Category: daily drivel
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chuffed
And, once again, life takes me a little further down a road I didn’t think I’d find myself on in the first place … About a month ago, one of the supervisors in our office announced her plans to retire. They posted the announcement that her job was available on the bulletin board in the… Read.
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inevitable
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, considering the inevitability of life: If you had asked your chemistry teacher fifty years ago, once you looked at that mysterious chart of boxes that sat in front of your class, the periodic table of elements, Where did those elements come from? The chemistry teacher would not have had an answer for… Read.
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summer
Ah, these are truly the days of summer, the days that start cool and clear with a slight, freshening wind. They warm up to temps in the seventies by midday, they’re not too humid, and the evenings are long enough to sit on the back stoop with a beer after supper where we can enjoy… Read.
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splode
We were sitting around the dinner table last night when the world exploded. The sound of shattering planets came from somewhere behind me and when I turned to look over my shoulder I fully expected to see an army of celestial soldiers joining battle with the ethereal forces of darkness right there in my back… Read.
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bratless
We went into town this evening to support our local brat fest, one of four that are taking place this weekend. Here in Wisconsin, our bratwurst festivals are such a big deal that we need several days in many different locations to properly do them justice. What really happened was, we have this annual bratfest… Read.
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ouch
This literally makes my head hurt: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, listening to testimony regarding man-made climate change, asked a witness if any thought were being given “to subsidizing the clearing of rain forests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?” Ouch. Really? Ouch. Yes, really. Ouch. Leaving aside the question of… Read.
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twilight
I just heard a right-winger and a left-winger on a morning talk show debating the latest political circus acts here in the great state of Wisconsin, the most recent being the enactment of a law requiring citizens to present two forms of photo identification in order to vote, but touching on other topics such as… Read.
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seaside
In last night’s dream I was seated at a restaurant table by the seaside, watching low, gray clouds roll in ominously over the ocean. Smoke from the kitchen’s chimney rose up through the air in a long, continuous curve that disappeared into the clouds. A few small boats were crisscrossing the water a few miles… Read.
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time off
It’s my Friday night, tomorrow being the last furlough day in the fiscal year here in the great state of Wisconsin. We have the following Monday off, too, to observe the Memorial Day holiday, probably by mowing the lawn, weeding the garden and firing up the Weber grill to roast a whole brace of bratwurst.… Read.
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consider
Nathan Bootz, Superintendent of Ithaca Public Schools, in an open letter to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in the Gratiot County Herald Consider the life of a Michigan prisoner. They get three square meals a day. Access to free health care. Internet. Cable television. Access to a library. A weight room. Computer lab. They can earn… Read.
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