Growing Old Disgracefully

5 years of Time

Published on September 3 2006

CNN.com - What we have learned since 9/11 - Sep 3, 2006 "We saw back then what we were capable of at our best, and now find ourselves just moving on, willing to listen to our leaders but not necessarily believe them, supporting the troops but disputing...

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It was 50 years ago today....

Published on September 2 2006

Well, actually it was fifty years ago last week, but Labor Day weekend is a good time to get the whole gang together to celebrate my parents' golden wedding anniversary. We don't all get together often, but an occasion like this one doesn't happen often...

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slow day in protest land

Published on September 2 2006

CNN.com - Pluto demotion draws protest - Sep 2, 2006 LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (AP) -- Size doesn't matter. "That was the message as friends and colleagues of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, gathered on the New Mexico State...

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Love, Loss, Hope, Repeat

Published on August 31 2006

September 12th should be "tunes day" around here--not only is this a purchase on my list, so also will be the new Carbon Leaf album, samples of which can be heard at the link below. Carbon Leaf played in a nearby town a few weeks back, and I would have...

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Campus Productivity Kit Warning

Published on August 31 2006

While surfing, found an interesting-looking "note-taking" software offer; so went through the entire "who are you, what is your address, what are your children's names, give us your credit card numbers" rigamarole. After getting an email, I *finally*...

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CNN's "Oh $hit" moment of the week

Published on August 30 2006

CNN `Live From...' the ladies room - Yahoo! News NEW YORK - Kyra Phillips, anchor of CNN's "Live From...," unwittingly upstaged President Bush's speech in New Orleans with on-the-air analysis of her husband and the marriage of her brother — all live from...

The list assignment is out for the 2,996 list. I am just one of the people who has signed up for this very worthy project. 2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11. On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the...

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and look who's #1!

Published on August 24 2006

10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed Welcome to the 10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed website. This site was started by six friends who, sitting around the dinner table one Saturday night, came to the conclusion that civilization was doomed. We felt...

CNN.com - Hilton: 'I, like, cry, when I listen to' CD - Aug 21, 2006 Paris" the album was set for release Tuesday. Hilton's breathy, reggae-infused single, "Stars Are Blind," has climbed to the top of Billboard's dance music chart. Of her album, she says,...

Sixty may be the new 40 but Bill Clinton hates it - Yahoo! News Apparently my whiny cohort, the Baby Boomers, are beginning to hit the big ole SIX-OH, and not liking it! "Sixty is the new 40. You see baby boomers buying Harley-Davidsons and taking off...