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  • The main headline on the front page of today's Detroit Free Press is 'White House To Be Sued'. Page 4A has a story that's a damn sight more important...'Student Gives Birth, Dies'. I have NO idea what the circumstances…

  • ....and while we're on the subject of music...a plug for FANTASTIC blues guitarist Ronnie Earl and his equally awesome backup band, the Broadcasters...

  • You know, it's been awhile since I did a musical rant or rave...let's do a rave in this case...the subject is power pop! A LONG time ago, faithless asked me what it was. The raw definition is boys (or girls) playing ra…

  • I stole this quote from VeryModern .... "Whatever you may think, it's never your age, your weight, your hair, your height, or your abstinence from gymnasia. It's ALWAYS your attitude." …

  • I've heard this word before, but had NO idea of its meaning until today's AWordADay post... hotsy-totsy (HOT-see TOT-see) adjective, also hotsie-totsie...Just right; perfect...[Coined by Billy De Beck, cartoonist (1892-…

  • Is there such a thing as a "poetry gene"...? If so, I'm missing it! I LOVE hearing poetry read aloud. Whenever I re-read the Lord of the Rings, I'm always happy to encounter Tolkien's poetry within the text/context …

  • Men have hangups regarding their penises...too small?...too short?...too fat?...too thin?...too long?...too ugly?...too weird-looking?...etc... Occurs to me that women have the same feelings re breasts, judging from SIR…

  • I can't resist posting another quote from a wonderful Xangan....here's to you, voice !!!.... Meanwhile...here's to dancing in the kitchen, and baby greens at five a.m and incredibly well lived moments.

  • A worthy quote from a worthy Xangan... Love is not always gooey and sweet. It is often stern and consistent about setting boundaries. Thanks to CatInTheMist.com.....

  • You Can Be Ordained This Week WANNA SEE ME NAKED? The Bakery Burglar Gets Busted - New Flowgo F... EMAZING Home Repair Tip of the Day - Leftover... Top 40 for Week 01/21/02 - 01/27/02 …

  • Here I go again with another AWordADay post... esemplastic (es-em-PLAS-tik) adjective...Having the capability of moulding diverse ideas or things into unity...[From Greek es- (into) + en, neuter of eis (one) + plastic. …

  • Aquarians are an eclectic, weird bunch (I know, I AM one!....)...today's birthdays show it....Paul Newman (77), Eddie Van Halen (45), Ellen DeGeneres (44), and Wayne Gretzky (41).....

  • I live in Michigan. It's January. The current temperature is about 52 degrees. The sun is shining brightly! We'll pay for this in March or April!.....

  • She's gonna charge me copyright fees someday....but once again, a memorable quote from cheshired ... it's unsettling when you realize that something you'd always considered to be indestructable might have an expiration …

  • Thanks to damonsangel for the link that follows....and anyone coming here who's a fan of our current President-Select and the Supreme Idiots, I mean Court who chose him for us, should probably stay away from the link...h…

  • "Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. We are uncommonly and marvelously intricate in thought and action, our problems are most complex and, too often, silently borne." - Alice Childress (1920-1994)...…

  • An unabashed promotion of underappreciated Xangalists... These 2 ( Supercalifragile & ghostwriter ) people are vastly creative and witty types who aren't out here to win e-props and mega-comments...but deserve them…

  • So what do you think of this background?...of course I'll keep it for awhile if I like it...and if you don't and I DO...I'll read your opinion, but I won't change it.....

  • Thanks to one and all for the comments and e-props! That's not the only reason I Xangafy, of course, but I'm not objecting to 'em, believe me....

  • It's a tradition in our family that the birthday person gets to pick what restaurant he or she would like to go to for dinner. So last night, my wife and I went to a new-to-us place called 221b Baker Street. WOW! The …

  • Well, this is it...my birthday, that is! The 46th one, as hard as THAT is to believe (I'm closer now to 50 than 40....)...anyway, since January 23rd is The Day of Character according to The Secret Language of Birthdays …

  • This AWAD (AWordADay) post is for Sada , who likes them, and for smartass_83 , who claims to learn from them (but can she READ them?....)... ultramontane (ul-truh-mon-TAYN) adjective...1. Of or pertaining to people or r…

  • WARNING-RANT AHEAD!!!! I watched a special on Discovery about the funeral biz. Embalming people and all that. WHY???? Cemeteries take up land. Funerals are HUGELY expensive! And the only closure I need for a dead f…

  • Woo hoo!!!!!! I moved to a new cube here at work...a CORNER...with WINDOWS...and BY MYSELF!....

  • An addition to the ramblings below (if it were NIGHT, it'd be the Midnight Rambler!...) on the Stones... 8. If you met someone who had NO clue what rock n'roll is, Satisfaction would tell 'em with one listen... ....an…

  • Random Reasons Why The Rolling Stones Are Still Important In Rock and Roll, Though They Appear To Be Boring Old Farts: 1. Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman are one of rock's best rhythm sections. 2. Keith Richards is one …

  • Well, the blog below got more (and more CREATIVE) resposes than I'd HOPED for!...thanks to all who participated..... Today is fixing stuff and cleaning the house and in general just hanging around being lazy day.....

  • Look, a new entry on my page!....

  • 2 sweeping generalizations regarding conversational topics for men and women when you first meet them & don't know what to talk about (I'm good at these, being a generalist by inclination...)... 1. When talking to …

  • I'm amazed at what comes to mind on some days when I'm not sure what I want to write about. Then I read someone's comment here on Xanga, and it triggers synapses in the brain or something! This one's going to be about …

  • Hmm...no particular subject to rant and rave about...no scintillating quotes...so let's make this an at-the-moment blog... The telephone's NOT ringing (I work at a help desk for GM dealers)...a Larry Carlton CD is playi…

  • Things I Wish I Still Had... The red dragon at the bottom of cheshired 's page reminds me of the radio cabinet my father built years ago. The cabinet was black. My (late) mother painted 2 red dragons' heads facing tow…

  • "It is easier to perceive error than to find truth,for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen,while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-183…

  • Technology-particularly medical-is amazing. While perusing the obituaries today in the Detroit Free Press, I read one for Stockholm, Sweden resident Arne Larsson. Larsson was the first person to ever recieve a pacemake…

  • I need to follow the writing advice I keep giving other people ( tinyrage is gonna ban me from her page if i keep telling her stuff....) and do some myself, besides the things I post on here. I mean on actual, live, pul…

  • I'm hopless at resisting words...perhaps you can think of people this next one describes?... hellkite (HEL-kyt) noun...An extremely cruel person...[From Middle English hell (a place of misery) + kite (a person who preys…

  • *Counters pessimism of blog below w/favorite quote and lyrics*... "It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."--John Wooden ...and lyrics from John Lennon's "Intuition"... My intentions are good, I use my …

  • Allegedly there are advantages to middle age. I'll be damned if I can think of what they are. Less tolerance for bullshit is one, but so what? OTHER people's BS doesn't go away. I have a clearer view of what I'm good…

  • THIS is why I love the AWordADay e-mails I get and sometimes post...this word is ME!..... opsimath (OP-si-math) noun...One who begins learning late in life...[From Greek opsi- (late) + math (learning).]..."The question,…

  • Not only is the Christmas tree down and packed away....but all the Christmas stuff is safely stored in the attic! Putting things in the attic is a chore. The only access is an outside door in one of the roof end peaks.…

  • Anyone else still have a Christmas tree up?.... (PS-it's coming down today...)

  • I've never understood the fascination with Las Vegas, NV. Okay, it's glitzy and bright. And I'm positive that I'd have a great time if I went there. And I know many people who go there all the time ( VelvetGlove ...…

  • This is how different things were in the United States 100 or so years ago, at the turn of the last century... Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by-shooting…

  • This is a fellow Xangan who deserves to be more widely read...rblum .......his latest post on friendships/relationships/getting to know oneself or others is definitely worth perusing...

  • This is another one of those things said by a fellow Xangan that's too good not to quote...comes from cheshired ... no offense to anyone but i think women are crazy. i think we're all mad. for one reason or another we f…

  • A number of blogs I've read recently were written by women about their bodies (or body parts). This made me think of a realization I had a long time ago... Men are taught or told even LESS about womens' bodies than wom…

  • THIS quote from Xanga's own ralbenem is so good that I'm posting it here... i think that recognizing that you're not where you really want to be is the first step in getting to where you want to be

  • I've been thinking today about the 1980's. There seems to be a lot of nostalgia about them all of a sudden. I'm not the nostalgic type by nature, but they were significant... 1980-I started college after being out of …

  • I'm always intrigued when two seemingly different personalities share the same birthday... Elvis Presley would have been 67 today. David Bowie turne 54 (and does NOT look it!). Capricorns in general are interesting pe…

  • One of my FAVORITE words today from AWordADay! sticky wicket (STIK-ee WIK-it) noun...A difficult, awkward or uncertain situation...[From cricket, when the ground is partly wet, resulting in the ballbouncing unpredictabl…

  • I'm always amazed when I post....blogs that I think will get LOTS of comments and e-props don't...and some that seem careless or silly or crazed or weird to me when I read 'em get bombarded!.....

  • How did you become addicted to Xanga, dear readers? Who or what introduced you to the madness??...Have you ever met a favorite Xangie in real life?... In MY case, craigtm introduced my daughter, imperialviolet , to all…

  • Good morning, coffee drinkers! I vote for THIS kind of coffee EVERY morning!...maybe I'm part Irish & don't know it?... "Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all fouressential food groups: alcohol, caffeine…

  • It's almost 9am as I sit here and write. Everyone is still asleep, even the cats (when AREN'T cats asleep?!?). Coffee's started. Snow's falling. I'm going out to get the Free Press as soon as I finish typing. Then a…

  • "All you need for happiness is a good gun,a good horse, and a good wife." - Daniel Boone"Happiness is a way station between to littleand too much." - Channing Pollock"Happiness makes up in height for wh…

  • Minor male-oriented rant directed to the guy in one of the bathrooms here at work yesterday... If you're going to use the stall to piss in, SHUT THE DAMN DOOR! AND if you're going to use a stall and NOT shut the door, …

  • Time for another AWordADay post! I think this one ITSELF is obscure and ostentatious... inkhorn term (INGK-horn turm) nounAn obscure, ostentatious, or bookish word, especially one derived from Latin or Greek.[From the …

  • Ever go to someone's blog and get reminded of something? I went to ZaraD 's page (which all should do--it's a fine one indeed!) and read something she posted about Akhenaton. You'll have to go look yourself to see what…

  • Happy Nude Year, all!... Time for truisms... The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. It is said that if you line up all the cars…

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