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A Memory of My Dad
Originally posted to fortysomething...When I was in ninth grade, I cashed in a $50 savings bond to do Christmas shopping and was dismayed to receive just over $25 for it. (I'd only had it a year and didn't understand how savings bonds worked.) When I told my dad and told him the name of the banker who had "cheated" me out of my $50, he took the money and ( Read more... ) -
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I believe it is quite normal to question things and re-examine one's path at pivotal stages of life. The forty-something years are one of those stages. I am getting close to the age where I will not have as many years in front of me as I have behind me. Right now i can still double my age and see living to that number of years. That won't be ( Read more... ) -
Birthday Surprises
Yesterday Ms. T was working on her laptop, so I brought her lap desk to her. "Would you like your mouse?" I asked her. When she answered in the affirmative, I brought that to her, too ( Read more... ) -
What My Eyes See
Bryant Park on a hump night. The summer film series is over, so they've dismantled the screen. It's nice to see the view without the screen in the way.
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Things I Did This Week That Made Me Feel Good
- Vacuuming and mopping the hardwood floors.
- Washing all of our dirty laundry.
- Including The Teen in the housekeeping by having him sweep and scrub the kitchen floor.
- Keeping the dishes out of the sink.
- Sketching.
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A Little Education for You
Listen as Keith Olbermann debunks the myths surrounding the community center planned for 45 Park Place, NYC (2-4 blocks away from Ground Zero, depending on how you count "blocks"): the building which has been incorrectly labeled by much of the media and its opponents as "The Ground Zero Mosque".
"There is no training ground for terrorists. ( Read more... )
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