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About S.

Reader, writer, talker, knitter, picture taker, tennis player, music lover, Southerner.

Rape

Posted on October 25, 2012 by S.

There is something I want you to understand whether it’s an election season or not: Rape is rape. Rape is not a blessing from God, or Allah, or whoever you believe. Rape is an act of violence. Rape must never … Continue reading →

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How time slips away

Posted on October 15, 2012 by S.

Not so long ago, I asked my mother to play “The Entertainer,” by Scott Joplin. She said, “I don’t know that song.” If you ever wondered how you would know childhood was definitively over, I can tell you that it … Continue reading →

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More Honey Boo Boo

Posted on October 2, 2012 by S.

Anne Rice likes Honey Boo Boo and Honey Boo Boo’s family. I’m not opposed to them, m’self, though I haven’t watched any more now than I had the last time we visited here. This is what Anne Rice says: Honey … Continue reading →

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I’m going to miss that Mara Davis

Posted on October 1, 2012 by S.

Saturday was the end of DaveFM, which used to be Z93. I know that everybody listens to XM radio now, or streams Pandora, or uses their iPods to listen to music, but I’m a radio holdout. I grew up going … Continue reading →

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Help a turtle out

Posted on September 27, 2012 by S.

This is what my friend Beaufort just posted on Facebook: Two years ago I rescued a Florida soft-shell turtle from a pond store in Michigan. Anybody trying to overwinter that turtle outdoors here would’ve killed it. The soft-shell, whose name … Continue reading →

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Honey Boo Boo

Posted on September 26, 2012 by S.

People sure do like to rag on this little girl and her family and their life, don’t they? I hadn’t seen an episode until last night, when a friend posted on Facebook that it was on and I switched over … Continue reading →

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Leo!

Posted on September 17, 2012 by S.
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Huzzah!

Posted on September 15, 2012 by S.

Praise God and pass the peanut butter, everything is back in the closets! I’ve culled through it and have a bunch of stuff to take to Goodwill, and now the dining room is full of crap, but I can see … Continue reading →

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In case you’re wondering

Posted on September 14, 2012 by S.

I haven’t forgotten about that whole stopthehorn.org thing. I still think those people are stupid and I’m still pissed off about that.

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Let me up, I’ve had enough.

Posted on September 13, 2012 by S.

The ceiling patch had to come down. It was put up without being taped along the joins and it wasn’t any kind of flush with the ceiling. The insulation men flat-out refused to put the insulation in because it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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