ok - ken puts out more
onward!

* one or more CSI show
no

* Taylor Swift
no

* UFO's
no

so, moving right along lol

* stock market
omg not another no
the vissitudes have marred my life
enough said

* Calvin & Hobbes
once upon a time
not now

* photography
i never did get the digital thing
my camera had too many
cute icons
couldn't remember what they meant
never figured out how to get
from camera to computer
many printers ago
there was a slot to put
memory thingy in
mine didn't fit
gave up on camera
once upon a time
i took art pictures
with regular film
i even knew
how to work a dark room
**********

3 more

* snorkling or scuba diving
no

*Disneyland & other Disney
NO! NO

* lasagna
YES!
dear Vinny has saved us many a time
take out lasagna

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* amazon
the river?
the forest?
ooo the seller
yeah books
easy and cheaper
good deal

* diet coke
ugh - yuck!
don't do diet
don't do carbonated

*dinosaurs
yeah
i had a child
i could name the major ones
we had the books
even pictures on the wall
and the local museum
had a skeleton
we visited regularly

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* beer
no

* meditation
never could get the hang
of systems
used to fall asleep
fall off my cushion
nice idea
do it my own way

* Justin Bieber
LOL ROTF!

and that's enough for a saturday morning

i'll get to 3 - eventually
but first a word about the BSA
i shake my head
they split the baby in two
and satisfied no one

how can it be
to be homosexual is ok
to be a scout
as long as you are not 18 or older
as soon as you reach 18 ,dear scout
a change occurs in you
the day when you were still
"morally straight"
honorable, a fellow scout, a brother
that day is over
this next day you are reprehensible
a threat, not fit to be in our organization

hypocrisy thou art the Boy Scouts of America

And so today is Memorial Day. Or rather, the Gentle Reader and I are getting closer an closer to Memorial Day. Memorial Day is only a small handful of days away (If it isn't here already). Memorial Day normally signals the official first day of Summer. It's when the outdoor public swimming pools tends to open. And so the Gentle Reader and I pays respect to the men and women who died protecting the country on behalf of the United States of America Armed Forces. The Gentle Reader and I will get ready to celebrate the first official day of Summer. And more important, the Gentle Reader and I are overwhelmed with joy that the weekend has returned once again.

* one or more tv food networks
eh

* antique furniture
what's the difference
between old and antique?
who owned it?
yes I have an "antique"
my dining table started life
as a gambling table
probably for poker
in some saloon somewhere
probably late 19th century
it's top is beautiful - no drink rings
it was baize covered
the tack holes are there
the heavy legs are scarred
the table exudes conviviality
40 years us
who knows how many before?

* Queen Elizabeth 2
i like the old girl
she's actually a sharp cookie
she has come to one hat in all colors
but it's not an easy life
i wonder if she and philip
have any friends?
can a monarch have friends now?
there are pictures
of Edward and Alexandra
Of George and Mary
at elaborate house parties, at balls
do Liz and Phil ever get to go anywhere unofficial?
or do they just stay home and watch the telly?

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and three more

* pancakes
yes
but i haven't had them in awhile
they are not a home thing
probably because we all
eat breakfast at different times
french ones - crepes
in a little quay side bistro
in Marigot

* museums
YES! oh yes
omg how i miss them
NYC was heaven
DC is great but not easy to get to
even Baltimore is not close

* Craig Ferguson
i had to wiki him
i guess that says it all

i'm working on the computer
why not 3 more

* Lush the store
we don't have them
hey i live in the wilderness
remember?

* William Shatner
wow!
that guy has aged well

* electronic dance music
huh??? lol

maybe i'd do better
on 3 more

* tattoos
nah
for myself don't do pain
seems a bit masochistic
especially full body
a rejection of the natural body
the need to create an artificial body
for me too many is a real turn off
i want to keep my distance from that person
another problem
what is way so cool at 16 or 18
by 45 does it still have the same meaning?
is the person still in the same
physical/psychological space?

* sushi
well, no
for a lot of reasons

* Civil War History
interesting but painful
war is always tragic
it still marks our life
the battlefields are full of monuments
some are threatened by development

but those confederate battle flags
are still seen
what do they represent?
Pride?
pride in what?
in degradation and subjugation
of fellow human beings?
of supporting an economic system
that enriched the few?
of years of Jim Crow?
of lynchings?

just what do those
who use that flag
want to maintain?

it is a subtle thing
this 21st century racism
the head of our school system
has resigned after two years
african american woman
born in this county
2 phds
2 years ago she was seen
savior of our underpeforming system

but she tried to unite
the 2 high schools
close the one with the most problems
that community screamed!
she backed off

but she hired a black principal
for the other school
hired a black financial officer
things started to look too dark
parents started to protest
this and that

soon anything she wanted was blocked
why?
does civil war legacy still taint our community?

ken's at it again
with more interesting topics
sooooo
got to start early
to get ahead of the game

* used book stores
the one we had here closed
in NJ there was a fabulous one
tucked out of the way
i found the sketchbook
of a local artist
with sketches of where I lived
made 100 years ago

* role playing games
i know nothing about this
i'm beginning to wonder
if i'm missing something
i used to play a version
in a chat room
sometimes i signed in
with a fabricated persona

* Starbucks
we don't have one
yes, I know that is unbelievable
but the nearest is almost an hour away
my experience - over priced

******* ****** *****

* cargo shorts
husband likes them
all those pockets to put things in

* Family Guy
have never watched it

* rain
atmospheric
in more ways than one
very needed at times
causes little flooded places in the field
many personalities
bold squall blowing off the Bay
beating against the house
gentle as a kiss
embracing the land
mysterious
a veil shielding the aerie
from the outside world

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BTW - anyone could get in on this
if you are inspired
pick a group of three

* garage sales - yard sales
never go to them myself
have quite enough junk of my own
don't need more
know a woman who
runs them for charity
she takes my excess
labor day weekend
our road is hazardous
everyone does yard sale
because people come for the festival

* macaroni & cheese
UGH !!!!!
vile
memories of school lunch program
have not touched it
since i was 12 years old

* working out
depends on what is meant
by "working"
LOL ROTF!