jamie lawrence-howard • highly absorbent redundant and superfluous verbiage • clogging tubes since 9.1.98
a mind is a terrible thing to face.
i have a number of long-standing stories i tell about myself. some of them are on here even. not all, though. as bad comedians say, i’ve got a million of ’em. and, as a bad blogger, so do i.
but i recently got called out, and rightly so, on one of my long-standing stories. and it’s got me thinking about how the brain in general, and my brain in particular, is working.
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well, after long last, i am master of my domain. name.
not in the seinfeld sense. i’ve never been master of my domain in that sense for longer than a day or two.
i mean that i’m now the proud owner of jamiehoward dot com. typed out that way to hopefully fool the spammers.
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mood: cranky? you bet. although i’m not by nature a complainer, or at least try not to be, my leg is killing me and is getting worse. i can’t stand up or walk for more than thirty seconds without shooting pains and whatnot.
so i’m gonna write about something that will make me smile and get my mind off of it. even though i’m sitting down and therefore not in much pain, i’m still thinking about it, and i need to not brood.
hence, necco wafers.
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a new blog?
no, i did not fall off the face of the earth. just very busy with holidays and such. actually, that’s a lie. i was slightly busy with holiday stuff, and mostly just lazy.
Continue reading “spurious restaurant review”
evidently the social security people read my blog, because they have reversed course and decided to accept marriage licenses from straight people who got married in places where gay marriages occurred this past year.
i’m glad they listened to me. now maybe they can extend that logic and accept the gay marriages.
well, hopefully in my lifetime anyway.
first, i was whiny in yesterday’s blog. i was well aware of that. that’s why i blog. now i don’t feel so whiny about it. and thank you for bearing with me.
today, a couple of items that caught my eye and got my goat:
Continue reading “grr this and grr that”
i spent the first 40 years of my life in really good health. and, while i’m not by nature a complainer (although those of you who know me may beg to differ; and you will have to beg, to differ…) i have this to say.
the first two years of life after 40 have not been a picnic for me.
Continue reading “hating pain”
that’s where i was yesterday, instead of blogging like i should have been. well, i guess i could have done both, but i didn’t.
i was at radio city music hall to see the radio city christmas show, with the rockettes. with great seats, thanks to the in-laws.
Continue reading “christmas at radio city”
short bursts of random stuff today, a day where i feel unfocused but will try to focus as much as possible.
as much as possible.
Continue reading “quick takes, random thoughts”
part two in a continuing series of reporting on entitlement that i encounter. i should not get such vicarious enjoyment out of seeing powerful people who are accustomed to getting their way not getting their way.
but i do.
this episode: the plane.
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i’m out of the closet in nearly every aspect of my life, and now, after i tell you this, i’ll be completely out with no secrets left. well, practically none.
i love to shred.
Continue reading “the joy of shredding”
i’m from floral city, florida originally, but that’s just a smaller town than the small town which is the county seat of citrus county–inverness, florida. citrus county (which, ironically, has little to no citrus, at least in a commercial sense) is a sleepy part of northwest central florida. it’s probably most famous for the manatees you can swim with in crystal river, and the nuclear plant.
but imagine my shock when i, having tried mightily to forget the whole place (none of my family and not too many people i keep up with live there), see the city of inverness featured on the daily show with jon stewart.
actually, not the city featured, but its cooter. festival.
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where to shop this year? try patronizing the businesses in bold on this list, which donated the majority of their money to democrats, and avoiding the others, which dontated the majority of their money to republicans.
i will even pledge not to eat at waffle house on my trip to florida this weekend. if you know me at all, you’ll know what a major sacrifice this is.
i can’t vouch for the veracity of this emailed list, so if you have any updates or corrections, let me know!
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such a superficial subject, but i don’t care, because i’m happy about it, so i’m writing about it.
great haircut yesterday. great haircut. great haircut.
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apprehensive, by the way, because i’m off this afternoon to get my first non-cathy-rafanello new york haircut. i was so lucky to have her cut my hair all these years, and now she can’t because of carpal tunnel and all, and damn am i worried.
anyway, i’m thinking this morning about money, and how i make it, and how it makes me.
Continue reading “internal financial conflict”
i know it’s cheating, but here’s another great thing i got via email through the magic known as the internets.
here it is–“some things to do before the inaugural”, presented unedited.
Continue reading “cheating, i know”
there’s a great thread on the daily kos site about gay marriage and civil unions today. the gist of the argument is best stated by a poster named pastordan, a minister:
“I believe that God sanctifies the covenant made between two people, and the state legally recognizes that same covenant, whether made in a church or not. It’s one less piece of paper for me to sign, and one step toward a more equitable society for all of us.”
this seems so simple, so clearheaded. why isn’t this happening?
Continue reading “civil unions for all”
boy have i been lazy.
not really. i helped cook thanksgiving dinner, and more importantly, i ate it, which takes much more time. i also helped put together all of our holiday cards. it’s kirk’s year to design it (we take turns) but i help out. not to mention everyday life stuff.
so i haven’t blogged for many days. my sincere apologies…i’ll get back on the stick.
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be jealous. be very jealous. kirk and i love to cook, and any excuse will do. thanksgiving is an especially good one. we usually go to his parents’ house in reading, pa., but this year we are staying home and they are eating at cracker barrel, which is legal now, at least for me, since they stopped firing all the gays.
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last few hours of work before the thanksgiving holiday. and what am i thinking about?
fingerprints.
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