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Transitions R Us

Life is full of transitions, isn’t it? I mean, really, when is it not? We go from being little human boneless skinless chicken breasts: limp and helpless as they come, to purposeful smiling, to lifting our heads, to rolling over all in the blink of an eye. We become terrible toddlers, and then learn to …

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Stumpy Does Geometry

We’re studying Geometry around here. Well, at least my son is taking the course. Whether or not actual studying is occurring is another matter. Anyway, despite my remarkably poor grades in that subject myself, I have been reviewing what little I knew, and reading some of the book along with him. Geometry has lots of …

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Sooze Meets Large Marge

Today, I met a woman straight out of central casting. She was probably in her late 60’s, had a whiskey voice, and her general appearance seemed to me to meet the definition of “ridden-hard/put-up wet”. I took one look at her, and thought, “Holy Smokes! It’s Large Marge!!!” (In case you’ve never seen Pee Wee’s …

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Sooze and Julia

Yesterday, my friend and I went to see the wonderful movie called “Julie and Julia”. It is the story of a young woman who decides to cook her way through Julia Child’s classic cookbook: “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, and blog about her experience as she goes. I went with a dear friend to …

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Vanity Fair

On the front end of telling this story: there will be no pictures of me. I’m just sayin’. The reason why will become apparent by the end of my tale. And really, this is probably one of those “you had to be there” stories. But I have been popping in to various stores, trying to …

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The Verdict Is In

I told you so. I’ve been telling you for years. If you know me in real life, for YEARS I have been telling you that I have a bad dog. Here’s his mug shot, as he wears the Cone of Shame: Deacon D. Dawg has been trouble since Day One. For the first three years …

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San Francisco: Part Three

Saturday was a day of contrasts. We went from the site of the Summer of Love and total hippieness, across the Bay to the port of quaint and rampant yuppieness. From clouds into sunshine, and then back again. Saturday was our day in the car: a day of hurtling through time and space at breakneck …

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The Flood of Aught Nine

So, as I was saying,(please see the prior blog entry of the Girl Scout Camping Extravaganza) Jennifer comes in the tent and says, “Gary (the site director says that the road into camp is flooded. No one can get out, and no one can get in. He says that the Army Corps of Engineers is …

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