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WIMPS.
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Our
1940's-era dryer finally crapped out. And, seeing how our laundry room
is in the basement, I knew it was gonna be a bitch getting that old
thing upstairs and out to the curb for the garbage men to take away.
Somehow, my super-strong fiancée and I hauled it up the stairs, out the
front door, and down to the street. We were sweating, swearing, and
cutting up our hands on the rusted sheet metal. But we did it. Got that
motherfuckin' thing out. We were kinda proud of ourselves. Go us!
Then on trash day, the garbage man comes by, lifts the dryer up with no
effort whatsoever, and tosses it in the back of his
truck like he was delivering the morning newspaper.
Huh.
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TRUE HEAVINESS.
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1 STEP AWAY FROM A CLOTHESLINE.
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SOCIALIST.
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Of course, now I guess I need to get rid of my old washer that's
been stashed in the corner of the laundry room for more than a year. And this
monster weighs more than Beth and I put together.
Maybe I should just take
the dang thing apart and carry it down to the curb piece by piece. Or
better yet, I could slip the trash guy twenty bucks to haul it away with one hand.
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Okay, enough of this appliance talk. Last night, Beth and I were
chit-chatting about the Bush administration (we were watching a 60
Minutes segment on abstinence-only education programs that are
federally funded--grrrr) and Beth told me her biggest beef with the
Democrats is their opinion on taxes. Beth doesn't think that income
taxes should be progressive. In other words, she favors a flat tax. Hmm.
Interesting.
So I called her a socialist, even thought
that's not correct. I just couldn't help myself. I'm a big meanie.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE.
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Oh,
did I mention that my parents are moving to
Charlottesville in July? No, I don't think I did. They're both retired
and they really dig the Charlottesville area, so they're packing up
their stuff and hitting the road. Good for them, I say.
That being said,
however, I think it will be a little weird for me to not live in the same general area as my parents.
It's not like I visited them every weekend or anything, but with them getting older and all...I dunno, it's just weird.
I suppose it's like a security blanket to have them close by (although
Charlottesville is less than two hours away). But I'm happy for them.
They're doing what they want to do.
And quite ironically, the only time I've
ever really lived any distance away from them is when I went away for
college myself--in Charlottesville.
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A GUESS.
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True
Heaviness, Socialist, 1 Step Away From A Clothesline, Birdies, A Guess, Wimps, and Charlottesville. |
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Since I always do so well with
these predictions: The Padres will make the playoffs, but lose in the
first round. And the Nationals will be dead by the all-star break.
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BIRDIES.
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I'm
hunting for a good bird-identifying website, if anyone is aware of one.
I'm looking for a site that's easy to use, like one where you just type in your zip
code and the site returns pictures and descriptions of native
species. Well, not necessarily native species, but species that are
found in the general area.
Why am I looking for such a site, you ask? I'm the curious sort. And I like little birdies.
That's all.
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2000-2005 by gja.
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