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The Ore and Aura of the Real

I swim in a sea of reality, but that makes me no more a fish than Moby Dick was. Mine is an unreal universe in which the exceptional is commonplace, in which the transient states of frustration or depression or meaninglessness are the norm. I am not a character whose life conforms more or less to the life of the ordinary man. I am an anticharacter in my experiences and in my sense of the world of reality. I require the fabulous and the bizarre. That is my metier. My purpose and philosophy of… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on July 17, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Sarah Palin's New Political Party!

Hi! Welcome to the first meeting of a Brand New Political Party - United! Democrat or Republican Conclave! I’m Queen of the Tundra, your hostess and obvious choice for Presidential Candidate. Your fellow U-DORCs await inside. There are just a few rules you need to know before you enter.

1) You must be able to see a foreign country from where you stand at home. Sorry, I know this is harsh, but only those with such intensive international exposure can possibly… Continue

Added by Madhatterat60 on July 17, 2009 at 10:19am — No Comments

Growing Up Jewish in the South -- by Jesse Raben

Back in the late 1980s I worked with a fine young man named Jesse Raben at a local law firm. This is his story:

Twenty years later, I still remember one incident vividly. I was in 8th grade at Aycock Junior High School. A boy named Darryl Massey had been bothering me everyday in class, calling me names, sometimes making reference to the fact that I was Jewish. I asked him to stop, but he continued.

I didn’t know what to do about it. I brought the issue up around the dinner… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on July 17, 2009 at 10:17am — 3 Comments

Homeless

My job takes me from one coast to the other and because of this I see all kinds of things. What hurts me though is the ever growing homlessness. It used to be one or two here and there but now it is groups huddled together under bridges. One such group of six or more where sitting in a circle and singing as a friend was playing the guitar. In another place I saw a small tent city and one person used scrap wood and metal to make a fence around his/her tent with a potted plant.

So today as… Continue

Added by cynthia Hunter on July 17, 2009 at 6:39am — 2 Comments

Legitimate work at home jobs

Hi Gang! Hope all is well with you!

Has anyone in these groups ever found legitimate work from home jobs? I am in need of a second income now that I have been downsized and need to find something that I can do from home to bring in extra cash.

I have been Googled to death and all I have received are CD's that are virused to the hilt, so PLEASE none of those.

If anyone can help, let me know and let me know if I can help you with anything you… Continue

Added by Donna on July 16, 2009 at 7:20pm — 1 Comment

Shh!

Listen, didyou hear the song that the day has brought? It is in the sounds of the city* people walking the shoes clicking* the hum of the streetlights* It is the sound of the country* the birds singing* the cattle waiting to be milked*the hum of the tracor starting.Listen to the sounds around you they are the songs that we hear everyday.

Added by cynthia Hunter on July 16, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

The cRyght-lite Zone

Examine if you will, the odd case of Major Dufus Cryght. Major Cryght is an officer in the Army Reserve. Feeling some sudden rush of patriotic zeal, Major Cryght goes forth and VOLUNTEERS to SERVE with his fellow Ground Pounders in far off wars. That’s correct….Major Cryght’s unit was not activated nor were they scheduled for deployment…so just this past May, overcome with honor and an incredible sense of civic – national pride, Maj. Cryght petitioned to serve his country by picking up arms… Continue

Added by Madhatterat60 on July 16, 2009 at 4:34pm — No Comments

A Visit to the Psychiatrist

Today I visited my psychiatrist, Didi Bailey, MD. She practices at the McClendon Center in DC. She prescribes my medications. I see another psychiatrist, Abbas Jama, MD, who does psychotherapy. Two psychiatrists and I'm still looney!

Added by Gary Freedman on July 16, 2009 at 1:44pm — 4 Comments

Deep Pitching Makes Red Sox the Team to Beat

OK, sports fans -- It's a Red Sox Nation! I realize we're only half through the season -- and as (an almost) lifelong Red Sox fan, I've seen our Sawx get close and then.....well, we've all heard the stories. I've learned not to count chickens (ever) and I wait til I see my fellow loyal fans genuflecting and crying in the rain in the stands at Fenway.

BUT

what the heck? Here's an uplifting news story (unless you're a Wankees fan) -

DeMarco: Expect a… Continue

Added by OCNaturalDoc on July 16, 2009 at 12:00pm — 22 Comments

So-Called "Natural" Foods Aren't Always Organic

There's still much confusion regarding foods that are "natural" versus foods that are "organic".

Certified organic food products are regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and are produced by farmers and manufacturers under a strict set of rules. But the agency defines the term "natural" only for meat and poultry. In the rest of the food industry, the meaning is largely up to the producer.

Here's the story, including information from some of the top food producers… Continue

Added by OCNaturalDoc on July 16, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

A Barking Dog

A Barking Dog

two people with a dog

a dog's toy

and a stick

"jump, boy, jump"

the dog jumps

the other kicks it

they switch

jump, boy, jump

the dog jumps

the other kicks it

this goes on

and on

the dog of course

gets confused

and howls

the dog growls

and jumps

and howls

the dog howls at nite

does he wake the neighbors?

do they… Continue

Added by ZenDog on July 16, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

Alias Hossein Barfaroosh looks like a butterfly to me . . . .

So I have this app on my My Page [my My Page - my my oMy] - anywayz, where was I?

Oyeah, it's a beta version of World News or something. I was looking for information on the DC shooting of yesterday, July 15, 2009, since I missed the news last night. Why did I miss the news last night? Well, it seems someone seemed to labor under the misconception that I must be some sort of TOY or something, but never mind.

Like I keep sayin',

I ain't playin' . . .

Anywayz… Continue

Added by ZenDog on July 16, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

SINNER'S POEM Father please forgive me For all my sins incurred, For the countless times of negligence, And failed practice of Your word. Lord accept my somber apologies, For I have brought You sha…

SINNER'S POEM

Father please forgive me

For all my sins incurred,

For the countless times of negligence,

And failed practice of Your word.

Lord accept my somber apologies,

For I have brought You shame.

Forgive me for all that I have done,

And failed glory to Your name.

Oh, please wash and cleanse me,

Remove this soiled stain.

Through this sin filled life I have toiled

Self-inflicting needless pain.

I'm not… Continue

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 6:27am — 1 Comment

MOST of us hate religion and wants to see it nailed to the cross once and for all! Relgion is the REAL DIVISION of the SAINTs! How can we all be ONE IN HIM if we are DIVIDED at the DOOR of our OWN te…

MOST of us hate religion and wants to see it nailed to the cross once and for all! Relgion is the REAL DIVISION of the SAINTs! How can we all be ONE IN HIM if we are DIVIDED at the DOOR of our OWN temple? Continue

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 6:15am — 1 Comment

WHO CARES?

Who cares if you're a Baptist,

Or Seventh Day through and through?

Who cares if you're a Wesleyan?

Or a Catholic true?

Who cares if you're a Pentecostal?

Who cares if you're Lutheran?

Who cares if you're a Methodist,

Or a Presbyterian?

Do you really think God cares about

In which church that you spend your time?

He gave all life and a book of rules,

That's His bottom line.

God cares that you hear and practice

His… Continue

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 6:13am — No Comments

THE AFFLICTION

Affliction, not pain, upon the innocent,

is the far greater of the two perils.

For,a loving heart that seeks new paths of healing,

will eventually find a softness in ones pillow.

However, the afflictors never stray far from their

troublesome road, and finds their walk as course,

as the place where they lay their heads to rest.

B.G. Wetherby

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 6:11am — No Comments

OH SWEET SPARROW

OH SWEET SPARROW

Oh, sweet sparrow, how you once flew,

Peacefully through skies so blue,

Breathing air which you've never known,

Gracefully flying as you've never flown.

A free spirit carried you so high.

Oh, how you lived for that open sky.

Soaring to heights that you've never been,

Never wanting to land, nor to descend.

Maneuvering freely without a care,

So uninhibited, so full of flair.

Flamboyantly winging, just full… Continue

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 6:10am — No Comments

Are You Under Pressure?..........VERY POWERFUL!!!!!

GOD’S LUMP OF COAL

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Lord, I always wonder why

When bad things happen to me,

How could You allow me turmoil

And roughen waves upon my sea?

If you love me, why allow such pain

And unnecessary strife?

I thought that You wanted me to know

Peace within my life.

I know that You really love me,

I know that You really care.

I know that You work in mysterious ways,

I know that You are… Continue

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 6:05am — No Comments

My Last Wish.....(Looking For Love)

My Last Wish

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One coin left inside my pocket,

I came upon a wishing well.

Hesitantly I tossed it in,

now only time will tell.

Whether my wish will be granted,

Or, I shall be denied.

Peace of mind or empty pockets,

At least I know I tried.

Once I had so many coins,

all were wasted in the past.

Broken dreams, and empty promises,

now I’m down to my last.

Life is but a coin… Continue

Added by Blue on July 16, 2009 at 5:59am — No Comments

The Lawnmower

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. I am a master procrastinator, however, and I always managed to have something else to take care first: the car, finishing up something on the computer, playing guitar - something that was always more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing… Continue

Added by Bill on July 15, 2009 at 9:25pm — 2 Comments