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MadeMark
http://www.mademark.blogspot.com
A personal blog of political and social opinion with a somtimes gay slant.
Recent Posts
Turkey dinner at the Bayville Diner
Well, they were still there and still providing free turkey dinners to anyone who wants one (see my earlier post from this morning). Really nice people doing a really good thing....
Will there ever be snow on Thanksgiving again?
It's not my imagination. I know I've seen snow on Thanksgiving before. But not for a long time. We're in the car and it's 61 degrees out. Next week it's December. One of the things I prefer about the east coast is the change ...
Thanksgiving at the Bayville Diner (again)
We're heading off to Atlantic City today, then on to Delaware tomorrow. We're hoping to stop at the Bayville Diner again. I posted about it last year. We couldn't find any place open along Highway 9 and saw this little diner. We went in and all they ...
How do you pardon a turkey that was never convicted of anything?
I’ve always thought the presidential turkey pardoning was weird. The turkey didn’t commit any crime to be pardoned for. What’s it supposed to demonstrate? That the president showed mercy to a turkey? Sorry, I don’t see any point in it and don...
Back on Weight Watchers
I signed up again for Weight Watchers online. I've got to get this weight off me (along with a couple other very needed changes). There's no reason to wait until the new year. Time to start taking better care of myself. Now....
Must read of 2009 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I've been writing since childhood. That's about forty years now. I know my limitations, and I'd be the first to say I'm not Truman Capote, but once in a while a book comes along and I'm left wondering, How did she do that? I found myself wondering th...

