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The Little Old Lady from Dureya
“Yes, I need help, I’m 86 years old. Could you come put my air conditioner into my window?” comes a crackly voice. “Excuse me? The association doesn’t do that kind of thing maam.” I explain. “But it needs to go in there. And there is a bar that is broken too, could you fix that?” she asks. I take her name and number, call her local city hall in Dureya, PA. “Why didn’t she call…
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Update
Hi,I’ve probably told you all more than enough, to check my site: http://mrjamezq.blogspot.com/ if you want to know what’s going on with me… well… I haven’t written anything there in a while… so you can claim you did and still don’t know what’s going on. I’m temping at the NAHB which is about a 20 minute walk from home. Nice job, nice folks… but only 4 days a week. There are issues there… like the…
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Independence Day
Welcome to America land of the free and the brave; where freedom reigns and the hope of a brighter tomorrow is the dream of millions of immigrants each year. One definition of Independence: freedom from control or influence of another or others. This is a founding principle of our country, our forefathers designed this country’s laws to make freedom from control and influence of others a top priority. This was especially true of religion. The…
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Open Letter to the Politicians of the US
It needs to be said and I’m not quite sure why you haven’t figured it out yet yourself. We are a vain country, the most read or listened to news story’s are about Hollywood stars not the men and women dying everyday in Iraq. We spend billions of dollars each year on beauty products of all kinds for all kinds of people. Bulimia and Anorexia run rampant in our nation, skyrocketing above the rates in…
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He Returned…
The opening credits and score were a sure bet we were in for a movie that lived up to the name: Superman; both were a salute back to Supermans I, II, III and IV. It truly was a nice gesture. I also think Lois’s crimped hair was a nice salute to the original Lois from the comic books. Clark, as he is called when not in uniform, came back to earth in a spaceship after…
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The View of Star
Why is the story of Star Jones leaving the View, not about the fact that she looks like an alien now? Seriously her big eyes, freakishly slim body and big head all just creep people out. This isn’t about Rosy O’Donnel or any of the other nonsense… Star, you’re scaring the children! Most of us adults too. So stop trying to create a bandwagon and face the truth, your one scary looking woman. On a…
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The Only Hill
Jean-Pierre used to say we lived on the only hill in Washington. Not true, but it sure seemed like it when I was a smoker. 16th Street gradually runs up, so there is presently no flooding near my house. The rain has been something to see, the entire sky whites out and all you see is vapor as this stuff hits objects. The rain doesn’t manage to cool anything off either, the humidity keeps us…
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Refreshing…
Finally, the air conditioning has been fixed!!! 😉 They came yesterday bright and early (8:30) and set to work on replacing our 25 year old system. It took them all day (they left about 3:30), and they worked mostly through lunch. There was no slacking or being lazy, they worked hard. The new outside unit is twice as tall as the old, like a tower. The inside unit is slim, sleek and digital. They even…
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12 Hour Days
I’m not in my 20s anymore, big shocker. In my twenties I could work 4 ten hour days in a row, go out and get drunk each and every one of those nights and not mind at all. I might have been hung over or still drunk when I arrived, but I didn’t get to tired out or draggy. Not so now in my 30s. One 12 hour day is about all I can take.…
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