The Educated Shoprat

My mother died a year ago today. The last couple months of her life she was barely conscious and was often not even aware that you were there. I miss her but I will see her again.

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2012/02/mom.html

I am looking forward to this movie. While it's called John Carter it appears to be the first book of the series: A Princess of Mars. I think Edgar Rice Burroughs' vision of Barsoom (Mars), while...

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Karen Carpenter 1950 -1983

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When I was in school there were bullies. My mother and father spoke of bullies in school. The writings of Charles Dickens include bullies. Ben Franklin briefly spoke of being bullied when he was ...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2012/02/bullies-past-and-present.html

Under normal circumstances the government should have no say in what I own unless it is a real (not perceived) threat to the general population or the environment. Then it must be proven a threat...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-may-be-real-problem.html

The Hiriko itself is a very good idea. For some people they would be very useful. (Small, compact, good mileage, perfect for 1 or 2 people with very short range travel needs.) For other people t...

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Sarah McKinley I salute you. Having been devastated by the loss of a husband, you showed the grit to defend your home, your baby, and yourself from hoodlums. You probably never wanted to kill an...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2012/01/human-right-vindicated.html

At about 5:55 AM as I was finishing my shift and waiting to punch out I got a call that Dad was going to the hospital. Fifteen minutes later I got another call; he was gone. Except for his para...

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Once again Michigan leads the way , to the shame and humiliation of all in this state. We not only have two of the ten most dangerous cities in America but we have number one and number two. Fl...

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If a union actually was what they pretend to be I could support them. The reality of what they are is unsupportable by enlightened people of integrity. The idea of collective bargaining and griev...

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When I first started at my last employer almost 20 years ago it was a non-union shop where everyone from the President of the Company to the most recent employees had a first name, which is what ...

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I have pointed out on more than one occasion, and others have too, that we have been faced with a new cataclysmic environmental catastrophe every ten years or so. 1960s We were going to be burie...

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I am sorry to say that my Mother has passed away. She had been comatose for several days and Dad, all 4 of her sons, along with some grandchildren and one daughter in law were with her at some po...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2011/02/mom.html

(I am still distracted at the moment but this angered me enough that I had to say something.) If I had a younger sister and took her off somewhere, bound her and beat her for several hours w...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2011/01/even-starlets-are-threatened.html

I had to take time off from work and assist in the family due to a near-tragedy, but it did not directly involve my parents. Fortunately no funeral this time. For reasons of privacy I can't say m...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-week.html

Yes it's been while and I wish it were otherwise. What has happened is Mom almost constantly in and out of the hospital and most of my days off are spent in Bay City. Dad, considering that he is...

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My life is mostly real life right now. When I do post I want to do it right and not half-do it. I will be back, hopefully soon.

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I may be a space buff but this guy is out of his mind .

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2010/07/potential-darwin-award.html

First sorry about the absence, but this is my second time on line this month. I was talking to a friend who is running for the state legislature a few months ago and suggested that the state fu...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-kind-of-expected-this.html

A world without fathers? He came in at once, paused for a moment just inside the door, looked round, then soft on his moccasined feet strode quickly across the room, fell on his knees in front o...

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I acknowledge that I have been gone for too long. A year and a half ago I spent two to five hours a day on the net, now it seems like I can't spend that much time a month. I'm lucky to check my E...

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Early this morning I was watching PBS and there was an interesting Nature program about childhood for wild animals. It was fascinating and disturbing. What was most disturbing was the high mortal...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2010/05/wild-child-and-nature.html

Which CSI Miami Character Are You? More on CSI: Miami . Created by BuddyTV She's been off the show for a couple of years now.

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It seems as if I am never on line anymore with so much going on. Mom is doing better than I expected but she will not be coming home. She is going to a rehab center for a few weeks and then prob...

http://gluxian.blogspot.com/2010/05/sunday-mothers-day.html

Check this out: Considerations of an Ex Muslim

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