Insomnia Notebook
Monday, December 07, 2009

Pearl Harbor 68th anniversary

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Today is the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. My wife forwarded this e-mail from a friend. Out of the thousands of anonymous ...
Sunday, December 06, 2009

Handymen

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A few years ago we got news stories linking creased earlobes to heart problems. I looked at my own earlobes and saw creases. They are deeper...
Saturday, December 05, 2009

English is a crazy language

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I don't normally reproduce e-mails I get, but I found this one more interesting than most. It's something of a followup to my post t...
Friday, December 04, 2009

"In what furnace was thy brain?"

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The tiger has sunk back deep into his lair. Tiger. Handsome, athletic, a champion. Rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Could what I hea...
Monday, November 30, 2009

The gay junkie

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Monday meanderings... The English language is fascinating because it is constantly changing. Words that meant one thing in one era can evolv...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Watching Watchmen

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I waited months to see Watchmen because of the negative reviews I read on its theatrical release. I wanted the furor to die down. When the ...
Friday, November 27, 2009

Here's your Christmas fruit basket

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Thanksgiving is over. It's time to start the Christmas celebration. To kick it off here's a story from the school district I retired...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

"For Christmas I want a gun, hon!"

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I got this advertising postcard in the mail the other day. I thought of doing what it says, "leave this where your wife pays the bills!...

Boofheads

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I started noticing the retro-'60s look a couple of years ago. Since I notice fashion trends just about the time they're going out, I...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Scam I am

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Andy Warhol. The man. The scam. In 2006 the website Pyramid Scheme Alert gave Utah a special designation as "the scam state." Not...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Leaf me alone!

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Yesterday I was in my front yard with my lawn mower. The grass hasn't grown a millimeter in weeks, but the lawn is covered in leaves. I ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Happy birthday, Diana Krall

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Diana Krall is 45 years old today. Did I say old? Does this woman look old? She doesn't look much different to me than when I first saw ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

How much time do I have left?

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"Do you want to live forever?" is a cliché used in war movies when the sarge exhorts his troops to go over the top. He doesn't...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Gentlemen Broncos

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I love movies made in Utah with Hollywood actors, because often they don't understand the quirkiness of the place where they're film...
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