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Imagine my horror today when I logged into WordPress to discover today’s blog of the day, Stuff White People Like. Of course, I felt I should click that link, just to satisfy my queasy curiosity. I feared more of that “white pride” spiel that we hear from time to time, from white people who feel [...]

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No one’s ever written about that. I keep doing Google searches, and I come up empty handed. Techniques I’ve employed, with no success, include talking louder, trying to say what I mean in a different way, changing the subject, running from the room, crying, stomping my feet, but I’ve only managed to muddy the waters. [...]

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Ultimate Fighting Cats

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Monday  morning Miguel brought Bella into the vet’s for the big operation. After nine years and no Bella babies, it was time to get her “fixed.” I am now pondering the significance of this word. “Fixed,” to me, implies that something was broken and needed repair, not the removing of ovaries and other useful parts. [...]

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I realize that watching Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter trying to be funny is almost as painful as watching a bad talent show act, but I also feel it is what makes it so good. Notice the attempts at self-parody, and then imagine this performed in front of a live audience, sans the laugh track. [...]

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My Auntie M. just sent me this from her archives. It says: The gavial is distinguished by a larger number of teeth than either alligator or crocodile. The long narrow snout with parallel side is characteristic. I bet you didn’t know this.

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My Aunt Mary and I were having this conversation in e-mail about the usual stuff. I shared this thought I’ve been having lately, about something I remember Ron Howard saying on an interview on Entertainment Tonight a long ol’ time ago, which is that we spend the rest of our lives getting over our childhoods. I think it’s going to [...]

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