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Chronically yours.
Somebody somewhere tweeted the following today and it took off like wildfire:
“In lieu of flowers, please pass health care reform.” (Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009)
This man who happened to have the last name “Kennedy” did so much for people with disabilities, for the underserved, for young people. Read this list compiled by Robert Rummel-Hudson if you don’t [...]
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June 25, 2009 – A Very Bad Day?
I keep hearing and reading how June 25, 2009 was “a very bad day for Generation X” with the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.
While I would argue that days such as January 28, 1986 and April 19, 1995 and September 11, 2001 were the worst days for Generation X (and for many alive [...]
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The Ides of March.
Just some random musings this Ides of March:
Got an e-mail from the Colorado Shakespeare Festival asking for money. They’ll be having more actors doing multiple roles in the same play, cutting down on performances (seven weeks instead of nine this summer), cutting down on number of technicians, and freezing salaries. Sounds familiar to me! [...]
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Oh yeah. It’s March.
Since I last posted, life has been rather hectic and frustrating…
February 27, part 1: Learned that a former co-worker had a stroke two days earlier. Things are still fairly serious for the 28-year-old (!?!), but she should have a decent recovery, though some motor skills may not be fully regained.
February 27, part 2: Later that [...]
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Tomorrow’s promise.
Tomorrow is not about who won and what should happen.
Tomorrow is about tradition. Tomorrow is about history.
Tomorrow, for the 44th time, there will be a new president of these United States. And it will seem flawless to the average American, just like every inauguration before it. We should all be proud of this tradition – [...]
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2008 in Review.
January found me back at my previous place of employment after a three-month hiatus. And I’m still there, through two rounds of layoffs and a whole lot of stress.
February and March found me struggling with tooth #19.
April was the most eventful of months, with my highest A1C yet and a lovely new piece of [...]
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Windy city, windy state.
Although I only spent the first twelve years of my life there, I am a native of Illinois and the Chicago suburbs (and so are my parents).
As such, I was taught young that there’s always been corruption at the state and local levels.
But the Blagojevich scandal makes me sad and angry. I worry about [...]
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Thursday tidbits.
Social networking on Facebook has been interesting. I’ve connected with people with whom I went to kindergarten and beyond. Unfortunately, this also means learning sad news. One of my oldest friends (dating back to first grade) lost her mom back in high school. I’ve been reeling from that one. Overall, though, it’s been a good [...]
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Yes We Can!
Congratulations, Mr. President, on making history.
I am awfully proud to call Barack Obama my president-elect and look forward to January. So much has to be done to rescue this country from financial crisis and from a tarnished image throughout the world. It’s not only Mr. Obama’s job – it is that of all the [...]
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What matters today.
If you are visiting this blog and are a US citizen of legal voting age, please keep reading. (All others can ignore this!)
Whether you are Republican or Democrat or somewhere in between or somewhere outside either realm…
Please vote. Please make an educated choice, whatever that choice may be, and vote.
I voted early through Colorado’s mail-in [...]
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