Category Archives: REALITY

REALITY?: Gaming Perks

Posted on March 30, 2009 by susan

NOTE: I sincerely apologize to Jeremy Szanton, for my commentary, now deleted, about his father’s death. My (mis)information was based on what I’d heard fifty years ago as a child and I sincerely regret any distress this must have caused … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Skillet Night

Posted on March 27, 2009 by susan

At least once a week I don’t have a clue what I’m making for dinner until it’s time to start it. That’s when I start opening the refrigerator, the freezer, cabinet doors and take a run down the cellar to … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Well if it isn’t one thing, it’s another…

Posted on March 27, 2009 by susan

Interesting article in the New Scientist that intimates that if the global warming don’t get ya, a plasma storm will.  Interesting article here: Space Storm Alert: 90 Seconds from Catastrophe.

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REALITY?: White House Spam?

Posted on March 26, 2009 by susan

Missed the high tech online town hall movement today with the questions for President Obama coming from folks just like you and me so I started reading the reports of it and stopped at this: “And with more than 100,000 … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Connections

Posted on March 25, 2009 by susan

With the advent of social networking and late flu season, I recall with a smile a great little company I worked for many years ago. Bob, Nancy, and I–and sporadically a manager if he could survive us (we drove two … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Another of those “marriage” moments

Posted on March 17, 2009 by susan

The man has had a hard day. He’s sitting in his leather chair, feet propped up on the matching hassock, nearly asleep. His loving wife has an idea. She goes and gets his slippers, kneels beside the hassock and unties … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Don’t trust anyone over 27

Posted on March 17, 2009 by susan

I have to laugh at some of the research done these days. This recent study on mental alacrity seems to indicate that the ability to reason and visualize to solve problems and respond quickly starts to decline by the age … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Pass the Laughter, Please

Posted on March 16, 2009 by susan

Anne always makes me laugh–or cry–and her greeting today just cracked me up: Happy St. Urho’s Day! St. Urho is said to have chased the grasshoppers out of Finland, thus saving the grape crop. God bless the humble grape. I … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Lunch

Posted on March 15, 2009 by susan

Hot piled roast beef (10″) grinders with sauted onions, roasted peppers and Coopers cheese. Total cost? $2.50 each when you make them yourself. Compare that to the $7-10 spent on MacDonald’s and you’ll understand why I totally disagreed with nutrition … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Belt-Tightening

Posted on March 14, 2009 by susan

It’s taken 19 years, but my husband is accustomed to my frugal ways and so in these times of financial uncertainty we’ve more easily weathered some of the necessary changes caused by job loss and its aftermath. I’m an ant … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: In a Constant State of Renewal

Posted on March 14, 2009 by susan

Science, physics, astronomy, all, like politics, are facts as seen from a particular view and like it, are subject to change if one is open-minded. This February 18th article in the Scientific American, Was Einstein Wrong? A Quantum Threat to … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: The Good Old Days

Posted on March 11, 2009 by susan

I had me one of these once, a very long time ago. Same color, and it had a rollbar. (Photo: ’63 Corvette from http://www.bcautos.com/musclecars/index.html)

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REALITY?: Expenses of a Death Sentence

Posted on March 7, 2009 by susan

According to this AP article by Deborah Hastings, “In hard times, executions become question of cost” the expense involved–mainly in judicial costs–to apply the death penalty overwhelms the expenses of a life sentence. I applaud those states who will propose … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Well, that’s what it’s called anyway

Posted on March 5, 2009 by susan

On the proposal for paying healthcare costs by either taxing the rich, or by making poor Joe Schmoe who pays a portion of his insurance premium and changing that to a non-deductible income for taxes (though we’ve personally been able … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Dawn

Posted on March 3, 2009 by susan

The morning’s dark and quiet, lit up only by the whiteness of the snow. I make my way back to my own home, down the driveway, down the road, up to my own doorsill. The kitchen’s empty, smells of coffee … Continue reading →

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