Tag: people
member name: Howard M.
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November 23, 2006 12:16 AM EST --
In part one, the manager of an auto parts store and I had reached an impasse about whether we could install a new battery into my car without disaster. He had explained, repeatedly, that he would really . . . more
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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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December 09, 2006 10:09 PM EST --
I just ‘lost it.' To make matters worse, I lost it in three font sizes, bold face, caps, redundancy, and exclamation marks. Those, particularly all in the same letter, are sins. I guess I have . . . more
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January 30, 2007 12:15 AM EST --
It's what you do with it that really counts. The initial reason that a marriage begins is relatively unimportant. In the course of a long psychotherapy practice, I have heard, "we . . . 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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November 25, 2006 09:12 PM EST --
Has anyone noticed the 'Pretty Good Goods' ad that features a quote from Garrison Keillor's book, Nothing you do for children is...?
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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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November 07, 2006 03:28 AM EST --
I am generally opposed to posting anything that is not original but this is an exception. The bulk of this article is a verbatim copy of a document that is making the rounds of the internet. It was written, . . . more
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October 01, 2007 01:26 AM EDT --
I have never told you why I love you.
I told you how;
I told you how much - at least I think I did,
But I never told you why.
I used to think I love you because
You are I, and I am . . . 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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June 04, 2008 02:42 AM EDT --
I have a friend who lived on my street for forty years. After his wife died, he moved to live with his daughters. Currently, he is in Washington D. C. He is healthy, ninety, and he is bored. . . . 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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July 30, 2007 06:51 AM EDT --
I apologize to anyone who cares for my precipitous departure and abandonment. However, it is not yet ended. I am merely indulging in a brief respite to provide Mr. Bonds with unwanted advice, . . . more
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August 02, 2007 03:20 AM EDT --
I swear it was only a little wine left over from stewing our stuffed figs (right off the tree, stuffed with nuts – fantastic). I was contemplating writing a few words about Ralph, and a peculiar . . . 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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