Tag: people
member name: Rick McGirr
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September 28, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
Here are the top ten reasons I don't watch commercial TV, as a rule:
10. Repeated viewings of stupid, nebulous, or obnoxious commercials nauseates me.
9. Repeated use of predictable plots, lines, . . . more
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August 30, 2006 11:59 AM EDT --
Thanks for creating this group. I'm in need of some advice or info that will help me enter the post-50 portion of life with more grace and less pain.
It's appropriate that I title . . . more
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September 14, 2006 01:55 PM EDT --
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR YOUNG?
I can't help it. I see the young man in that TV ad jogging through the neighborhood. I listen as he shares his thoughts with us. It's . . . more
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November 19, 2006 10:59 AM EST --
Ow? Are you hurt? Oh.
I thought you were hurt.
Yeah, that was funny.
I didn't mean to laugh at your pain, no.
No, I just thought you said, "Ow"
Before anything happened. . . . more
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August 29, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Hi, all. This is a delusional diatribe, a set of rambling ruminations, an overtly over-generalized overview, a plaintive, pontificating plethora of thoughts about my generation of . . . more
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October 04, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
Why No Push To Remove Bush?
Lately, we see more and more cracks in the moralistic, patriotic façade of the policy makers. We also see people in the media one by one start to realize . . . more
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September 11, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
I'm not budging
No appeals to fear
Will sway my dogged determination
To seek what is right...
Beliefs
I believe
Give me space
Time for one cleansing load of air...
The game . . . more
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May 25, 2007 01:01 PM EDT --
Memorial Day. Big flippin' deal.
You dwell on the heroism of the dead, and don't think a minute about how we are ever going to stop piling up the bodies. How does that . . . more
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June 16, 2006 01:09 PM EDT --
This is truly improbable. When you achieve rock-stardom, you have options ranging from buying your own Caribbean island to jet-setting worldwide. Ian Gillan, famous for his lead vocals . . . more
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July 04, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
Some random musings in honor of the 4th of July, 2006…
Can yesterday fulfill?
Can tomorrow sanctify?
If time is a dimension
What is I?
People who favor a strong military have . . . more
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June 03, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
Well, now that I’ve succeeded in solving the mystery of the Ultimate Question, I have a new problem!
“I can’t believe it,” you say. “What can possibly be the . . . more
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September 29, 2006 10:28 AM EDT --
Hello, Whatchamacallits! I'm sure you word-hobbyists will love these two books.
I was amazed when my mom referred to an aide at her home, whom she didn't care for, as a "flibberty-gibbet"! . . . more
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March 29, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
A series of haiku, pondering our state and our fate...
Alone forever?
Standing on the dock
My voice echoes in black sky
And travels to stars
Dogs within . . . more
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November 29, 2006 11:37 AM EST --
Global warming? Doesn't bother me. Racially motivated police killings? Everyday news. Starvation on a planetary scale? I'll try to remember to donate online. . . . more
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January 30, 2007 01:07 PM EST --
I recently have discovered that there are many video clips of Frank Zappa available at YouTube.com. Just enter "Frank Zappa" in the search tool, and you'll get not only some classic . . . more
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October 30, 2006 10:13 AM EST --
I share the disappointment of those who despair at the failure of the system, at the hands of people who are ruthlessly playing it and us for their own ends. And their ends are not friendly. . . . more
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September 23, 2006 01:04 PM EDT --
Hi folks. Sorry for my absence.
No, it's not God or L. Ron Hubbard. It's me, Rick. I started this group, and then I went away and neglected it. I guess there are . . . more
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May 12, 2006 01:09 PM EDT --
WHAT
"So I had the whole place to myself," I said. She reacted as if I had called her a failure. Even though this was a little corner cafe, the waitress, also the owner, . . . more
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September 28, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
Gather 'round the campfire, folks, and sing this tune together, to the tune of "Home On The Range"...
Oh give me a home where the skeptical roam
Where it's good to ask questions all . . . more
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December 07, 2006 09:25 AM EST --
The Baker-Hamilton report’s conclusions have just blown W’s ship clean out of the water. Our efforts in Iraq have been totally scuttled. I just don’t see how you can diss . . . more
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