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Photo Memory of the Week
Video of the Week: “It was an ambush!”
Leeloo whups a bunch of armed and nasty aliens, unarmed and all by her own self.
The quote is at timestamp 1:43.
Poetry of the Week
On Tender Hooks
- by Brian BilstonLet me cut to the cheese:
every time you open your mouth,
I’m on tender hooks.You charge at the English language
like a bowl in a china shop.
Please nip it in the butt.On the spurt of the moment,
the phrases tumble out.
It’s time you gave up the goat.Curve your enthusiasm.
Don’t give them free range.
The chickens will come home to roast.Now you are in high dungeon.
You think me a damp squid:
on your phrases I shouldn’t impose.But they spread like wildflowers
in a doggy-dog world,
and your spear of influence grows.Posted: 2025 Apr 20
Face Photos from Readers
Tag Archives: Childhood
What the Answer is Supposed to Be
What’s school for? Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Childhood, Critical Thinking
4 Comments
And for Someone Who Likes to Rock
A blast from my past. Continue reading
Shy Dee Doze
Merry Christmas. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Photos of Faces
Tagged Childhood, Christmas
10 Comments
Deja Vu Again
Christmas Eve tall over again. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Through the Calendar
Tagged Attitudes, Childhood, New Years
3 Comments
Sucky Timing, Sound Advice
Everything (OK, not everything, but something) I need to know about politics, I learned from curling. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Childhood, Sports
6 Comments
Father Knows Best
A lesson from my father that has stood the test of time. Continue reading
The Dialectic of Kitchen Appliances
Just put it in the mic-oh-wave. I look at my visitor happily ensconced on the black-vinyl bench of our built-in kitchen table. Happily because it was fun to scramble up and sit like a big girl: at home she has … Continue reading
E is for Eye Doctor
The little kid within still carries a grudge against a suspicious school nurse from 40 years ago. Continue reading
Say What?
I’m getting the Look. You know the one: the face loses expression, the entire body goes still. Continue reading