Tag: of the day
group name: qotu
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May 18, 2007 12:12 PM EDT --
The sun peeks out from behind the clouds.
The sand dries from the night's rain shower.
I lay down in the sand packed hard from the crashing waves.
The seagulls caw back and forth.
The water laps . . . more
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January 03, 2008 12:29 PM EST --
I haven't made any political posts, and you won't find me making any in favor of any candidate at this moment. There are at least three who have convinced me NOT to vote for them, but no one has . . . more
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June 15, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
As a boy growing up in the country near Sedalia, Missouri. He loved the farm and absolutely hated the move to Kansas City when he was 13. But he had a rendezvous with destiny - he had to meet my Mom! . . . more
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May 25, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
I don't have a four day weekend but there are many that do. I do have a three day weekend and I am very happy about that.
What will you do this weekend? I will begin job hunting as my job . . . more
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June 25, 2008 04:09 PM EDT --
"Regifting" is a term coined by the TV show Seinfeld. It means giving someone else a gift of something you yourself received as a gift but didn't care for. Maybe it was a perfume . . . more
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October 04, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
This is an article for my Maddie Mija.....daughter extraordinaire.....
About the day you were born.....
You are well aware that you came to be on a March afternoon. What you may not know are the . . . more
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April 01, 2008 10:23 AM EDT --
274 days left in this year. This is April fools Day.
Today's highlight in History:
On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World . . . more
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May 21, 2008 07:12 PM EDT --
When I was a child, my family called Memorial Day, "Decoration Day", which was the original moniker of this day of remembrance. Many of them still do.
Growing up with a family which . . . more
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May 05, 2007 08:24 AM EDT --
Have you hugged your nurse today? If you have ever had a nurse show you compassion, explain away the fear, take a little more time, or "do it quickly", if thats what you needed, today is the . . . more
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November 20, 2007 12:56 PM EST --
Only have a minute, and won't be able to touch base on G 'til late tonite. I really missed this site last nite during the update! I start & end my day with Gather...
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May 25, 2008 08:40 PM EDT --
This is a day to remember our forefathers, our aunts, our uncles, fathers, mothers, and brothers that have gone before, but while that is true, in addition to Veteran's day, maybe because many of those . . . more
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November 26, 2007 04:50 AM EST --
Every year, my birthday falls on August 6th, "Hiroshima Day." Every year, Hiroshima is noted in the news. Peace vigils are held, candles are lit, memorials are read. Hiroshima . . . more
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February 29, 2008 09:33 AM EST --
Today, February 29, is Leap Day.
It is the day we women can propose marriage to our sweethearts without seeming like desperate golddiggers. This tradition originated in Scotland in 1288. . . . more
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October 31, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
like a cat thrown on a linoleum floor
i scritch, i scratch, i try to take hold
in an ungraceful slide
inside i rage, i cry, i scream
vainly trying to right myself
my universe . . . more
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April 29, 2007 07:56 PM EDT --
I am quite tired from lack of sleep and an incredibly full day....but I wanted to share some more of our experience with you all. This may come in bits and pieces...kinda like my brain and my poor . . . more
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June 16, 2008 06:32 PM EDT --
My dear Van would not say anything he wanted from me for Father's Day. And it's true, he has about every tool ever made, 17 pairs of shorts, of which he wears 2 per summer, he doesn't fish . . . more
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October 24, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Lutefisk is not food, it is a weapon of mass destruction.
--Jeff Steingarten, as quoted in the Norwegian newspaper, Dagbladet
Last Saturday was the annual Lutefisk Dinner at the First . . . more
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May 28, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
I found this on You Tube and thought I would share. It is very fitting as a tribute for Memorial Day. Please remember to thank a soldier and support our troops: past, present, and future. They are the . . . more
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October 29, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
I found a book at a thrift store the other day: Momilies: As My Mother Used to Say... edited by Michele Slung, Ballantine Books, 1986. It's got all those little Mom-homilies that Moms . . . more
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October 07, 2007 05:20 AM EDT --
Husband and I went to bed at a fairly reasonable time for us tonight, about 11:30. I took my latest Rankin book with me and he switched on the bedside TV to watch "Hidalgo" for the umpteenth . . . more
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