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  1. Fireworks

    This was just an effort to get rid of the writers' block. I did not edit it otherwise I would not make the choice to post it....
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    - July 5, 2010


    There is something about the fireworks on Independence Day that never fails to lapse me into silent reflection; although I receive thorough enjoyment gazing up at them, they always bring with them some bout of sadness as well. For most of the early part of summer, ...
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  2. what is wrong with....

    by , 07-06-2010 at 07:04 AM (day in a life)
    ...men. I hate to display some double standard cause I really hate it when women do this, we seem to be able to say anything about men, on the cover of a magazine I saw in a store the other day was a picture of a woman who had been treated badly by her ex and she simply said 'men are retarded' I am sure that if the same thing had been written about women the magazine,the editor and the person who wrote it would be sued! but getting back to the point, after chatting with my son about his weekend ...
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  3. Flew the Nest

    This morning at about 8 AM the two hummingbird
    fledglings at the front door left their nest. We have been watching them closely, even before they hatched. The serendipity of the placement of the nest, on a chain hanging from a reflective plate at the entryway, has allowed us to peek into the nest at will. The young birds were incredibly tiny when they hatched. They grew steadily at first, then in a short period of about three days, they went through a growth spurt, and they were gone. We ...
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  4. First Day Part 2

    by , 07-05-2010 at 05:08 PM (Barmy Blue's Bland Blog)
    Hello all. Thank you for your encouragement. The bosses are nice. The colleagues are nice. Today we just filled out forms, had a run through of what we’re supposed to do. Needed to pee all day. It seems that happens when I’m nervous, explains why I got up 3 times instead of sleeping. You need a swipe card to get out of the office and tho toilets are outside of the office, by the stairs. I don't like the idea of leaving the office until I have a card. We got to go home early so we weren’t being paid ...

    Updated 07-05-2010 at 05:10 PM by Bluebiird

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  5. July 3, 2010 (10:11am)

    by , 07-05-2010 at 10:46 AM (Pandora Astronomical)
    Quote Originally Posted by PrinceMyshkin View Post


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    The clouds overhead were somehow
    unsure of themselves, temporary,
    hardly any cover for the sun.

    While I waited for Andrea
    to return from the drugstore, I kept an eye
    on the half-moon in the morning sky.

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    People have asked me
    why so many of my poems
    end so abruptly
    as if there were something more
    to be said, but when I have spoken
    my inspiration, the last,
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