Insomnia Notebook
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Me and Donovan, gettin' high and gettin' by

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I've put on my love beads, my sandals, my tie-dye shirt and my peace sign medallion. I've jumped into the Wayback Machine and I'...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Paranoia is catching

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This sequence from Dilbert reminds me of the time I was so exasperated with my boss I told him, "If I come to your funeral I promise I ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Nostalgia night

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I'm on a nostalgia kick today. Last night I was wandering around the YouTube wonderland, thinking up names of bands and songs from my te...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Missing wives, murdering husbands

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Mark and Lori Hacking had gone to high school together. They had married, and when Lori was 27 she was pregnant. Mark and Lori were moving t...
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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Private eyes, they're watching you, they see your every move...

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What to make of this? An affluent suburban Philadelphia school district has been accused of spying on high school students via the laptop we...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Bad good

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Jeff Bridges reminds me of a Brando in reverse. When he thanked the audience at the Golden Globes for their standing ovation, he said, ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Big themes in Big Love

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Sally and I follow Big Love on HBO. It's about halfway through its fourth season and into a plotline I find perplexing, even if I find ...
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Monday, February 15, 2010

Dead President's Day

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It's President's Day in the U.S. It's a day to remember past presidents by having big furniture and car sales. Banks are closed,...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Are you good enough?

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Sally and I were grocery shopping today. One whole aisle of the store is set aside for Valentine's candy, cards, gifts. Sally observed, ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

...the code "crazy" on his tuberculosis.

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My son, David, who is married to a Vietnamese woman, sometimes goes to Vietnamese news sources. He had this story translated by Google. You ...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

How real is reality?

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Sally and I like to watch The Little Couple , a reality show about a married pair of "little people." Jen and Bill are likable and...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

You wouldn't hurt these kitties, would you? This a-hole would...

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A story by reporter Nate Carlisle in the February 2, 2010 Salt Lake Tribune introduces us to the boss from hell. Cory Bowman was the direct...
Monday, February 01, 2010

The pageboy girls

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I never get tired of looking at pictures of Bettie Page, the pin-up model of the late 1940s and early-to-mid 1950s. Bettie was on the covers...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Happy birthday, Marty Balin

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Marty Balin, born Martyn Jerel Buchwald on January 30, 1942, is best known for his time with the Jefferson Airplane and its successor, Jeffe...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Movie genres that need to go!

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When the latest in the sexy vampire series, Twilight , came out as a movie a couple of months ago, I groaned. Then the movie Eli came out, ...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Happy birthday, Richie Havens

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Richie Havens is 69 years old today. Happy birthday, Richie! I've spent some time today going through some of the YouTube videos featuri...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Hand in the cookie jar

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I read in my local newspaper today that one of my former coworkers has just been arrested and charged with embezzling nearly $10,000 from th...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

"Most Beautiful"

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After my last posting with the crazy high heels, a reader wrote to tell me she didn't like to buy really good shoes because her husband ...
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