Tag: random musings
group name: pastimes
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September 15, 2006 01:17 AM EDT --
Democracy Needs a Voting Public
by Judy W
An AP article in today's paper lamented the fact that in California the voting public is not reflective of the general population of the state. I expect that . . .
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September 15, 2006 08:46 PM EDT --
You can't take it with You
Who ever said, "You can't take it with you," didn't met, Thomas Clark. He was a simple man of modest means, didn't have . . .
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September 13, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
The Joy of Middle School
by Judy W
I spent 34 years in middle school. You might wonder if I wasn't smart enough to get out. The fact is, I loved it. I was once told that in order to be good with middle . . .
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September 09, 2006 08:17 AM EDT --
I, Amanda, bleed to write words. I think of ink as my weapon; an olive branch in regards to the chaotic yet wonderful world we inhabit.
Lightning sparks my imagination. Thunder vibrates, shaking my creative . . .
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September 12, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
SORRY/BUT/MY/SPACE/BAR/IS/BROKEN!
1) The older I get, the more ignorant I become. Why? Because I awaited karma to reward me for the hardships I've endured. Arms akimbo, I sat, antsy , waiting for . . .
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September 22, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
Innocently enough, it sprang from the rich brown/black compost heap, way back in the far boundry of the yard. It had a couple companions joining the stretch for sunshine and freedom from that decomposing . . .
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September 19, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
'You look so benign scattered in that box".
"Actually, I box you in, daily reminding you how scattered you are"
"I didn't come here to fight, I'm just saying pills just . . .
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September 13, 2006 10:10 PM EDT --
This is a speech I gave at my last 8th grade graduation ceremony. I was asked to impart some last words of wisdom because I was retiring. I got this honor instead of a gold watch. The kids listened, at . . .
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February 28, 2007 01:35 PM EST --
This is in response to an article about our rights of free speech being trampled on by political correctness. .
I’ve express my opinion on this before. With freedom of speech you can say what . . .
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September 10, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
BIRTHDAY BOY
Late afternoon,, drinking stale coffee inhaling a freshly packed smoke
surrounded by businessmen and homeless souls seeking shelter
swish of the waitresses, clatter . . .
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November 08, 2006 10:14 AM EST --
Cats or dogs? Can you gauge a man's personality based on which ones they prefer?.Now all you pet lovers, please don't take offense. If they're enamored by felines, do they like a woman . . .
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September 11, 2006 10:46 AM EDT --
"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide" - Ceasere Powere
I've been surrounded by death for fifteen years now, mainly from my friends killing or attempting to kill themselves. I'm . . .
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October 16, 2006 10:17 AM EDT --
http: sdflwi slfjsdfk wolerujas flskjdf as;efkljg gjrfiotg;esagt wsjoita etc, etc, etc,......appears on my page. Naturally, I'm bemused for I couldn't recall posting that particular article. Did . . .
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October 23, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
Remnants of a goddess
Overflowing ashtray
Opaque tea glass
Mesquite incense
Wistful musings
Imprints of my mind
Tattered tomes
Hovering self critic
Ancestral heirlooms
Visions . . .
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September 14, 2006 04:58 AM EDT --
"Do you feel moody sometimes? Down?" Well, yeah, I'm HUMAN! Come to think of it I must have AADD because I didn't pay attention to your whole commercial and had to use the acronym. Christ! . . .
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September 17, 2006 06:58 AM EDT --
Dear Diary,
I crash into the iceberg
Oceans spill within my veins
A flood of thoughts pour forth
Salty tears; tides of insight
Snapshots of the ebb and flow
Immortalize these colored moments
Of angst, . . .
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October 17, 2006 07:18 PM EDT --
This happens regularly to me. I go to see the kids and one of the girls inevitably speaks those dreaded yet thrilling words. "Grandma, can I come sleep at your house tonight?"
Those . . .
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October 25, 2006 10:25 PM EDT --
In the summer of my junior year of college I was presented with an opportunity I could not let slip through my fingers. There was going to be a study tour of Europe that summer and I was bound and . . .
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March 03, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
Great Grandma’s Wood Cooking Stove
One day my great grandpa showed me how to split some wood for grandma’s . . .
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March 03, 2007 08:21 PM EST --
The Sea Bat
One day we were at sea when a couple of my shipmates came to where I was swabbing the deck. They asked, “Do you want . . .
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