http://www.deeiscool.com Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:07:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's a provocative commercial making the rounds lately. It's an AT&T advert, but it's the music that evokes this one permeating memory. It comes on so strong now, so forceful and bullying. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory's; Imagination. The voice over asks; "Remember when you were five, and anything seemed possible?" No. ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=281 I was perusing the Folio during dinner with the folks last eve. I came to an advert regarding a writing workshop open to all, opening soon. I read internally, (Lu HATES it when I read at the table, but life on the road alone forces me to divert attention) the requirements ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=280 So I haven't (obviously) been blogging these days. Well, these months. But as I try to check AOL mail at least weekly, I am bombarded by blog-barf. Spam, as it were. Yuck. Fuck. Get off. It's making me so crazy. It seems the less I type, the more that the nefarious ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=278 Yeah, you. Got a card today. Made me laugh. Made me sigh. Laugh-because you 'get' me. Sigh-because you're there. I ponder over October mornings, I swim fast inside October nights. I DO miss you. I DO long for January to show her lovely face. Within her; yours. Yes, I adore your winter hue. Your Ram-perature and cable ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=266 Oops, hang on a sec... Dropped my lathe on my foot there, buddy. Ouch. Horizontal axis rotating tools are surely a danger! Ask Lukey. I bet he knows... There are bits and pieces and portions and parts of my life that I've not yet written down here on my "digital journal." Years and ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=263 So this woman appears. Out of my nowhere, out of this blue. She leaves me a message, leaves her feet marks, even. Does she forget how much I remember? Just how long ago and far away we were? She does not even know me now, yet feels the sanctimonious justification to bark out a ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=262 According to Helen, (intermittent nods of agreement, peppered by Al), I stirred up and created much angst over this repetitive question during my youth and beginning adolescence. Could I help it? No. I was a victim of a gene pool that I wasn't made privy to. But really... What WOULD happen if? What would happen if those dastardly Dee-maker's never had left ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=260 ...and I feel better already. Sticking close to home now. Getting duped takes some getting used to. I've even managed to downgrade from $700 gifts to $300. Thanks for pointing that out, Ani. YES!  I'll be laughing again soon, my loves. Soon, I guarantee and certify it. I feel it already, and ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=259 No, Dork-O. I'm not talking about you. Although, you ARE my friend and you DO live in Pa and I AM grateful... I have another friend. A friend who spent an entire vacay day lugging me around to various points of disinterest. I like my friend. Even though she spills her ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=255 I went to a wedding last night. Yep, against my mantra. You know the one..."marriage is the leading cause of divorce in this country." I went because it was important to my family. Important then, obviously, to me. I watched Lu and Vern walk down that same aisle, same church, years ago. ... http://www.deeiscool.com/?p=254