Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Piano Musings

Posted on November 2, 2007

I’ve taken piano five and a half years now, and every day there’s a revelation. Sometimes it comes in the form of listening to a piece of music and realizing I can decipher the rhythm pattern. Sometimes it comes because

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Funeral Musings

Posted on October 28, 2007

On my return yesterday from visiting my friend Carol in Bloomington, Indiana, I detoured to attend the service and funeral of my next-door-neighbor’s granddaughter in Indianapolis. It wasn’t really out of my way — just off one of the main

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Things I Learned This Past Week

Posted on October 21, 2007

I am old dog, but I learned a couple new tricks this past week, some of them unexpectedly.

The most memorable experience happened a couple days ago when I attempted to cook spaghetti squash in my microwave. I’d seen my

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Re-Gifting

Posted on October 3, 2007

Accidentally — I hope — I received an email from AOL about re-gifting, the act of giving a gift to someone that you’ve received as a gift from someone else. I’ve also seen a television program about this subject recently,

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Drivers

Posted on September 29, 2007

I recently heard a commercial that encouraged senior citizens to log onto to a website and take a test that would determine their driving skills for their age. I think it is a good idea, although I’m not sure how

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A Pressing Time

Posted on September 24, 2007

Earl informed me this morning that there are only three months left until Christmas Eve. I wasn’t even out of bed when he made this observation, but I felt exhausted. There’s a lot of work to Christmas. Nevertheless, once I

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Car Salesmen

Posted on September 22, 2007

I went to my appointment at the local car dealer’s armed with facts, figures, tactics, and trepidation. Earl had provided me with copious information from the Internet; and, after studying all of it, I felt certain buying a new car

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The O’Reilly Factor

Posted on September 18, 2007

Every now and then I hear a snippet of Bill O’Reilly’s radio show, and today was one of those snippety times. I admit I am not an O’Reilly fan, and I try to take my bias into consideration when criticizing

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Thoughts on Blogging

Posted on September 12, 2007

I’ve been blogging since May of 2004. Back then, I thought I’d never run out of material. Today, I wonder. Because in the ensuing three years, I’ve pretty much said what I’ve had to say about the changing of the

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CURMUDGEON MONDAY – Football Fans

Posted on September 10, 2007

Okay, so it wasn’t a good weekend for the University of Notre Dame’s football team. It wasn’t a good weekend for the second weekend in a row either. And next weekend doesn’t look too promising.

But let’s remember that the

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