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Pushing fifty...gently...if I can find my glasses.
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I'm nearly fifty years old, and if it's all heading south, as they say, I'm going to sit back and enjoy the ride! My thoughts can be whimsical, scathing, sorrowful, hilarious, contemplative ... I always try to see through unclouded eyes ...
- Author: Jaliya
- Listed in: Boomers Writing
- Tags: aging humour commentary in the moment
Recent Posts
Of war and elephants*
Modern warfare is not natural; our bellicose human habits violate long-evolved prosocial norms shared by animals everywhere, including the mighty, brainy elephant. Elephant society only fell victim to "soldier's heart" when culls, poaching, and habit...
I weep ...
... and I suspect that the president did, too, when he returned to the White House after today's pre-dawn ceremony to receive and honour 18 soldiers who were recently killed in Afghanistan ...More here... ...
I don\'t know whether to laugh or cry in the long run ...
... but right now, I'm losing it like a kid who's farted in church. That photo makes me explode. (With laughter!)What you see is a motorized La-Z-Boy chair. Its owner, adaptor and operator was recently busted for a DWI in Duluth, Minnesota. Seems th...
Oh, dear.
Tonight I wrote FUCK DEATH! in my journal....
Jaliya down the rabbit hole.
I woke up this morning in the wake of an epic dream about Barack Obama. Dammit, I can't recall details, except that I was chasing after my friends, all of whom had met him. He was everywhere -- on a lawn, on a stage; in a house, on a stair. On a couc...
My two cents about the Nobel Peace Prize
My first thought upon reading the news of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win was, "For the man he chooses to be, he deserves it." For what he's accomplished ... I think he's done what he can so far. I can't imagine the push and pull the man experie...
