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    Zephyr

    July 29, 2006 - By 

    My husband David and I met up with parents Shel and Leah, siblings Mitch and Gloria, and also Aunt Gwen for a day at the Museum of Science and Industry. Mom Leah had gotten tickets to the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit, but the real reason for the outing was the annual family celebration of Hannukkah in July. We picked a perfect day for it; there were record temperatures, crazy drivers on the tollway and downtown, a huge car show on the lakefront, and of course people were already staking out spots for Venetian Night tonight, which seems to involve boats,…

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    links for 2006-07-29

    July 28, 2006 - By 

    SojoNet: Faith, Politics, and Culture: Blistering Hope Meditations on perseverance from a stonemason’s perspective (tags: Poem) Boing Boing: Babies good for two things: poo production and marketing (tags: Childfreedom Breeders PooProduction Marketing) Nevada Thunder » Blog Archive » Reign of Error 50 percent of all Americans are misinformed, and content to reamin so. (tags: Krugman) The Blog | Robert J. Elisberg: George Bush’s Gut Goes AWOL | The Huffington Post (tags: HeckuvaJob Malicki Iraq WheelsComingOff) News roundup: Mike Leavitt’s family business combines tax dodgery and slum lording. (tags: NPR MixedSignals) NPR : John McPhee: A Reporter’s Reporter (tags: JohnMcPhee Writing…

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    Sports Fen: Attention Excess Disease

    July 9, 2006 - By 

    I’m no sports fan, so admittedly I’m no expert on this, but I really have to question a person’s motivation to dress up in some outllandish way in order to show their support for a team. What, really, is the point? Will your team win if you and your friends paint the letters of the team names on your pale, hairless chests and stand throughout the game? Will they lose if you fail to shave your chest hair first (in the case of male fans) and then stand in the wrong order, spelling out “GO SCUB?” It won’t make a…

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    Whoa – that cool looking roadster is a SATURN?

    July 8, 2006 - By 

    I saw a stunning-looking convertible roadster just now on my way back from the mall. At first, I thought it was a heavily modded Corvette, because it had “head bumps” on the rear body, just behind the head rests. Then, I thought it was some European snazzy goodness, similar to the precisely engineered car my niece Holly drives. Then I glanced at the logoplate above the rear bumper. It was… a… SATURN? Detroit Auto Show: Saturn Sky – Autoblog Why, yes, apparently it was. Good looking car, from any angle. Not bad for a chick-magnet machine; this one was being…

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    Are any humans reading this? If so, read on

    July 2, 2006 - By 

    Let’s face it, I have no friggin’ clue who reads this stuff, or if I have readers at this here point. I have a stats page, which I check now and then and note that “readership” seems to be going up. But when I dig into said stats, it appears that many of my readership seem to stop by for a few seconds to attempt to leave spam in the comments before leaving. Or, they’re using an image from here as an avatar at MyDumbass or PrincessMarySueFanfic.com There are at least one or two of you, because you comment, and…

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    Murph Burphday Memories

    June 24, 2006 - By 

    I may have to crop this photo down a little. The light that day was good for photographing people outdoors – Mom’s hair looked nice in it. She was always particular about her hair – it was a luxuriant auburn halo when she was young. I haven’t seen any photos of her with long hair yet – and I looked at almost everything she had while I was helping my sisters clear out the house a little week before last. This photo was taken at her 90th birthday celebration at my sister Timmy’s house last September. Her cake was inscribed…

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    Who Says NPR is Stuffy?

    May 30, 2006 - By 

    NPR : A Cabinet and Blog Shakeup Who says that? Because this post about why they had to change this week’s Blogger On Duty is funny. Not only are both Steve Inskeep and Scott Simon on jury duty this weeek, but no one else was available, either: What made matters worse is that everyone approached by NPR’s management was unavailable. Bill Jefferson was busy cleaning out his freezer. Harry Reid was at some boxing match. Lou Dobbs was redoing the fence outside of his house — and extending it to somewhere near the Mexican border. Kiefer Sutherland was on a…