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  1. Latest Poem

    My latest poem is a look at myself. I am not completely satisfied with it. Comments on improving it are more than welcomed.

    Self Portrait

    The pencil shadows the face,
    Rounds the head into a sketch,
    The dark hair, the thin lips,
    Features of a Roman bust,
    Tied through DNA,
    The blood at Cannae, victory at Zama...

    What blood, what victory?
    Does the mirror lie?
    The face, fattened and graying,
    Has never
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  2. Father/Son Dynamics

    About 8pm finally decided enough was enough and called Jim back to discuss the calling his son phone call. To no surprise he stated he did not have a good number for Sheila. I, in this instance no fool, immediately supplied the number handwriiten by me before I called him as I've yet to figure out how to talk and chew gum on the cp at the same time yet alone look up numbers stored.

    One bluff called. At least he'll be able to hold his head up. If Sheila answers fine--if not--he ...
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  3. Cosy Christmas

    by , 12-25-2006 at 09:02 PM (Barmy Blue's Bland Blog)
    As I sit here in my lovely new fluffy slippers, typing on a new keyboard Dad got me (Though my old one was fine; if a little sticky from a few food spills and faded on certain letters such as the "A", "M" and "N" ) I must take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (Or alternative holiday that you may celebrate at this time).

    Today I slept in for about 3-4 hours than I normally do on Christmas day, because Dad and I did our errand yesterday.
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  4. Xmas Report

    This is the day for transformations. I awoke up the Grinch, proceeded to Scrooge, melted to Bob Cratchitt and finally settled down to Tiny Tim.

    Mike, Sandy and little Ron came over way too early and I quit being a morning person YEARS ago so I took forever getting up. Even read the paper and did Spurgeon before cleaning up. Speaking of which Dan awoke and did his house-keeping for us. He's much fussier then me and Ruth.

    Presents to Dan went well--a biography of ...
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  5. Merry Merry!

    There are so many ways to say, "Merry Christmas," but the sentiment remains the same. ENJOY!!!!!



    Joyeux Noël
    Buon Natatle
    Feliz Navidad
    Natal feliz
    Fröhliches Weihnachten
    Vrolijke Kerstmis
    Lystig Jul
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