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Retired librarian, author of 3 books & 100 articles about libraries. 3 writing awards.Grew up in Phoenix & the Philippines. Moved to New York in 1990. Shook hands with Robert Kennedy (The real one). Experiment-Threads or BlueSky. Blu wins! More responsive
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For some reason, this just keeps playing in my head www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3OT...

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Said he'd be a dictator on day one. Never said when he'd stop

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Google just changed their motto from Do No Evil. Now it is Bend Over and Spread Your Legs

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Just a photo of an Irish sheep or a salute to individualism. You decide.

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The obvious solution is to staff our traffic control towers with zealots loyal to trump.

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I am sick to death of playing cell phone games with vendors who need this to prove I'm REALLY me. Some day, I swear, I am going to throw my phone into a deep well. My favorite conversation is that the text message you sent will not go to my land line. "Go ask your mommy if you're still confused."

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Unscheduled rapid dissembly. That phrase works on many levels

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Clean, cleans, it's on the tip of my tongue....

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If Google is going to go along with renaming the Gulf of Mexico I think we need to rename them.

submitted 78 days ago • 253 comments

Felonious schmuck.

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I see that Crusted Caligula claims to be supporting the rights of women, by taking away their rights at the doctor's office. In a related development, War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength,

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Whoever started calling the Tesla vehicles 'Swasticars' is a genius!

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#Photography #AmericanHistory My project of upgrading more than 1100 images of Civil War soldiers complated months ago. It has been seen more than half a million times, allowing you to zoom in and look these men in the eye. A slide show about the work found at docs.google.com/presentation...

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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I saw the list of Oscar nominees. Most were films I didn't know existed. I am becoming my parents

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Who wore it better?

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