Apr 4, 2010
I was watching CSPAN last night ... Radio Television Correspondants Dinner, which wasn't very exciting, except for their guest-entertainer, Joe Wong. Very funny guy. Check him out: https://www.c-spanv...
Mar 19, 2010
The pursuit of happiness. Is that something you're interested in? Me too. Someone much smarter than me has written an article on the subject. Here's the link:https://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/31a31ea6-0161-1...
Feb 19, 2010
I taped a segment of The Dog Whisperer (my favorite TV show) last week and watched it today. It was Season 4, Episode 28, called "Apollo and Maggie". The first half of the show was about a young Chica...
Feb 4, 2010
This morning I was reading in the NY Times about more and more people walking away fom their mortgages. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/business/03walk.html?em I've considered taking this action my...
Jan 25, 2010
"In the middle of the night, George was pacing back and forth in his room, unable to sleep. This woke his wife, who asked him why he couldn't sleep. He replied, "You know that thousand dollars I borro...
Jan 17, 2010
Someone sent me this quote: "I have most loved people who cared little or nothing for me and when people have loved me I have been embarrased - in order not to hurt their feelings, I have often acted ...
Jan 16, 2010
I listened to an interview on PBS last night between Bill Moyers and Greg Mortensen , who wrote (Three Cups of Tea) about his experiences in Afghanistan … building schools. It got me thinking â...
Jan 8, 2010
My Dad once sold a house with a hand-shake. We lived in Alaska and when we moved back to Oregon in 1940, he sold our house to a stranger. A year later it burned down (accident with the kerosene lamp ....
Jan 1, 2010
Whew, I made it through another New Years Eve in Hawaii. The fireworks was worse than I expected. People are now making homemade bombs. They're illegal and can make your house (and head) rattle. My tw...
Dec 31, 2009
Time to gather up my animals and hide out in the bedroom until the insanity passes. Honolulu is like a war zone ... noise and smoke. Yikes. ...
Dec 23, 2009
It's 7 a.m. and I'm getting over my usual morning-bad-mood. Good thing I live alone. A little coffee and Pandora.com helps. They just played a lovely piano sonata by Rachmaninoff. Woke up at 4 this mo...
Dec 15, 2009
My gym had a xmas party Sunday and I won the raffle. It's an $80 Complimentary Hair Color Certificate. That got a big laugh from my friends at the "senior" table. Actually, my head of hair is about th...
Dec 13, 2009
Los Angeles Times | Dec. 12, 2009 | 8:50 p.m. Breaking: Houston voters elect first openly gay mayor Annise Parker, a lesbian who has never made a secret or an issue of her sexual orientation, tonight ...
Dec 5, 2009
One of the things I like about MyBloggers is that every blog shows the writer's DOB and location. I also like reading the profiles. I just did mine. Next plan is to post some photos. Hope you like dog...
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