Monthly Archives: April 2010

English is a Funny Language

“You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.”        Laurel and Hardy I came across this quote and laughed. It still strikes me as hilarious, though I am not sure why. Last night my wife was … Continue reading

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Every Path Leads Somewhere

I was lying in bed early this morning after waking up from a strange nightmare. Something about pulling papers out of a confidential file that I wasn’t supposed to access. I ended up with some terrible lung disease as a … Continue reading

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Back to Work Blahs

I am just finishing my spring break week off, and I feel very ambivalent about what I have spent my time doing and going back to my routine of having the middle of my day absorbed by work. I like … Continue reading

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Here I Am Again Wondering How I Got Here

My memory is so mysterious and unreliable, shifty, that I have to set up landmarks in my own history to tie it down, but stable points are hard to find, the births of my children, the day Mary and I … Continue reading

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The Dead Do Not Weep

The sounds of sorrow, pain and horror; sighs, moans, shrieks, and howls, can be the sounds of joy, rapture and ecstasy. Laughter can be an expression of happy surprise or vicious derision Light can be enlightenment or the harsh glare … Continue reading

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