Tag: news
member name: Visionaerie B.
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December 20, 2009 10:32 PM EST --
(I wrote this on December 17, 2009).
"If you build it, they will come." That memorable truism lit up the classic 'Field of Dreams' film. But did anyone who helped build Thomson prison, actually imagine . . .
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December 05, 2006 12:11 AM EST --
"..we all have the knowledge of DNA, but we still die..Those last few days at Jonestown ain't got nothing on this..How do we tell the people in the white coats, enough is enough?" -- "White . . .
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January 14, 2007 11:43 PM EST --
There was an interesting story on CBS (TV) News tonight. In San Rafael, California, birdwatchers congregate to watch "European starling" formations! They swirl . . .
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February 15, 2007 12:05 AM EST --
"They're back!" Yes, it's political silly-season time again. And those finely-honed, surgical-steel spin-blades of the mainstream media machine, are headed your . . .
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January 10, 2007 11:49 PM EST --
(The following is not intended to criticize honest gun owners -- our bulwark against tyranny -- or anyone facing armed conflicts or tyranny, or anyone from any ethnic group. It merely asks, "What . . .
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February 10, 2007 11:37 PM EST --
I have great news -- our old unused Macintosh Performa computer was adopted today, by a loving home. A vintage '95 model I got for free from a local business, it was mostly . . .
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March 01, 2007 11:48 PM EST --
Last Friday was a real watershed of bad luck in our household. It must have been the barometric pressure drop before that nasty ice-snowstorm, but everything seemed to go wrong. . . .
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March 31, 2007 11:54 PM EDT --
A crackened sky gave flight today
When God sent down an earthly ray
Delivering a soul to him
As mortal prospects grew so dim.
He’d made it through a stroke and fall
A brand-new hip, and Caedmon’s . . .
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April 22, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
(This was written on April 16, in response to the VA Tech shootings).
I was going to write about enhancing our garden, but it seems like there's a larger garden . . .
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June 02, 2007 11:24 PM EDT --
The weathered winds that Marched through May
Set every creature into play
A furry flurry of emotion
Like tidal pools upon the ocean.
When all at once, the thunder clattered
And quiet pause . . .
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June 28, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
My first album experience was Elton's 'Greatest Hits' -- which I played until the needle nearly wore it out! Every time my brother hassled me, I'd lock myself . . .
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January 13, 2007 12:24 AM EST --
Where heaven and nature sang, now their warnings clang
Flocks of birds in sky, tumble down to die
Unseen rays shoot out, silent thunder clout
HAARP creates a storm -- atmosphere it warms.
Chemtrails . . .
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February 05, 2007 11:47 PM EST --
Nothing is more important to me, and to the very future of civilization, than individual liberty. It is the spark that fires the mighty cannon of progress, but these days, it appears . . .
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March 26, 2007 12:35 AM EDT --
Taggees, here's your "ghoul"!
1. I was a nine pound, eight ounce baby -- approximately the same size as my brother, born about three years earlier. Three years after . . .
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June 26, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
In the grand tradition of our previous "Truth or Dare" entries, here is my list of four truthful statements -- plus a fictitious fifth one thrown in as a fun kind of . . .
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August 04, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
One of my favorite free political e-mail newsletters is called 'Common Sense' -- concisely and expertly crafted by long-time term-limits advocate Paul Jacob.
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August 23, 2007 11:18 PM EDT --
With all the depressing news that seems to make its way to us in a constant stream, we could all use a story that really restores our faith in the basic goodness of mankind -- . . .
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December 09, 2007 11:39 PM EST --
(Sorry I haven't had time to post in a while, having been deluged by too much e-mail!).
I'm amazed that I'm not writing this by gaslight, jacklight, or . . .
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January 20, 2008 11:19 PM EST --
I've been a big fan of the '20/20' show for many years, loyally taping it every Friday night. Now, however, they seem to be veering dangerously into tabloid territory . . .
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February 24, 2007 11:09 PM EST --
Last Tuesday I was watching a segment on ABC's provocative series, 'The Outsiders.' Suddenly I felt a strong need to launch some kind of pulse weapon at the so-called . . .
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