2011Don't worry about people stealing your idea. If it's original,you'll have to ram it down their throats.-- Howard Aiken --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------How many dogs does it take to change a light bulb? It depends on the breed.Golden Retriever: The sun is shining, the day is young, we've got our whole lives ahead

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Friday, December 2, 2011Never ever lie to your child or make promises you don't intend to keep.It may be convenient at the moment,but the child will never again trust or believe you.-- Silk -----------------------------------------------------------------The online weather reports say it's 37 F out there, but the extremely accurate darkroom thermometer I had tucked into the geranium pots says 0 C

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011Insurance of whatever kind is supposed to be there in case something goes wrong.It has been my experience that having insurance seems to prevent anything going wrong.Let it lapse, and you'll find out....-- Silk --------------------------------------------------------------Latest Nugget (yesterday):We have one tooth breaking through on the bottom, and one on the top.

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Monday, November 28, 2011The ugliest furniture will be forgiven anything if it's comfortable and useful.That goes for people, too.-- Silk -------------------------------------------------------------------Need another reason why I don't much care for the way Christmas is celebrated? Try this.They stepped over him!.

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Sunday, November 27, 2011The fastest way to drop ten years in appearance is to smile, and make sure the smile lines near your eyes show. Those are the most attractive wrinkles.Show them.-- Silk -------------------------------------------------------------I am reading American Frugal Housewife, by Mrs. Child, "Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy." First published in 1833 by Carter,

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Sunday, November 27, 2011If you have a dark cat, have light carpeting, and vice-versa.The shed hair might show up more, but so will a sleeping cat.-- Silk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm reading Dean Koontz's What the Night Knows (found it in a remainder bin). I'm about 2/3 through it, and already I'm hoping that the ending has

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Sunday, November 27, 2011It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories, so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.-- Glenn Close ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There are some Mensans who write compile and publish logical puzzle, brain teaser, and riddle books that

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Friday, November 25, 2011What happens in Vegas stays …on the internet, forever.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Daughter is sad today.In, I believe, 1997, when she was working at a high-paid engineering job in Philadelphia, she bought a new silver 2-door Honda. It's still healthy, with 197,000+ miles on it.Now the Honda's two doors make

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Friday, November 25, 2011What is perceived is not always what had been seen.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------TV news this morning is full of shopping shopping shopping. Yeah, ok, maybe there are some deals, but at what cost? Are most of those people fighting over gifts, or (as I suspect in many cases) for stuff for themselves? If gifts, can't

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Thursday, November 24, 2011"Dry clean only" means it will make it through the washer and dryer,or it won't,and I'll soon find out which.-- Silk --------------------------------------------------------The kids decided not to make a big deal of Thanksgiving this year, which suits me just fine. Hercules gets a gift turkey from the office every year, and last year he and Daughter hosted a bunch of

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Thursday, November 24, 2011Can we all just agree to ignore Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.-------------------------------------------------I love me some marching bands, drums, high school kids strutting. I love me some floats (or in the case of Macy's, balloons).I haven't watched the parade in years, so this is a serious question --- when did it turn into a

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011Bad decisions make good stories.---------------------------------------------------------------Want to find stuff on eBay or other auction sites that no one else is likely to bid on? Misspell the search terms. Looking for tassels? Search for "tassles" or "tastels". The seller will be desperate because no one is bidding on their items. I found a beautiful "sweeter"

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Saturday, November 19, 2011Newspaper obituaries are a lot more interestingwhen they tell you how the person died.------------------------------------------------------------------------When I went to bed Wednesday night, my finger and wrist were fine. When I woke up Thursday morning, the entire tip of my right index finger, from the last joint forward, was "dead". Numb, but tingly. I had

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Friday, November 18, 2011Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument whenyou realize you're wrong.-----------------------------------------------------------My throat, which was hot and nasty yesterday, is all better today. But my sinuses and nose are bad. I've used up a box of Kleenex so far today, and poor Jasper is finally getting used to my huge loud sneezes.Oddly enough, (TMI)

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Thursday, November 17, 2011Perfect is the enemy of good.-- Old French Proverb ---------------------------------------------------------------I woke up this morning with a hot throat, and major sinus activity. I'm not surprised.--------------------------------If I ever participate in a protest, I want to find someone who's good with face painting, and do this:I love their signs.----------------

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.-- Amos B. Alcott ------------------------------------------------------Daughter and the Nugget are both sick. Head cold, sore throat. Nugget occasionally bats at her right ear, so there may be something going on there, too. Occasional slight fever, not enough to worry about until she gets fussy tired

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Monday, November 14, 2011To know what you don't know is the legacy of progress.-- Howard Streicher -------------------------------------------------Pulled from comments here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/11/11/jon-stewart-makes-a-point/According to the grand jury, then, here is how McQueary’s eyewitness account became watered down at each stage:McQueary: anal rape.Paterno:

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Sunday, November 13, 2011A family is only as sick as its secrets.---------------------------------------------------------------------------I went to another MeetUp luncheon in the Princeton area today. There were 10 at table (a round table, which is always nicest). I'm enjoying this group. When the bill came, it got passed around the table and folks put their money in. The organizer was the

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Friday, November 11, 2011Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the sametime, will that it should become a universal law.-- Immanuel Kant, the categorical imperativeGroundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Happy Nerd New Year! (11/11/11)--------------------------------I left a

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Thursday, November 10, 2011“I refuse to believe that corporations are people until Texas executes one.”-- DemocraticUnderground's Earth First ---------------------------------------------------------------------------On a recent episode of "The Good Wife", the law firm received government documents with most of every page redacted --- just about everything crossed out with black magic marker

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Thursday, November 10, 2011"I am never gratuitously rude. My rudeness is carefully calibrated to the stupidityand obtuseness of the people I am dealing with."-- Adam Carr --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I wish they had a "Do not call" registry for front doors. I'm getting tired of people knocking on my door and trying to sell me stuff -

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011You can fool some of the people all of the time, you can even fool all of the people some of the time, but you can always fool all of the fools all of the time.-- Jeff MacNelly, "Shoe" --------------------------------------------------------------------I guess I don't understand what the problem is with the health act's requiring people to have health insurance. Not

~~Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-88855489382369154842011-11-08T10:04:00.002-05:002011-11-08T12:42:05.378-05:00

Tuesday, November 8, 2011The most startling new ideas always sound trivial, even obvious, once expounded.A week later, no one will remember who said it.Two weeks later, everyone will claim they had always known it.-- Silk ----------------------------------------------------I guess that big test of the national alert system is tomorrow? You know, if I wanted to wreak some major havoc somewhere,

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Sunday, November 6, 2011“…those who wrestle with something and come out on toptend to have a better understanding of that somethingthan those who merely submit to it.”-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My body is falling apart. My skin no longer fits, drapes in folds above my knees, on my neck, my jowls. I can't trust my knees anymore. I

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Friday, November 4, 2011"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature,the heart of a heartless world,and the soul of soulless conditions."--Karl Marx ------------------------------------------------------------------I will reserve my thoughts on Herman Cain's sexual harassment problems, where the claims came from, who dug it up and why, whether it means anything or not, blah blah blah.But

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011"A friend is one before whom I may think aloud."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've discovered something else I miss besides the woods, and space, and quiet, and decent roads, and lack of crowding, and wild turkeys, and foxes, and deer, and cows (especially the calves).I miss stars.At the old house

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Monday, October 31, 2011Of course I know how to push your buttons. After all, I sewed them on!-- Cathy Guisewite, "Cathy", mother to daughter -----------------------------------------She wasn't frighten by anything that came to the door.Tired little girl.Grrrr--rawr!.

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Monday, October 31, 2011However you choose to keep score in the game of life (possessions, sexual conquests, etc.) it will impress only others who keep score the same way.---------------------------------------------------------------------The tire place called. Hal's hips, legs, and knees are ok (slight dent in the rim, but it'll hold), and he's got another new paw. I'll pick him up tomorrow.-

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Monday, October 31, 2011He who controls the agenda controls the outcome.-------------------------------------------------------------------------Here's a cute Hallowe'en card:http://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/preview/flash/bws8Shell.swf?ihost=http://ak.imgag.com/imgag&brandldrPath=/product/full/el/&cardNum=/product/full/ap/3125133/graphic1Here's some goblins in space, from NASA (they're really

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Saturday, October 29, 2011I guess I'm glad I didn't go upriver to the old house as I had tentatively planned before the tax crap hit the fan. This just in:Dutchess County Executive William R. Steinhaus, in consultation with the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police, Central Hudson and New York State Gas & Electric, has declared a countywide State of Emergency for the County

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Saturday, October 29, 2011Death is an alternate existence.-------------------------------------------------------Man, I write next to nothing here for months, and today you can't shut me up. Must be the snow....Why is it that every time I connect with someone from the past on Classmates.com, they immediately put my email address on their broadcast list and start sending me those stupid cutsy-poo

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Saturday, October 29, 2011The deepest despair is full of secret satisfactions.-- Albert Speer, Spandau Diaries -----------------------------------------------------------------------Remember the quote above when you read "train wreck" blogs. Partly as it applies to the writer, partly as it applies to the reader.--------------------------------Would you believe it's 34 degrees F, and it's

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Saturday, October 29, 2011One does not reject, dislike, or avoid pleasure itself because it is pleasure,but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounterconsequences that are extremely painful.-- Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC --------------------------------------------------------I don't pretend to understand the

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October 28, 2011Next to great joy, no state of mind is so frolicsome as great distress.-- Henry James, A Most Extraordinary Case --------------------------------------------From Criggo.com:Sigh. I've seen this suggestion (left) many times before, elsewhere. I always wonder if the person is serious, if people are really this stupid, or if it's just a lame joke.On the other hand, I've heard

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Thursday, October 27, 2011What bothers me about God is that he hates arrogance so much,but doesn't seem to mind cruelty.-- Paraphrased from Elaine May and Mike Nichols (actress and director) ---------------------------------------------------------I've been coming across references to"hipsters"and "hipster fashion". In my own head, with no evidence to guide me, I decided it had to be kind of

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Thursday, October 27, 2011One parent can support ten children, but ten children cannot support one parent.-- Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz ---------------------------------------------------------------"After 10 hours of negotiation, Europe may be on the way to solving their debt crisis. So that’s another way Europe is nothing like us. The negotiating. And the solving." (From http://

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Sunday, October 23, 2011One who considers himself a victim of circumstanceis more often a prisoner of his own decisions.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is a note for my own memory. Ignore.Sleep - bad for several weeks. Disturbed by brain running in high gear. Fall asleep easily, but wake multiple times with cascading thoughts. Headache -

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Saturday, October 22, 2011I love my country, but I fear my government.-- Bumper sticker -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Would you believe I have nothing to say?Sigh.Nothing happening.Oh, something that did happen: In Thursday's mail I got a birthday gift coupon from Coldwater Creek. I don't need clothes! I haven't bought anything in ages,

~~Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-59592689028181942962011-10-19T20:12:00.003-04:002011-10-19T21:10:00.146-04:00

Wednesday, October 19, 2011Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mr. Diety and the Naughty Bits. God's committee designs humans.http://youtu.be/G5wYT_IdYac-------------------------------Dylan Ratigan, in a passionate plea, makes an excellent point, that the "Occupy Wall Street" type groups need

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.-- Oscar Wilde --------------------------------------------------------Interesting.http://chzsetphaserstolol.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/star-trek-is-just-around-the-corner.jpgClick the link to see, then click the graphic to enlarge. (It's safe. I downloaded and scanned it.).

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011There is nothing wrong with having nothing to say --- unless you insist on saying it.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson -------------------------------------------------------------On the porch this afternoon. A very long, deep, low horn sound that vibrated in my chest. Sounded like it was coming from the bay. Maybe a ship.I had a very strange reaction.Back when I was in my

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Cards and poster available at www.holstee.com/manifesto.

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Sunday, October 16, 2011The author of The Starr Evidence, a compilation of Clinton/Lewinsky testimony,is Wall Street Journal reporter Phil Kuntz.I can't believe that name is real! Especially in that context.--Silk ---------------------------------------------------------Iraq and Afghanistan are slowing down, so now "they" are hot to attack Iran.Interesting, eh?Do we have any more influence over

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Saturday, October 15, 2011A good thought provoking question: What painting would you like to step into?----------------------------------------------I'm one of those people who doesn't take aspirin when I have a headache, not because I have anything against medication, but because when I have a headache, my head isn't working right! And so I never even think of aspirin. Same with colds and

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Thursday, October 13, 2011Definition: Apophasis - mentioning something you won't mention, such as"I won't even mention his arrogance!"-------------------------------------------------------------Just a note so I can keep track. I seem to be having a flareup of fibro. I hurt everywhere, badly. And a few minutes ago an ocular migraine started. I can barely see.These things seem to happen when

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011Ignorance is not knowing something you should. Nescience [ne-she-ence]is not knowing something you should not be expected to know. [Adjective - nescient]If someone calls you ignorant, correct them. You are nescient. Now who's ignorant?-----------------------------------------------In post #3359 I dubbed JR Martinez as HOTW. This video is further justification (as if I

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011An absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Back in February, March, April, when the revolution in Egypt was in full swing, I mentioned in several blog posts that it looked to me like the "friendly, supportive" Egyptian army was just using the populace to achieve their own ends. Mubarak

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011Fundamentalists, whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew, hate to love and love to hate.-------------------------------------------------------There's a full(ish?) moon tonight, and there's a circle of rainbow around it.That means high ice..

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011Endless enemies are good for profits, propaganda and control.----------------------------------------------I'm always moaning about how so many people today don't know about homonyms. Partly it's that they aren't discussed in school any more, having given way to "more important things", and partly it's that young folks don't read good writing these days, just stuff

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Wednesday, September 5, 2011Love is blind, but the neighbors are not.------------------------------------------------------------------I've been eating a lot of pistachios lately, and I found a trick that really works. Know how there are always a few nuts that aren't opened, and the shells are so hard it's next to impossible to get them open? They almost always have a frustratingly tiny

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Friday, September 30, 2011The purchase of an unneeded item costs twice.-- Silk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------For decades now, three or four times a day I find myself in a room, or standing in front of a closet or drawer, with no idea why I'm there. I say aloud to myself, "What am I after?", and the answer eventually comes.Lately I ask aloud, "What

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Saturday, September 24, 2011Man must be careful to never mistake human justice for divine justice.----------------------------------------------Imagine a loving parent with 12 children, now imagine asking that parent to give away eight of them. Worse, make it not "give away", make it "get rid of".That's how I feel about clearing out the old house.I simply have too much stuff. But every bit of

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011A problem cannot be solved at the same level at which it was created.-- Albert Einstein -----------------------------------------------------------It's been a long time since I picked a Honey of the Week. This guy has been on my radar a long time. I first saw him while channel surfing through "All My Children", and he stopped me. Instant reaction to him. Since

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Sunday, September 18, 2011For a true scientist, being wrong is just as interesting as being right.---------------------------------------------------I'd mentioned TD&H* 1 and 2, who ran the gas station/quick shop in the village at the old house, and that TD&H 2, the younger brother, flirted heavily with me last summer, just before I moved. (We'd taken a ride, and sat by the river one afternoon,

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Saturday, September 17, 2011Intelligence does not automatically convey knowledge.----------------------------------------------------------------------------It's not like I've been especially busy, although I have managed to get a few things done. I now have a NJ driver's license, TV and internet cable, a house phone, got Hal's paws aligned, and have arranged for gutter cleaning and screening,

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Monday, September 12, 2011Don Bender, letter in Mensa Bulletin: It is not statistically (or logically!) valid to examine facts,create a hypothesis that fits those facts,and then cite those same facts as proof that the hypothesis must be true.(And yet, that’s what we do in court.)------------------------------------------------------------------"In 2002, following the passage of the federal No

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Monday, September 12, 2011Kneeling is not a position of strength, and begging is not an effective tactic.-- Clarence Thomas -------------------------------------------------------A while ago I mentioned a fog horn sound that goes off at random times during the day. I wondered if it had maybe something to do with a drawbridge, or a large boat arriving - this area is full of boatyards and

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Sunday, September 11, 2011Ad for Norwegian Cruise Line:Most of the Earth is covered by water. And most of the water is covered by Norwegians.------------------------------------------------------I haven't had the TV or radio on all day, so I assume NYC is still standing. I don't see any smoke columns in the Northeast.----------------------------People whose livelihood depends on language don't

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Thursday, September 8, 2011“Some people make your life better by walking into it,other people will make your life better by walking out of it.”--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I'm north, at the old house. I plan to head back south this evening, with a stop in Goshen, NY, in Orange County, only slightly out of the way, to attend a Mensa

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011“Homosexuality is found in 450+ species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?”---------------------------------------------------------Disturbing facts about bread:More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users.Fully half of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.In the 18th

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Monday, September 5, 2011"Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them."-- Randy K. Milholland -------------------------------------------------------------------------I had three beautiful huge rose-pink impatiens pots on the porch. They were attacked and devastated by spider mites.When it came time to put the porch plants in the garage to protect them

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