tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65463222024-09-07T21:20:51.388-05:00Now in my fourth decade, I look at who I am and where I go with...well, everything from here. Mistakes will be made but sometimes Truths are revealed.Alphabeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914679523208829232noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546322.post-88710163992048528322009-01-16T03:49:00.002-06:002009-01-18T18:53:02.199-06:00

With non-paying due deference to Billy Joel (whose lyrics are more chronological), a tribute to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama II, who will represent the post-Cold War generation of the 21st-century.We Didn't Start the Fire Bill Clinton, Tina Fey, capitalist China, O.J.,Asia rising, Facebook, Kareem Abdul-JabbarDick Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ugg boots, SeinfeldWest Bank,

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One of the most important people in my life died a few hours ago.I was fortunate in that I had time before and at the end to let them know how I feel...felt.I will not be online very much for the next couple of weeks while I grieve. I expect to be back mid-January.May everyone have a great holiday season and a bright New Year.Don't wait until its too late. Say it now.

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Ok: I am pleading the 5th, while hunting with the 2nd, cussing with the 1st, being treated like a Pre-13th, while having a pint with the 21st in the booth with with Sarah Palin doing the 19th AND the 9th because the 4th cant do a damn thing about it, until we got caught and put through the 6, 7, and 8th. Luckily, for me, Palin is an 11th and HAHA God Bless the 10th!

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I done finishered dat der Nanowreeeemo with all 65458 words.In newer news, the manuscript is hereby relegated to the TBE file drawer until March, when NaNoEditingMonth will drive me to spend 50 hours editing and rewriting in a mere 30 days.Until there, aloha and so long-a.I not am drunk, twas the keyboard that were loaded.

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Because when all of India is afightin' (they got nukes and are pissed at Pakistan who has some too--oh lovely), it stands to reason that the people (da British) that "civilized them" a few 150 + years ago would decide a drunk Scot singing at the cops is a jailable offense. Really, can't they get over that whole abandonment-for-the-colonies issue and enjoy a nice "Thanksgiving"?A man in Scotland

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Current word count: 43,928NaNoWriMo goal: 50,000Days left: 4Novel goal: 85,000Days left for rough draft: 20And now for something cutesy. Its as photoshopped as the larvae boob (don't click the link unless you want something nasty BURNED into your brain. You have been warned!) but way more amusing.

Alphabeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914679523208829232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546322.post-28501653659506519082008-11-24T23:44:00.004-06:002008-11-24T23:53:01.760-06:00

This is a piece I wrote many years ago. As I've been cleaning up my old blogs (what Nano?!), I thought a repost would be in order.A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time, vices & virtues floated around and were bored, not knowing what to do. One day, all the vices and virtues were gathered together and were more bored than ever. Suddenly,

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I received seven calls in forty minutes from this number: 402-464-7509.After the first no-breather, I didn't pick up the others. They rang long enough to get the machine and then hung up. I googled the number and got pages of complaints. "(402) 464-7509 is a land line based in Lincoln, NEThe registered service provider is Windstream Nebraska.N. Country WindowsDetailed listing information is not

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Remember those days, back when you were a kid - depending on your age, before all of this technology... A time before emails, text messages, cellphones, blogs, digital photography, youtube, tivo, etc. I can remember writing a letter and mailing it, having to stop home to check my answering machine, writing notes and passing them off to friends at school, calling from a payphone, taking a roll

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I've been rather lax in my daily goal of 1,667 words. I should have over 25,000 at this point but currently my word count stands at 23,848.Getting rid of the blackmail that had me hosting Turkey day helped. I should get a few thousand words done tonight and tomorrow at the write-in. If only life had such a guarantee!

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I have made my previous post private. The words were as I believed at the time. I know them no longer to be true. Barack Obama is a natural-born citizen of the USA through a biological parent confering citizenship. I didn't delete it because that would mean I had something to hide. Ironically, it was because I was so vocal and public that I was given access to a file which proved my concerns [

Alphabeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914679523208829232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546322.post-560332758865362062008-11-04T06:40:00.004-06:002008-11-04T06:56:28.482-06:00

I thought of the first line while I was en route to the Kick-Off party. I think its killer (pun intended as the story is a suspense thriller with a body count) and I'm reticent to publish it until I've had a few dozen agents laugh at it--or find an editor who will pay me for publishing it.I've been doing pretty good keeping near the 1,667 words a day goal. I'm better when I can write at my peak

Alphabeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914679523208829232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546322.post-40034875797235831402008-11-01T05:15:00.003-05:002008-11-01T05:45:32.257-05:00

The servers are overloaded because of the huge sign-up and response this year. Ironically even the separate area to contribute to getting new servers is down.Still, I start because these are my hours and its time for my words.NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth is every November. During the 30 days, each participant tries to write 50,000 words or about a small novel. It works out to 1,667 words a day.

Alphabeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914679523208829232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546322.post-65548143615313774412008-10-28T04:20:00.003-05:002008-11-01T05:47:47.730-05:00

It makes no difference who I am voting to be the next President of the United States of America. I advise all viewers of this post to actually read it.Fox, CBS and NBC have decided that money makes it okay to flex FCC rules about equal time and air a half-hour "special" of whatever Barack Obama decides is suitable propaganda to influence viewers and/or voters on Wednesday, October 29th. The "

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Housewife wins battle with publisher to remove swear word from book by best-selling children's author By Daily Mail ReporterA housewife has taken on the combined might of one of Britain's best-selling children's authors and a leading publishing house and won. Random House Children's Books has agreed to remove a four-letter swearword from a popular book by Dame Jacqueline Wilson, after

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Its going to be a scary six weeks while my niece goes into kindergarten, my 'baby' brother goes to college, my new house gets rewired, my new assignment goes through and the two major political parties in the USA hold their nominating conventions (which I will be covering in a way by doing AP rewrites).Soooo, I won't be around any of my blogs much (I have 16 and this is a primary one!) while I

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Drunken Swede tries to row home from DenmarkCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A drunken 78-year-old Swede stole a dinghy after a night out in the Danish town of Helsingor and tried to row back to Sweden, but fell asleep halfway, Danish police said on Monday. When the man discovered he lacked the necessary funds to pay for the ferry from Helsingor to Helsingborg in Sweden on Saturday, he decided to row the

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Homeowner Confronts BBQ Sauce-Covered Man in His BasementPolice say an Appleton family is still recovering from a scary incident early Wednesday morning when a man covered with barbecue sauce was in their basement. Investigators say 35-year-old Aaron Maurice broke into the family's home on North Wilmer while they were sleeping around 4:30 A.M. Not only was it frightening but police say it was

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Its happened again. I'm trawling someplace innocent online (no .xxx for me!) and come across (yes pun intended) a link to something weird, involving sex, and which has a picture. Of course I click--and now I share with y'all! {photo at the link and yes, he does look like a serial killer}Man caught having sex with table gets 6 monthsBELLEVUE, OH -- Police say a man was arrested after admitting to,

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Thumper Takes Down Jeckle (or Heckle)It seems I have been paying too much attention to my other blogs and this one got neglected. My apologies to those who are subscribers--y'all ain't getting yous moneys worth. {sic}But I return with something disgusting and unworthy. I probably should have waited longer.http://view.break.com/526149 - Watch more free videos

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Observed

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Tis the SeasonI'm getting this out of the way now before I forget later.Happy birthday to two of my brothers who have back-to-back birthdays this week. The e-card is in the mail.I'm not particularly big on my own birthday. Its in the summer and stopped getting celebrated around the time my fourth sibling arrived.I do like making a big deal out of others because I think everyone deserves something

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Like a Phoenix SinkingSo its been a few months since I last posted here. I got into a snit about the new controls and took my words elsewhere (I have 11 other blogs to blather).All was well until I decided to move. I still haven't sold my old house, the new house is complete chaos and the only computer I was using up and killed its motherboard right before the start of NaNoWriMo.Which meant I

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Breaking what workedI have supported Google for a long time. Both their products and nearly immediately, their stock. I am therefore entitled to complain.I HATE THE "NEW" BLOGGER/BLOGSPOT!!!!!!I'm tired of having to sign in repeatedly only to lose posts when it mysteriously logs me out. I'm really fed up with having to save every post and trying to publish it several times before it maybe goes

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The Great Smell of...NothingOf course its too expensive to give to all the people who assault me hourly with their layers of deodorant, body powder, perfume, body spray and/or aftershave---all in different scents. Seriously people, pick one scent and then spritz your shoes. It will be smelled.Ahem.I don't know how long the link will be up, so I'm posting the properly credited article.Like before,

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