Category Archives: The Deep End

One nation. Period.

Posted on December 4, 2010 by phil
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Comply with me……..

Posted on November 21, 2010 by phil

I have very few equals when it comes to my contempt for the TSA and its fake-security theater. I opted out of flying altogether quite some time ago, because I will not subject myself to demeaning treatment for the appearance … Continue reading →

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There’s something in my eye.

Posted on September 10, 2010 by phil
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Doing the math

Posted on September 2, 2010 by phil

So, it costs Netflix about a nickel to stream an HD movie to your computer. This set me off on a train of thought… I looked up the size of an HD movie. It appears that such a movie represents … Continue reading →

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A single reason

Posted on November 4, 2008 by phil

On my way out the door this morning, my six-year-old granddaughter asked me if I was going to vote. I told her “Yes” and she rushed me, saying “You have to vote for BarackObama for meeeeeee!” I thought about that … Continue reading →

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As serious as a….

Posted on June 20, 2007 by phil

“Heart Attack.” I heard the doc say the dreaded words from under the morphine haze. Last Thursday morning, after work, I went to bed, and couldn’t get comfortable. Not really in pain, just a gentle pressure on my chest and … Continue reading →

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A sad story, written in stone.

Posted on May 1, 2007 by phil

I stopped in Casey, Ill. on my way back from Tulsa, to take a quick search for my grandparent’s graves. It was on a Sunday, so the cemetery office was closed, and I didn’t find the graves I was looking … Continue reading →

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All Grown Up.

Posted on October 9, 2006 by phil

For some reason, my daughter is always going to be my little girl. I have a persistent mental image of her sitting next to me on the way home from McDonald’s when she was about 2 years old, snuggled up … Continue reading →

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Wasteful and Unnecessary

Posted on September 10, 2005 by phil

Yesterday, I said, speaking of the funeral “industry”, “Every product this “industry” sells is wasteful and unnecessary.” Let’s examine that: Cremation: OK, let’s burn increasingly scarce fossil fuels and pollute the

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And when I’m dead and gone…

Posted on September 9, 2005 by phil

I’ve been aware for a long time that there are probably fewer days ahead of me than have already passed. So, my thoughts from time to time pass through some morbid territory.

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