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More snow today. More cold. Thank God.

It was 15 degrees (f) this morning. I didn't wear a coat or a hat.

I arrived at work early and got out of my car to walk the short distance to my building. Some else got out of her car at about the same time. She was bundled from head to toe: down coat, wool hat, gloves. . . . .

"Forget your coat?" she asks.

"No. I only wear coats when it's cold outside" I reply and smile. ...

Men Who Bleed

There is a voice
that barely whispers
in the dark.

Eyes watching
from the shadows
beyond.

Lingering on the fringe
of a society
that shuts them
out.

Those who must
suffer voiceless
in a world deaf
to their pleas.

How unfortunate
for them that they
fail to conform
to the status quo
of what gender roles ...

I told you all about the story, of how I happened to give a bit of criticism to a fellow poet, in which I told him that I felt that certain parts of his poem came across as sexist and he through a conniption fit and the poem in question was a poem about the issue of domestic violence, and the issue I had with it, is that for one I felt it grouped all women in the category of being victims and weak and helpless (which you can imagine did not go over well with me) and two it seemed to suggest that ...

I just got a call from a friend of mine, John, who is a retired electrical engineer and pretty much a genius in my mind. Anyway, on Thursday when my grandparents came over for Thanksgiving, my gramps told me that John was driving to Denver for an annual woodworking show, when he heard this 'thunk' from in his engine. Now, you don't need to be a mechanic to know, any kind of 'thunk' in your engine is NOT a good sign.
Now, let me tell you about John's truck. He has a 1998 24 valve Dodge ...

I know I took some heat in my wishing that my brother-in-law was hear to resolve my computer problems for me on Thanksgiving instead of going to spend time with his family, but whenever they have to spend time with his mother, my sister always comes back with a new story.

This is just to give an example of what his mother is like because this wasn't just a fluke or one time incident, this is how she is all the time.

To try and keep things from getting confusing from ...