Rant

I was looking through some old files today and found this.  I’m not sure what I did with it when I originally wrote it.  I may have sent it somewhere – a newspaper, perhaps.  Or I might just have let it sit there, encoded as 1’s and 0’s on my hard drive.  I thought I’d […]

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That privilege called driving

If you are anywhere around Milwaukee, you know it rained all day yesterday.  And it was beautiful weather, by the way.  But I can never understand why just a day of rain can cause so many traffic accidents.  You would think that the only people who drove were 16 year olds who had just got […]

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Lowering our Carbon Footprint, #1

In response to Live Earth, I thought I would post some of the things we have done to lower our impact on the Earth.  This post is about the most recent thing we’ve done, replacing our old gasoline-powered lawnmower with a person-powered push mower.  This was a good idea for us for a couple of reasons.  […]

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iWhat?

iPhone.  It does everything except bake cookies.  And they’re probably working on that.  But what practical use could I find for it?  If I buy an iPhone what other object that currently occupies space in my house/pocket/purse/car/etc. can I get rid of?  I get it – it does Internet phone pictures video music Can I […]

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Sensitive

Apparently, I’m sensitive.  This should come as no surprise to me, since people have been telling me that since I was too young to understand how being “sensitive” set me apart from others, but I can’t help feeling that I’ve come to some sort of revelation.  I never really thought that I was more sensitive […]

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Activity

Think I’ve figured out why I haven’t enjoyed using the gym so much. I haven’t been swimming. So, now I’ve swum 1000 yards three times and I’m oh so happy. It feels so good. I’m beginning to think I need to up the ante already, but I am unsure about how much. I used Swimplan.com […]

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Future, Past, and Present

Everything I’ve ever done with myself has been a complete waste of time. No – I take that back. It’s just that very few of the things I’ve done have had a positive contribution to who I am now. And most of the things I’ve done that sucked have been highly significant parts of my […]

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Movies while you drive

So I’m driving home from the store today and what do I see in front of me? A car with four TV screens playing the same video. Two are in the backseat and two in the front seats, in the visors I presume. We couldn’t believe our eyes. What kind of moron would put people’s […]

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