Tag: life
member name: Howard M.
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November 24, 2006 04:17 AM EST --
And Cats Also…
have rather different object relations; different from ours, anyway. I don’t think that inanimate objects really hold any interest for them. They are obstacles, food, . . . more
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November 23, 2006 09:34 PM EST --
I think I owe the feline world an apology. As is integral to being a cat, I am reasonably sure that en masse, or individually, cats would be indifferent to my apology. Moreover, they would have no concerns . . . more
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December 11, 2006 08:38 PM EST --
Last night, in response to the last letter I wrote, I received an answer from some other mental giant, The last letter, to which I refer, said, "I don't care whether or not you can explain . . . more
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December 12, 2006 08:38 PM EST --
Yesterday, I brought my two and a half month old Golden Retriever for his first visit to his doc. I brought him to the desk to introduce him to the office manager.
"Hi, I want you to meet Ralph, . . . more
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March 08, 2007 11:12 PM EST --
I have to write a final tribute to the most valiant creature I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Scarlet came home, today. She is buried next to her husband of 16 years, Trevor. Yesterday, she played, . . . more
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November 22, 2006 11:30 PM EST --
A few days ago, my car would not start. This was not a tragedy, as I wasn't going anywhere, anyway. I was merely trying to put it into the carport. I don't drive much, and there are alternate . . . more
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February 10, 2007 05:35 AM EST --
Depression is endemic in the United States. But what does that statement, albeit true, actually mean? What is depression? How do we know that someone is depressed? How do we measure this condition . . . more
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February 12, 2007 06:55 AM EST --
The first part of this article comprised definitions and a little epidemiology, pretty much factual and inarguable. It was easy to write. This part is hard. The facts are not as solid or well defined. . . . more
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November 22, 2006 06:16 AM EST --
I actually sat down at the keyboard to do something constructive, but my eye fell on the page my daughter had been reading. She, and then I, were taken by an ad for a research specialist. . . . more
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January 22, 2007 06:35 AM EST --
It was not a coincidence that our wedding anniversary was on Valentine's Day. It had seemed a terribly romantic idea at the time. The time was fifty years ago and, of course, it had been romantic . . . more
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March 08, 2007 12:34 AM EST --
Scarlet (I Will Never be Hungry Again) O'hairy, my nineteen year old, fuzzy friend previously depicted on these pages, is currently fighting for a few more 'woofs'. After suddenly devloping . . . more
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December 15, 2006 09:47 PM EST --
Prejudice
Etymology: Origin is Latin that came to English from the Old French. Praei = pre; dicium = judgment; literally, prejudgment.
Definition: Drawing a conclusion without adequate . . . more
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December 10, 2006 07:08 AM EST --
We're Jewish or, sort of Jewish. I guess the most accurate statement would be that I am Jewish, though not observant, and the rest of the family joins me in some identification with the tribe. For . . . more
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December 15, 2006 03:54 AM EST --
This is an actual letter that I am sending to a life insurance company to which I recently applied for a policy. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. This is another of my series . . . more
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December 16, 2006 08:59 AM EST --
Irony is a word with several different meanings, but one of them is inherent in the last twenty four hours. I have been publishing a series of bitches and observations of inequities and rank stupidities . . . more
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February 20, 2007 05:05 AM EST --
I am going to pick on David Rochester. I do so only because he described an important conflict that many of us have felt, and described it very well. Yesterday, Mr. Rochester expressed guilt over responding . . . more
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March 11, 2007 05:39 AM EDT --
Would you rather be obsessive-compulsive or anxious? As strange as that may sound, that's the choice that some people's psyches make at some unconscious level. It's not a particularly good . . . more
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November 19, 2006 03:57 AM EST --
Soon after the incident with the southern drawl described in part one of this confession, I had another epiphany regarding the differences in language to which I had to adapt. This involved the friend . . . more
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February 01, 2007 05:22 AM EST --
Earlier today, my wife found a few chunks of memory. These 'chunks' recalled to mind the most entertaining enterprise in which we ever engaged (business wise). It was a business . . . more
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November 08, 2006 11:30 PM EST --
I am taking a vacation from politics, political jokes, and other fairy tales. Here is a candidate for the year's funniest short joke:
Three year old boy in bathtub, discovering his testacles. "Mama, . . . more
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