Sophisticated Lunacy

NAME THAT BABY, PART 2! Well, I guessed wrong, guys!   When my daughter Lissa announced a few weeks ago that she was expecting a child in September, like many others, I assumed that it ...

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  With the recent wonderful announcement that my daughter, Lissa, is expecting her first child, one of the discussions we shared focused on what to name the baby.  Her husband, Jon, tends ...

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"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves    did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves,   and the mome raths outgrabe." Thus, begins the Lewis Carroll poem, Jabberwoc...

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Guys, have you ever found yourself wanting to tell your lady friend something, but then stopped yourself because you recognized that it contained a potential emotional landmine? It could be ...

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There comes a time in everyone’s life… No.   That’s not right.  I don’t presume to speak for everyone.  Outside of an occasional metaphorical wrench thrown their way, fo...

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Midnight arrived and, as expected, the subtle strains of Guy Lombardo found its way through the thin apartment walls amid loud cheering and laughter.   For Tim there was no reason to ce...

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Many years ago when I lived in California I had a co-worker named Ron who lived in Arizona.  He used to constantly complain about “Snowbirds,” the term coined to describe these retired ...

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I haven’t done a rant in a while, but I have long-since surpassed my threshold for this type of blind ignorance and feel a serious need to brush aside the cobwebs from this blog and rage a...

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. Hi everyone!  It’s been awhile since I posted anything.  I’ve been busy unpacking and settling into our new place in Arizona and haven’t paid much attention to the blog.  But th...

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. . This is my literary contribution for week 175 of Jenny Matlock’s Saturday Centus.   Like the previous week's assignment, our assignment this week is to write a 100 word story or poem ...

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. This is my literary contribution for week 174 of Jenny Matlock’s Saturday Centus.  That’s right, we’ve had 174 WEEKS of Saturday Centus so far.  That’s 174 weekly opportun...

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I'm back once again to participate in week 171 of Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus, a fun and challenging literary meme that is an exercise in concise writing.   How concise?  How about 102...

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Ahh, I love the smell of Centus in the morning.    Smells like... brevity! Welcome Centusians, bloggy buddies, close friends and family, lurkers, and the ever-present government intellig...

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I'm back once again to participate in week 168 of Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus, a fun and challenging literary meme that is an exercise in concise writing. You can visit Jenny's blog,�...

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. I'm back once again to participate in week 166 of Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus, a fun and challenging literary meme that is an exercise in concise writing.   You can visit Jenny's...

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. This is my entry for week 162 of Saturday Centus, a challenging literary meme created in the oh-so-fertile mind of Ms. Jenny Matlock at her blog off on my tangent .   The instruction...

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Ahoy! 'tis me entry fer week 160 o' Jenny Matlock’s Saturday Centus, a fun literary meme designed t' challenge yer writin' skills by forcin' ye t' write concise tales of 100 well-chosen wo...

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This is my entry for week 159 of Jenny Matlock’s Saturday Centus, the itty bitty story writing meme celebrated by writers worldwide.   I’m a little late to the party this week because...

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. Saturday is finally here and time to abandon the tribulations of the work week and indulge in a little creative wordsmithing! What better way to do this than to participate in week 1...

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. This is my entry for week 156 of Saturday Centus, the literary brain-child of Ms. Jenny Matlock, bloggess extraordinaire and scintillating host of her blog off on my tangent . The ins...

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. It’s week 154 of Saturday Centus and time once again to write some mini-fiction as part of this fun and challenging literary meme by the incomparable Jenny Matlock.  So if you have a...

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. For week #152 of  Saturday Centus our oh-so-creative teacher, Ms. Jenny, has challenged us Centusians to write a rhyme based upon this photo of a deviled egg.   Why a deviled egg?  We...

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. WELL IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE I PARTICIPATED IN SATURDAY CENTUS, THIS WONDERFUL LITERARY MEME HOSTED BY IT'S EQUALLY WONDERFUL HOST, JENNY MATLOCK, FROM HER BLOG, OFF ON MY TANGENT ....

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. IT IS WEEK 143 OF JENNY MATLOCK'S FUN AND CHALLENGING WRITING MEME, SATURDAY CENTUS, FROM HER BLOG, "OFF ON MY TANGENT ."  THIS WEEK JENNY HAS PROVIDED A PHOTO FROM WHICH TO INSPIRE OU...

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Well I'm back again, this time to post more Saturday Centus 100 word (106 actually) silliness for week 138 of this fun writing meme from the creatively fertile mind of our dear Ms. Jenny Mat...

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