Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Equipment Classes

Posted on July 26, 2006

I usually shun classes that meet at the same time every week and require a lot of equipment, even when the equipment is provided. It’s too regimented for me. But this afternoon I went to a step class at the

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The Mascot Hall of Fame

Posted on July 22, 2006

Funny, furry animals wearing insignia clothing of various sport teams and cavorting during half-times or inning stretches or time outs has never appealed to me. But I must be in the minority, because there is even a Mascot Hall of

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Good Old Days

Posted on July 18, 2006

While our television and Internet connections were kaput for five days, Earl and I had a lot of time on our hands. Time that people spent doing other things before the dawn of 200 television channels and instant messaging. Before

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Comcastic? Not!

Posted on July 17, 2006

It may seem that my assessment of our local cable company is harsh, but I don’t think so. I’ve heard others echo the same sentiment, usually followed by a verbal “But what are you gonna do?” and a resigned shrug.

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Jury Duty

Posted on July 10, 2006

This morning seventy-six prospective jurors gathered at the Berrien County Trial Court in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan. Although they didn’t know it at the time, they were summoned to participate in a criminal sexual molestation trial of a middle aged

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Fifty Percent

Posted on June 27, 2006

The radio announcer said there was a thirty percent chance of rain for today and a fifty percent chance of rain for tomorrow. Now I know she was merely reading information she’d been given, but it made me wonder who

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The Price of Limes

Posted on June 25, 2006

It’s probably something few of us have noticed, but the price of limes is escalating. There was a time when I could purchase five limes for a dollar and then for two dollars, but that time has disappeared the way

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June 24

Posted on June 24, 2006

On June 24, 1979 I married Jeff Wolf, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, etc. It wasn’t done capriciously, because at the time I thought it was a good decision. However, time proved me wrong; the

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Angelina

Posted on June 19, 2006

It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway. Angelina Jolie is an eccentric. An eccentric is defined as anyone or anything that “deviates from the customary,” someone who is “erratic, peculiar, or odd.”

Consider that Angelina has been married

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Cemetery Sadness

Posted on June 14, 2006

This is Flag Day, when Americans celebrate and show respect for our flag, its designers, and makers over the past two hundred plus years. So on this day I want to honor three men I don’t really know, but whose

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