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OK, this came to me driving in to work this morning, and as usual I felt the need to inflict this on share this with you all!  I’m blatently cross-posting from Free Range Poetry, where it can be found at http://www.freerangepoetry.com/?p=149.  Also, you need to remember -  ( Read more... )

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So here we are, at the end of 2013. Back in January, I declared 2013 an unruly teenager, and decided to review and assign each month a grade. As I recall, January got a C. Needless to say, my resolve to grade each month lasted about as long as teenaged boy’s resolve to ( Read more... )

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Long story short, I got a new job.  Actually, I got the old job, but with a new company.  Anyway, long story, but I have a new crew that I’m working with, and on my first day back, three out of four of us decided to go out for lunch - the fourth guy was already eating his ( Read more... )

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I know, I was doing the whole Shutdown Countdown thing, but I got furloughed.  Luckily, I’ve declared myself essential personnel, and I’ve brought you, yes, no, that’s right - another song.  You know the tune.  And now look - I sang the last one.  You know you don’t want me to ( Read more... )

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“Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo. I do believe it, I do believe it’s true.” - Simon and Garfunkel, 1967

04 October 2013, Washington D.C.: As the US Federal Government continues to bicker about whether John Boehner and Barack Obama are both actually the biological ( Read more... )

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“If ‘pro’ is the opposite of ‘con,’ what is the opposite of progress?” - Paul Harvey

03 October 2013, Washington D.C.: As the US Federal Government continues to bicker about how many toppings they want on their healthcare reform, the National Zoo finds itself in the cross- ( Read more... )

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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

02 October 2013, Washington D.C.: As the US Federal Government continues to bicker about the budget, twerking, Obamacare, and whether Miley Cyrus would make a better ( Read more... )

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OK, with all due respect, rights, and mad props to Green Day, I present for your reading and humming along pleasure my cheerful filk on one of their best songs. You can just please read, hum, and pretend you’re hearing Billie Jo Armstrong bitch at Congress.  (And not, you know ( Read more... )

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So there I was on a Saturday morning before the Mall opened, at the Mall.  As  usual, don’t ask.

Is there any place more soul destroying than a decrepit old mall?  If there is, it’s that mall before the doors open and the lights come on. As I walk past the run-down furniture ( Read more... )

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Recently my company launched a new initiative for “Wellness” - promoting employee welfare through staying in shape, maintaining a good work-life balance, being responsible citizens, and being “prepared” - although that latter one mostly read like making sure you’re prepared to ( Read more... )