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Archive for May 2013

Wednesday Watering Hole: Check In & Hangout for the Herd

Good morning, Moosekind. Don’t forget to let your peeps know where to find you.

Sorry I’ve been so absent lately. Work and life have been intense. Not bad, just very intense.

The common Moose, Alces alces, unlike other members of the deer family, is a solitary animal that doesn’t form herds. Not so its rarer but nearest relative, Alces purplius, the Motley Moose. Though sometimes solitary, the Motley Moose herds in ever shifting groups at the local watering hole to exchange news and just pass the time.

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What are you reading? May 29, 2013

For those who are new … we discuss books.  I list what I’m reading, and people comment with what they’re reading.  Sometimes, on Sundays, I post a special edition on a particular genre or topic.

If you like to trade books, try bookmooch

I’ve written some book reviews on Yahoo Voices:

Book reviews on Yahoo

Forward Together, Not One Step Back


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More than 200 people gathered support the people arrested for peaceably protesting at the N.C General Assembly building in Raleigh, North Carolina.


This is the powerful message of a growing movement in North Carolina.

Gathered together on “Moral Mondays” a coalition of activist North Carolinian’s of all races, and ethnicities-the young and the old, are putting their bodies on the line, and getting arrested to defend and advance civil and human rights in the state.

Crowds Grow and Arrests Continue at NC General Assembly | Moral Monday 4th



This is what a movement looks like.

The Daily F Bomb, Tuesday 5/28/13

Interrogatories

Oceans, lakes, or rivers (best bodies of water)?

How long does it take you to get ready to go out?

What is your favorite war movie?

When you die, do you want to be buried or cremated?

How do you make the perfect hamburger (or veggie burger)?

The Twitter Emitter

On This Day

In 1588, the Spanish Armada took off from Lisbon for England, where it met with eventual defeat.

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the nefarious Indian Removal Act.

In 1892, the Sierra Club was founded by conservationist John Muir.

In 1934, the Dionne Quintuplets were born, the first known to have survived infancy.

In 1957, the National League OK’d the moves of the Brooklyn Dodgers to L.A. and the New York Giants to San Francisco.

In 1996, President Clinton’s ex-business partners in the Whitewater deal were convicted of fraud. 3 separate inquiries found no wrongdoing by the Clintons, but Republicans continued frothing at the mouth over the affair (as they are wont to do).

A Personal Remembrance on Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day I am remembering the members of my immediate family who served in the Armed Forces.

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Colonel Norwood Hughes

11/10/1914 – 09/25/1992

My Uncle Bud was a career soldier. He served in the Western front in World War II.

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Private Eugene Hughes

10/01/1924 – 07/04/2006

My Uncle Gene lied about his age to join the Army in World War II. He was captured by the German Army and spent time in a prisoner of war camp.

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Sergeant Hazel Adele Wilson

05/19/1917 – 12/08/2001

Aunt Hazel was one of the first women to join the Women’s Army Corp.

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General Jack Lloyd Wilson

01/30/1919 – 05/04/1999

My Dad was in Tinian in the Pacific during World War II. Dad helped to develop the encryption device that was used during the war. He remained in the Army Reserve all his life and was made a General.

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Master Sergeant Michael Eugene Wilson

12/03/1946 – 05/29/2013

My brother Mike was a Vietnam veteran. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a Chaplain’s Assistant. He won the Bronze Star for bravery when his unit came under attack and he rushed out and threw two of his fellow servicemen onto his shoulders and carried them to safety.

They are all gone now but on this Memorial Day I am remembering them with love and pride.

The Daily F Bomb, Monday 5/27/13

Interrogatories

Is there anyone in particular that you take the time to remember and celebrate on Memorial Day?

Aspirin, ibuprofen, or acetaminophen?

Do you still read any magazines (paper, not online)? Which ones?

Do you still write checks to pay your bills, or do you pay online?

Do you go to sleep and get up at the same time every day, or does it vary? Are you a napper?

The Twitter Emitter

Motley Monday Memorial Day Check in

Good morning Motley Meese! Hope you’re having a lovely long weekend. Remember to let your peeps know where you are!

This promises to be the first beautiful weekend day this chilly, windy spring here. Only needed a weekend day on a weekday to confuse the universe enough to get it.

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Odds & Ends: News/Humor

I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in “Cheers & Jeers”. For example …..

By Request SEPARATED at BIRTH from lineatus – film star Richard Gere and musician (and Pink Floyd co-founder) Roger Waters.

   

OK, you’ve been warned – here is this week’s tomfoolery material that I posted.