Category Archives: mad

Politics

Posted on June 25, 2009 by K

I do not write much about politics.  Framing my views about things over which I have no more than maybe the tiniest shred of a voice – if that – is too hard, too distressing.  I’d have made saltpeter in … Continue reading →

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Morning howl

Posted on June 13, 2009 by K

May I just say that my hair is right now standing on end?  Holy cats. One thing I hate about driving around the university is the propensity of the students who are on foot to think that, because they are … Continue reading →

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Oh, give me a home –

Posted on February 22, 2009 by K

Okay, home from church and dinner, consisting of a GF grilled chicken breast and left-over basically broccoli soup (where did that word come from, broccoli?  Does it sound French to you?  Latin?  Old high German?  And that spelling? Somebody made … Continue reading →

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AHHHH! AHHHH!!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by K

Warning: this a grass-roots, non-political person’s response to something she heard on the radio.  I stand to be corrected by those who may have first hand, educated in reality opinions concerning these things: So, I heard Mr. Obama on the … Continue reading →

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Yeah. Maybe it’s funny.

Posted on January 26, 2009 by K

Home from Texas.  This isn’t an important essay.  Just a reaction to something I ran into.  There are things I really need to write through today, and this isn’t one of them.  Just something that bothered me.             Okay, … Continue reading →

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This is an important notification:

Posted on January 9, 2009 by K

Nobody calls us on the land line anymore. Well, that’s not true. Laura calls sometimes to check on the visiting teaching. And Cam uses it when he can’t raise me on the cel. But honestly? The only reason I keep … Continue reading →

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Atten: Office of Humbug

Posted on December 17, 2008 by K

   Forget cognitive dissonance.  How about cognitive lock-up.  Like they say on the space shows, “I’m trying sir, but the computer’s all locked up.”  Or frozen?  Do they say frozen?  Or jammed.  Any of those.  That’s where I am: cognitive freeze.  What’s wrong with people in administrative offices?  If … Continue reading →

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And in a related story:

Posted on December 5, 2008 by K

Last night, what little family still live in this house gathered around the cool glow of LCD phosphors – wait, I think LCD TVs don’t have phosphors which is probably the whole point of LCD, right? Anyway, we were up … Continue reading →

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Another little snit

Posted on December 5, 2008 by K

It is not my fault that Twilight will not die. And yeah, yeah—that can be considered irony—which would take the book into realms of literary complexity heretofore uncharted by it. So the subject came up in my little Facebook group, … Continue reading →

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Campaign Away!

Posted on October 16, 2008 by K

I’m going to be straight about this: I’m voting for the McCain ticket in November. It’s not because I love everything about it, More like, I’m less afraid of it. There’ve been maybe two elections in my whole life in … Continue reading →

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