Tag Archives: life

Everything You Need To Know To Survive This Graduation Season

Posted on May 9, 2011 by pegoleg

  As my nephew stepped onto the stage to receive his diploma, 3 generations of family alumni were there to cheer him on.   Choking back tears, I looked around the auditorium and realized…half the people in the audience were clueless … Continue reading →

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How Bad Teeth & Judge Judy Will Make Me Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams

Posted on May 6, 2011 by pegoleg

I went home sick after lunch yesterday.  Don’t ask.  Suffice it to say, I do NOT recommend the Squid and Limburger Footlong special at Subway. As I lay listlessly on the couch, fortified with crackers, stale 7-Up and the remote, I checked … Continue reading →

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Take Aim At Annoying Television And Score Big!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by pegoleg

We’ve got pop-up blockers for computers, why not for TV?  The other night  I was trying to watch a Bergman film on MTV’s weekly Great Films series.   Suddenly, Scutchie popped up from the bottom of the screen to announce that MTV’s groundbreaking program; … Continue reading →

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T-Shirtable Quote Of The Day

Posted on April 29, 2011 by pegoleg

Know Thyself Division  

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Blog Update: Intimate Strangers

Posted on April 28, 2011 by pegoleg

File under: Truth is stranger than fiction. Last month I did a serious blog post about keeping my sister Lib company when she was in the hospital for a week. Another sister, Mary Kay, and I noticed a family who was also … Continue reading →

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Soon I Will Be As Famous As Charlie Sheen, But I’m Not Nuts

Posted on April 27, 2011 by pegoleg

“Winning” Do you know about this?  Of course you’re familiar with the word.  But did you know that, thanks to Charlie Sheen, it is the latest catchphrase? Think of catchphrases like cha-ching, as if, LOL, hubba-hubba; who knows where they … Continue reading →

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The Vehicular Gourmet Presents: Fine Automotive Dining

Posted on April 25, 2011 by pegoleg

Picture this: a grayish-brown burger on a squashed bun, greasy fries, all wrapped in paper and washed down with soda pop.  Now picture this: chilled vichyssoise, steak, asparagus with hollandaise sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes and strawberries, served on linen and … Continue reading →

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Jabba The MAB

Posted on April 23, 2011 by pegoleg

I looked idly down at the night’s playbill, wondering who was up next.  Special Surprise Contender it said. The club was dark and smoky.  There was no action in the ring – it was between rounds.  The low hum of … Continue reading →

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IDOT And the Screaming Semis From Hell

Posted on April 21, 2011 by pegoleg

    I came out of Indiana doing 75 in a driving rain.  It was rush hour when I entered the abyss. When the old-timers gather to tell their driving stories, as old-timers will, they speak in hushed tones of this section of … Continue reading →

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We Need More Taxes

Posted on April 18, 2011 by pegoleg

What’s wrong with America is some of y’all need to be paying more taxes.   Taxes raise money, sure, but the government also uses them to change our behavior.  We are encouraged to do some things (buy houses and windmills) and … Continue reading →

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