Tag: thoughts
member name: Joe K.
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March 28, 2009 12:03 PM EDT --
Yesterday, I spent the whole day taking care of financial matters for my mother who is now in a nursing home. It was a long, tiring day. One in which I am still recovering from as I write this. It meant . . .
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March 18, 2008 02:54 PM EDT --
Barack Obama gave a speech in Philadelphia today that was well crafted and to the point, addressing the issue of race in America and what his vision is on that divisive and important issue.
Was it . . .
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June 02, 2009 05:42 PM EDT --
Yesterday, GM filed for bankruptcy in the Federal Courts. It was a decision that was a long time in the making and a difficult one for the American to accept.
While I never bought a GM car, I have borrowed . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:42 AM EST --
The Yankees won another World Series yesterday. Now, this blog is not about the Yankees winning their 27th World Series or about the Cubbies (my favorite baseball team losing out again). It about the . . .
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March 25, 2008 09:54 AM EDT --
Watching the Democratic run for the White House has become a bitter fight to the finish. It is a case of not taking any prisoners. Ripping the heart out of each other and leaving nothing to come home to . . .
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August 06, 2009 11:46 AM EDT --
I'm sure you have seen them on television or listened to them on radio. You know, the talking heads, the commentators or whatever else they call themselves. They tell you what they want you to know, to . . .
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April 15, 2009 11:50 AM EDT --
Over the last few weeks I’ve been going through a lot of old papers and documents in an attempt to get rid of the clutter that seems to engulf me, as I get older. I want to make things simpler and more . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
One of the problems I have had in taking care of the house is a tree the somehow grew between the two fences that divided the back yards of our place and our neighbor. I have tried to prune it back and . . .
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February 06, 2008 12:31 PM EST --
With the weather so lousy these days in the Midwest I have had time on my hands and was watching TV Land a few days ago. There I caught a little of the Beverly Hillbillies and had to laugh and later thinking . . .
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May 06, 2008 04:13 PM EDT --
I spent a good part of the day to work on the Obama campaign in Indiana. It has been a good 30 some years since I have worked on any kind of campaign and I found it exciting and I feel that no matter what, . . .
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August 04, 2008 04:30 PM EDT --
Last week, I had to do some shopping for a birthday present, and went to one of the malls to do my walking and then shop.
After my two runs around the mall I picked up my present and looked around . . .
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August 14, 2008 09:48 AM EDT --
I went out to take my daily walk and cringed as I looked at out lawn. We have a lot of crabgrass this year. After two sessions of spreading crabgrass killer on the lawn, I raised the white flag and gave . . .
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August 20, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
I went over to see a friend and they had their grandkids over and they were playing one of their video games (I can’t believe that I’m even talking about someone’s grandkids, but tine marches on).
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April 30, 2009 08:09 PM EDT --
The one thing that I would give a failing grade for is the Chia Obama. This is the most ridiculous item that I have seen on television in many a long time.
Now, I know that there are a lot of items . . .
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June 10, 2009 05:51 PM EDT --
My friend Jim wrote this in response to my blog “The Day The Cars Stopped Rolling.”
“Last night I walked through a neighboring sub division and discovered, not everyone is wallowing . . .
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June 20, 2009 12:16 PM EDT --
It was reported in the New York Times recently that slugger Sammy Sosa had tested positive for a performance enhancing drug during the 2003 season. If this is true than the three biggest sluggers of the . . .
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July 24, 2009 11:16 AM EDT --
I've been spending time reading other blogs and see that they have 10,000 or 20,000 hits on this site or that site. Me? The most I ever had is over 6,0000 over a few years of blogging. Still, I'm not . . .
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July 28, 2009 03:57 PM EDT --
I haven’t said much about the Chicago Cubs since late last year. This is especially true since their swift departure from the play-offs for the second year in a row.
Yep, I’ve been lying . . .
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August 16, 2009 08:54 PM EDT --
This weekend we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Music festival at Woodstock. For us baby boomers, it was a time to remember and groove on the music that shaped our lives and moved us all these . . .
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September 03, 2009 08:34 AM EDT --
I haven't been writing on the blogs lately as I've been busy. My mother who has been in either a hospital or a nursing home for nearly a year, finally came home. So, of course I've been busy taking care . . .
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