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Somebody help me figure out this car thing…

Posted in Miata MX 5, Mustang Premium V-6, Porsche 911 GT2, Thoughts, Toyota Corolla Sport, buying a car, cars, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Okay ideally in some alternative universe I would actually own a Porsche 911 GT2 in Aqua Blue Metallic but that alas is out of my lifetime budget in this dimension.
But man oh man would I love to drive one of those puppies.
I’d never get out of the damn thing I assure you, because I absolutely [...]

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A house full of memories and even more stuff…

Posted in Family, Missing mom, Thoughts, death and loss, death of a parent, end of life, grief, losing mom, personal, tagged , , , , , on June 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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I’ve been helping my brother go through my mother’s things at the house.
There is a lot of cleaning to do and she kept old bills and other papers from the past 20 years it seems.
Then there’s clothing, canned goods and a lifetime of mismatched items in the house.
Which is oddly very much like my house [...]

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Last mention of the Letterman-Palin Feud (unless they actually fire him which would be ridiculous)

Posted in Bristol Palin, Don Imus, John McCain, Letterman, Letterman-Palin feud, Media, News, Politics, Sarah Palin, Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I find it hard to believe that a joke clearly about Bristol Palin by David Letterman has gotten so much media attention.
The joke wouldn’t have made any sense if it was about anyone other than Bristol Palin but then it’s not as sensational a story.
Today there’s pressure to fire Letterman… seriously?
I would not be happy [...]

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Espada Jr., Monserrate, Palin, Letterman… back to the news and this is it?

Posted in Hiram Monserrate, Letterman, NY State Senate, News, Pedro Espada Jr, Politics, Sarah Palin, Thoughts, death of a parent, grief, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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Finally starting to watch the news again and am very upset with NY State Legislators:
Most notably: Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens.
The control of the state senate has moved over to the republicans for all intents and purposes right now.
Now of course as with what seems like all our [...]

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On Losing My Mother…

Posted in Family, Thoughts, cancer, caregiving, death and loss, death of a parent, end of life, grief, illness, losing mom, personal, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On a few of the many nights I was staying with my mom this past month I brought my computer along.
I found for the most part this wrote itself over the course of a few very quiet periods in the wee hours of the night.
I’m still trying to get used to sleeping at night again. [...]

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Missing my mom…

Posted in caregiving, death and loss, death of a parent, end of life, grief, losing mom, tagged , , , , , , on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My mom passed away this Saturday morning.
We did the wake and a brief graveside tribute.
My brother and I have been taking shifts for about a month (his daytime, mine the over night hours since I’m a night owl anyway)
It took me a bit to get used to being awake all night but I got used [...]

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