Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Odds, Ends

Posted on October 26, 2024

Item #1: On October 22, I wrote, on what I thought was good authority, that white rapper Eminem was endorsing candidate Trump for President. But then I saw that he was at a rally in Detroit to introduce Barack Obama

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Fences, No Fences, and Walls (apologies to The Wizard of Oz)

Posted on October 16, 2024

Recently I agreed to be the chairperson of the On the Fence Committee for the condominium homeowners association where Earl and I live. You might wonder why there’s even a need for such a committee, fences being a rather minor

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Zzub, Zzub

Posted on October 10, 2024

Today’s world is fraught with anger, vengeance, disinformation, climate issues, wars between factions inside a country and others between countries. I’m not sure where it will end, but the apocalypse is possible.

What to do to hang on to hope?

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Million Dollar Quartet

Posted on October 2, 2024

It’s been a busy twenty-four hours: the VP debate between Walz and Vance, an attack on Israel from its neighbor, and incredible devastation from Hurricane Helene. So you might wonder at the title of this blog. It’s about a musical

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Buyer Beware

Posted on September 27, 2024

The idea of “Buyer Beware” isn’t new, but it does seem to be taking on a more deceitful bent these days. Here are three instances that crossed my radar the past week.

The home improvement retailer Menard’s often advertises an

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Small Things

Posted on September 26, 2024

This week has been inordinately busy . . . and it’s only Thursday. Still, more than one small pleasure has arrived when I least expected it. And they made my packed calendar feel less packed.

I had my first piano

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Found Time

Posted on September 21, 2024

I have no commitments on my calendar today, no appointments to Zoom, no pressing problems. At least not as I post. There are things I can do, but nothing I must.

It’s a great feeling to have an entire day

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Politics Is Going to the Cats

Posted on September 13, 2024

Since this is Friday the thirteenth, I’m waiting for a black cat to cross my path, arch its back, hiss, and possibly trip me for being in its way. Failing that, I can find no end of cats  on the

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FOMO

Posted on September 12, 2024

In the old days, we called them phobias: arachnophobia was fear of spiders; claustrophobia was fear of being trapped in small spaces; agoraphobia was fear of being embarrassed.

But with social networks running amok, there are a multitude of new

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Join Together

Posted on September 2, 2024

Campaign rhetoric builds on redundancy, that use of two or more words that say the same thing. Office seekers (and others) use it for emphasis, perhaps thinking they look smart. Or they’re emphasizing a point.

Here are some examples you’ve

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