i love halloween ~ trick or treating, not so much….

when i was a kid we weren’t allowed to trick or treat, not by our parents, but by the town.  no one ever told us why and we didn’t argue.  we would all put on our halloween costumes go to the high school gym and the city put on a halloween party for every kid [...]

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july 22, 1914

today is my mother’s birthday.  she was a cancer, my birthday is two weeks from today, i am a leo.  she would have been 95 years old today.  she wasn’t just my mom, she was my best friend.
she called my every saturday at 11:30 in the morning from the time i went to college until [...]

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for what it’s worth, this is the kind of person i am…

example number 1
my vacuum cleaner would not suck [which for most of life is a good thing. vacuum cleaner, not so much]  i have two dogs, it’s hot, it’s shedding season.  i cannot be without a vacuum cleaner, i was without a vacuum cleaner for 5 days last week. 
i was also sick for 2 1/2 days last [...]

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dino…

that’s not his real name, but i didn’t change it protect his innocence ~ he lost that a long time ago.
that’s just his name ~ to me anyway ~ although i may be the only person that still calls him that.  dino has been in and out of prison since he got home from viet [...]

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recommendation from my blog friend al….

You should check out “You Suck” by Chrisopher Moore. Hands down, it is the FUNNIEST VAMPIRE BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
i purchased 5 of the 6 “dark ones” series by katie macallister ~ i read the first one ~ it’s basically vampire porn….  with the emphasis on the porn, not the vampires.  so because of the [...]

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An Interview from The Diva….

I asked for it, I got it!  I saw this meme on the Diva’s site, it was created by her blog friend Earl.  i followed the instructions at the bottom of her post.  if you would like to be interviewed, follow the instructions at the bottom of mine!
An interview from The Diva.  Answer these five questions [...]

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and i thought yesterday was a pissy day!

today i was on my way to meet some friends for lunch… it was oh about 5* at the time.  i had a couple of extra minutes so i thought i would stop and fill my truck with gas…  it is a good idea to have a full tank because when it gets this cold [...]

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random thoughts from a four day weekend…

first, i had to take a [very] few minutes to check out my fantasy football teams the golden graboids on fox sports and the equally sucky wildones on yahoo sports…. ’nuff time wasted on that today.  [jess, it's a good thing i already paid you my twenty bucks, cuz i would be seriously thinking about stiffing [...]

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we sure don’t [can't] party like this anymore…

i found this photo last night while looking for something else…. it was taken in the late 70’s, early 80’s.  i’m in there somewhere, but after looking a little closer and talking inventory i was wondering ~ ya think there’s enough booze on that table for 8 people!???

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why i can’t listen to john denver… at least not until the weekend

one of the comments on my last post from kingofnewyorkhacks mentioned a song by john denver ‘on the road’.  i’m sure i was much closer to his mother’s age than his when she was vacuuming and listening to john denver.  his posts are so descriptive it is like taking a vacation.  so i took a short webvaca in [...]

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