JULY 3, 2009 10:49PM

Email To My Brother, Mostly About Illegal Immigrants

This is exactly what it says it is. It isn’t what I usually put out in front of the whole world. However, it is how I think and what I say when I’m off the internet, and among people who know me. This is Middle V.

 

Hey,

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JANUARY 21, 2009 2:08AM

Obama's Descent Into Daddyhood

 

 

Well, we heard from our new president today and he's already talked down to us. 

"We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things." 

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009 4:07PM

Today's Shallow Twits Award


Does it seem like lately your brain is swollen and sore at the end of the day? You work so hard to figure out how to get the president’s stimulus bill passed. You go into overload trying to figure out how to get a lasting peace…anywhere. You sweat

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MARCH 4, 2009 5:09PM

You Are Here: X


 
But I don't know that I'm necessarily anywhere nearby.

I had one of those epiphanies this morning. 

The times have been emotionally troubling for Ms V. Well, hell, they've been emotionally troubling for you too! Who isn't troubled right now? The "aware" among us are worrying about… Read full post »
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MAY 12, 2009 6:04AM

Today's Shallow Sex Twits Award

I’ve assumed my whole adult life that, unless you say otherwise, you’re having sex. Never once did it cross my mind that you might have some need to journal it, or that it happens so infrequently that you need to take notes on any occurrence of it, you know, in order… Read full post »

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MAY 16, 2009 6:15AM

You Ripple

 

Please read the following linked article on Open Salon and think about the way the world could be changed. Then think about what small step you could take to make a big change in yourself, in your world, in the planet.

Each of us affects the world

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JUNE 24, 2009 7:29AM

Blog Comments & Hemingway


You may never have never taken much time to determine exactly why you’re blogging. After all, if what you want is to socially network with people, wouldn’t you be better served with a web camera, a light source, and your friends list? Mmm, maybe, but blogging has the potential

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MARCH 14, 2009 12:14PM

Today's Shallow Twits Award Goes To: Me!



If you thought Ms V doesn’t get shallow twits awards, you need to get your thinker greased and lubed.

I need this!

I realize I’m probably the last person on the internet to see this drool-worthy Apple MacBook mod, but tardiness does not equal indifference.

You’re probably wonderin

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MARCH 17, 2009 2:58PM

A Surgically Reconstructed Navel


I was reading some Joe Bageant yesterday. We all have our secret pleasures which we rarely broadcast, but share with a few close friends. Joe became one of mine as soon as I read Revenge of the Mutt People.

So, I was reading Joe’s Skinny Dipping in Reality and ran

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MARCH 23, 2009 10:11AM

A Caged Animal Tamer


Mr V had a couple of hernias repaired on March 9, 2009. We won’t even discuss what happened to my back six days before his surgery. Suffice it to say, my plans of nursing him tenderly back to health were shot in the glizzfotchit.

So…there we were…about 1:30

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APRIL 1, 2009 8:39AM

Some Widows Wear Red


My husband went back to work today (Monday 03-30-09) and he seemed so relieved. He was exhausted when he got home, but he seemed more balanced and calm. He’s an incredibly healthy man, and it was his first surgery, so it must have been a huge relief for him

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MAY 14, 2009 7:21AM

Shallow Sex Twits Ride Again

 

Today I'm giving out not one, but two, Shallow Sex Twits Awards. It's the least I can do. There's a war on you know.

You’ll just have to read this one for yourself. Does the US government believe that if they send the money to China, the American people won’t… Read full post »

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JUNE 20, 2009 9:28AM

Turtle Crossings-Sign of the Apocalypse?

 

Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma is questioning some of the 20,000 Recovery Act projects already approved to help stimulate the American economy. Sen. Coburn questions 100 stimulus projects

Coburn has criticized $3.4 million being spent to build an underground road crossing for turtles and

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009 11:24AM

Jimmy Dean & Ancient Wisdom



 

It's autumn, quite chilly, about 1:00 AM.

 

On the left, there's a low stone wall stretching into the dark. That's where we position ourselves to watch what you need to know.

 

To the right is a thick forest of trees with dead leaves waiting to

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009 8:19AM

Bank of America's Disappearing Workers

 

For those having no familiarity with my previous writings, I ought to say that I live in my city's barrio. The things about which I write regarding my personal life take place where I live, in the barrio, in a medium sized city, close to the geographic middle of the… Read full post »

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MARCH 11, 2009 8:56AM

Abracadabra



Yesterday I wrote about how relocating pockets of poverty stricken members of American minorities has failed to lift most of them out of poverty. Which was just the beginning of what I wanted to say. I had a point. I still have a point. I always have a point.

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APRIL 22, 2009 5:27PM

Torture Memo Soap Opera



While reading another of the zillions of articles on the torture memos I was struck by a thought that hadn't occurred to me before:

 

Releasing a memo a day is torture to the people who signed off on the torture, isn't it?

 

To torture further, the

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JUNE 19, 2009 7:48AM

Writers' Ethics


 

 

After I published an article based on a hoax yesterday, I ran across this poll on the ethics of editing a previously published article to reflect new information, without acknowledging the changes made.

You can vote in the poll, or just look at the results to see

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JUNE 22, 2009 6:40AM

Somebody Wuz Robbed

 
 

Let’s recap. Iran had elections to choose a president. All the pre-election polls said that Ahmadinejad was ahead and expected to win. So what happened? Who snatched the majority of the people’s votes away from Ahmadinejad? Who rigged the elections so that Ahmadinejad didn&r… Read full post »

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JUNE 23, 2009 8:28AM

Che's Granddaughter-Sign of the Apocalypse?


 
Don’t get me wrong, I liked Che. Not his politics, his hotness. Although, being young, I had no clue what his politics were. But, back in the sixties, being a revolutionary was cool. Besides, he had all that facial hair and a beret. What wasn’t to like?
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JUNE 25, 2009 8:32AM

The Reporter's Dream


There was a young man who was accused of stealing a bicycle. FedEx made a mistake and delivered it to his house. He was accused of theft when his neighbor complained and the police did a search of his home.

His situation became a national news story and he was

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JUNE 26, 2009 8:24AM

Spam Candy-Sign of the Apocalypse?


Now, I know what you’re thinking so let me stop you before you get all lathered up and start screaming, “WTF! This is a bogus blog entry! Of course Spam Candy is a sign of the apocalypse! What, are you freakin’ kiddin’ me?!?!?!”

Calm down, okay? Put the dust covers

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