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Sorry for the light blogging today.  This has been one of those days that has seen a lot of people in need of my services, and I’m not done yet.  I’ll try to write more but, in case I don’t, and if you have something you want to share here, go for it!

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I’ve procrastinated for some time about reconciling my Quicken, but I simply have to get it done.  After all, tax season is around the corner.  It saves a lot of money if I come to my accountant with an immaculately organized Quicken printout accounting for every tax-relevant dollar. So, I’m laboriously going through, checking off [...]

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An inert Saturday, followed by a blank-brained Sunday morning.  I’ll try to do better this afternoon.  Until then, help yourself to this open thread.

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Just doing stuff (DIY furniture projects, laundry, cleaning, bills, doctor’s appointments, shopping, etc.), and I haven’t had the time to sit down and think.  Heck, I haven’t even had the time to move and think.  Will you guys do the thinking for me?

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But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain; The best-laid schemes o’ mice an ‘men Gang aft agley, An’lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy! – Robert Burns I had the day well-planned.  Then I got a call from the retirement home telling me that my Mom [...]

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My Mom finally consented to having me take over her finances, which is a very good thing.  She’s still compos mentis, which is a good thing, but she’s struggling more and more with the minutiae of daily life.  Her handwriting is degrading, she can’t find stamps, etc. I’ve spent the morning wrestling with Quicken and [...]

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Taking care of kid stuff until mid-afternoon, and then I head over to my Mom. I’ll be back late afternoon/early evening. Have fun without me!

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As those of you who have cared for an elderly person know, nothing happens quickly.  What takes young ‘uns an hour, is a much more attenuated process with an older person.  I’ll be leaving shortly to take my Mom to the doctor for a check-up, a process that takes roughly three to four hours of [...]

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I am still working on my big post.  Life, however, keeps getting in the way.  I have hopes that I’ll get it done sometime tomorrow. My mom will be having a procedure tomorrow morning that should control her heart problem.  With luck, the secondary problems — confusion, depression, panic-attacks — will diminish if her heart [...]

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I’m working on a “deep” post, one full of meaning, with multiple citations.  I also have errands to run.  Until I get to the computer and have my post written out, consider this space yours (subject, of course, to the usual rules of courtesy, etc.).

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Sorry for the silence yesterday, but my mother needed me.  I’m regrouping even as we speak.  And speaking of regrouping:

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Sorry for the blog silence yesterday but, as you’ve probably guessed, it was a busy day.  From the time I got up, until I went to bed, I was in Mom mode, and that precluded any blogging time.  Today is shaping up much the same.  I might be able to sneak in some blogging later, [...]

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I’m sure I’ll find some mental energy later in the day, but my is currently a blank.  Any ideas or information you have would be much appreciated.

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For those of you who have things you want to say about the goings-on at Penn State (the sexual abuse, the cover-up, the firings, and the riots), have at it. My take is that it’s worth contrasting this appalling sexual abuse with the claims against Cain. I know that a greater wrong doesn’t cancel a [...]

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By the time I returned from the pool yesterday, I was too tired and cold even to turn on my computer, let alone write anything.  I’m leaving in a couple of minutes for another cold day — although, having learned my lesson, I’ve doubled my supplies.  I should be more comfortable today, even though it’s [...]

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I’m mentally regrouping, so I currently have nothing to say.  If you have something to say, consider this the place. And of course, I can’t offer you any better reading today than these excellent submissions from the Watcher’s Council: Council Submissions The Noisy Room – If This Were An Actual Test… The Political Commentator – [...]

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I’ve been doing chores and am now heading of for some much needed exercise.  Open Thread away!  Suggested topics: Insanity and antisemitism on Wall Street (and other places) Insanity in Europe (which those of us paying attention knew would happen one day) Insanity in the Middle East (I can’t even begin to link this one) [...]

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My brain is so jumbled (more so than usual), that I haven’t reached the point of coherence that enables me to write things down.  I bet you guys can do better.  Open Thread away!

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It’s been all family all the time here, except for time I’ve carved out to get my hair done (and, thank you for saying so, I do indeed look lovely) and to do legal work. I know that it’s a bit late to start an Open Thread, but I figured, “What the hey?”  So, open [...]

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Back in 2007 and 2008, I pretty strongly supported Romney.  If you check out my Mitt Romney category of posts, you’ll see myriad posts in which I praised his economic acumen and his character.  It looks as if I’ll be dusting those posts off again.  When Perry came on the scene, I liked his fire, [...]

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Who needs to blog?  The morning Drudge Report pretty much summarizes it all: I’m going to martial arts to work off my morning-news-based anxiety.  Consider this your open thread.

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Spent the morning at the dojo working hard.  I perspire; the men go beyond sweat into fountains and streams of perspiration.  After two hours of boxing, jujitsu, clinch-fighting and self-defense, I came back with my gi totally saturated — with their sweat.  Ick.  Now, two showers and a load of laundry later, I’m feeling myself [...]

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I’m having writer’s block.  Usually, on Fridays, I get hugely inspired, and write these long, meaningful posts, right before the weekend when nobody’s reading political blogs.  Instead of inspiration, though, I’m staring at my monitor, trapped in the Obama nightmare.  Thanks to his preference for totalitarianism at home and abroad, I’ve learned today that: Hillary [...]

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Apparently the passions that burned in voters’ breasts in 2010 have yet to burn themselves out in 2011.  In a very Jewish district (Jews!  The Democrat stalwarts!) Republican Bob Turner took over Anthony Weiner’s seat (although I hope he disinfects it well before he sits down on it). This election bodes well for 2012, to [...]

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I’m going off to punch things now (don’t worry — it’s at the dojo), something I need as a way to jump-start my week.  If you have anything interesting to report, feel free to do so here.

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