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• What keeps my skin so young-looking?

  Well, not mine, personally, since I keep mine looking wrinkle-free by filling it internally with another double-chocolate doughnut and a scoop of frozen custard... but, if this particular piece is true, then some folks are making their skins all pretty in a truly disturbing fashion: Neocutis’ key ingredient known [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 6:23pm EDT
  

• Soupy Sales reaches pie in the sky

  Milton Supman, aka Soupy Sales , the comic best known for taking pie in the face on his regular children's show in the 1950s and '60s has had his last pie hit. He passed away this past evening, at the age of 83.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:45am EDT
  

• Little lambs

  Bo Peep, Illinois stylephoto from negative ca. 1910- 1920, "Henderson County" purchased at auction
  I could never get my hair to stay up like that, when I had it long. That's why it's so short, now. That, and shampoo gets expensive when you have nearly a [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 5:54pm EDT
  

• On the Waterfront

  Presumably, the Mississippi River waterfront.
  
  
  Photo from packet of negatives marked "Henderson County", undated but circa 1910-1920, developed in Galesburg, IL, and purchased by me at auction in the fall of last [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 12:45pm EDT
  

• Old-fashioned come-hither glance

  subject unknown, film developed 9 August 1921 [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
  

• Postcard for college homecoming

  This weekend is Homecoming for Monmouth College
  Postcard ca. 1905
  I'm thinking I ought to attend at least a few of the events, since this would have been the 25-year reunion for my class,' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 1:21pm EDT
  

• Okay, so he's not a rocket scientist

  I was fool enough, myself, to sit down with the television turned on in the room, again, while I was playing on the computer. I like a little background noise, after all -- otherwise, I hear the creaks and groans of a house and a dog and my own anatomy.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 2:36pm EDT
  

• There's a Reason

  Grape Nuts: Things move for men of Mental and Physical Strength"There's a Reason"Full-page advertisement in back of Woman's World, 1927(click for larger image)
  
  Although, what that reason is, I'm not sure. It's probably [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 5:33pm EDT
  

• Question of logic, from my father, the Logician

  So, Congress is proposing a tax on all these medical services and devices, in order to lower the cost of medical services and devices. Some of the items listed to be taxed are mentioned here.
  Dad asks, "I don't understand... how does adding a tax lower the cost, again?"[...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
  

• Doll club stuff

  Just got back from Warren County Doll Club meeting, posted my notes at the club blog. [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 8:53pm EDT
  

• Biggest threat, primary cause...

  I've had a few minutes to mull over the statement by el Baradei, that Israel is the biggest threat to peace in the Mideast. Seems to me, that's comparable to somebody saying that the primary cause of divorce is marriage, or the sole cause of death in the world is [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 11:32pm EDT
  

• There's always room...

  Is it time for dessert, yet?
  
  Full-page advertisement from 1927 Woman's World Magazine.
  
  Maybe I'm just old, but I'm not crazy about foods which won't sit still when I point a spoon at them.
  
  The last time I made some of this [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 5:31pm EDT
  

• Bonny (?) bonnets

  From June 1915 Woman's World magazine.
  
  
  I used to collect hats. I still have an accumulation, but not a serious collection, any more, because it got trendy in the 1990s and the early part of this century, so the sorts I liked most became' [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 5:29pm EDT
  

• Not ready for harvest

  As corny as Kansas, but in Illinois.
  This photograph was from a batch of 3.25" x 3.25" negatives from "Henderson County, Ills.", developed in Galesburg, dated ca. 1910-1919.
  
  Last spring, my parents drove upstate to the Chicago area to attend the funeral of my mother's' [...]
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  Posted: October 03, 2009, 4:23pm EDT
  

• Summer 2016 go here

  Yay!
  
  Congratulations to Brazil.
  This part of Downstate Illinois is relieved, and wishes you best of luck.
  [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:59am EDT
  

• No Excuse

  Why I Am the Way I Am
  
  or, something like that. [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
  

• Plots and plans...

  I'm hoping, now that I don't have to keep chasing down a grumpy old monk each day, I can start raiding my collection of ephemera -- mostly old magazines and postcards -- and posting my favorite image of the day. I don't promise to have something new each day, but' [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:44pm EDT
  

• Even the French are offended

  The peasants seem to be in the early stages of an uprising.
  The masses, little by little, seem to be rejecting the notion that the famous, fatuous and filthy rich are entitled to special treatment by mere dint of their having garnered their fifteen minutes before the public.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium retires

  It hasn't been a full year, yet (missed it by three days!), but the medium is no longer bringing the message. The stony path leading up to the retreat has, somehow, collapsed, with no way for the curious to climb up there.
  
  If your birthday was one of the' [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 6:01am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 27 September

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you leave? What is it about me that beguiles you, so that you seem incapable of turning away and heading downhill, even after I make express request that you do? Come on, now, go on. What are you waiting' [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 2:28pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 26 September

  Go away.
  
  What? Are you still here? Is finding the exit gate too challenging for you? Let me point you in the right direction. Yonder lies the way. Why aren't you walking toward it? Go on, put that little foot forward, then the' [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 6:49am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 25 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Do you not understand the concept of "exit"? Are you really that thick? Or is it just that you are cruel and insensitive, wanting to torment a pitiable hermit who only seeks solitude? Oh, you aren't' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:52am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 24 September

  Go away.
  
  What are you still doing, here? Why aren't you gone, after my clear command that you go? Is your hearing gone? Need I shout? Very well, then, GO AWAY! Oh, it's not your hearing, you say. Well, then, it's simply bad' [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 6:11am EDT
  

• Question du jour of the day

  So. In a commercial for a security/alarm company, a woman and daughter come in from playing in the yard, and just at that moment a creepy guy breaks down the front door and menaces them. The girl and her mommy run upstairs to answer the ringing phone. My question is [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 10:38pm EDT
  

• A true patriot, Obama

  I am convinced, after hearing President Obama's speech before the General Assembly of United Nations, after his actions to insult all our free and loyal allies, after his kiss-up to Russia in the midst of its late season of aggression toward its free neighbors, etc., that the POTUS is a' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 2:19pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 23 September

  Go away.
  
  When will you go? Now is just a little too late for my preferences. But life is full of little disappointments, isn't it? Such as your appearance at my retreat. And, by the look on your face, my appearance to you.' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 6:11am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 22 September

  Go away.
  
  Why haven't you gone? Why won't you leave? Did you not understand my PLAIN ENGLISH request? I'll try it in Latin: I! Go on, now, leave. And yet you stay. Why is that? Oh, but of course, you want something' [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 6:14am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 21 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here, now? Didn't I just tell you to go? This is not a request. I did not invite you to my mountaintop, I do not wish for you to be here, I do not give you polite' [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:40am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 20 September

  Go away.
  
  Go on, then, go on out of here. Scram. Get along, little dogie. Skedaddle. Scat. Scoot. Shoo. Why are you still here? Is there no sense of decency in you, that you would stay around to torture an old, tired medium? [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 6:45am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 19 September

  Go away.
  
  Will you please go now? Why are you still here? Did I do something in a previous life to warrant this torture from you? Go on, then, leave. What are you waiting for? Oh, right, you didn't just wander up here' [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 18 September

  Go away.
  
  Will you please leave? Why aren't you going, yet? What is it that keeps you standing there gaping like a drainpipe? Did you lose track of up and down? Did you forever forget how to walk away? Please, why won't you [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 6:23am EDT
  

• Illinois voters, here's your watch list

  These guys who ostensibly represent the taxpayers of Illinois in the House of Representatives all voted against defunding the corrupt body known as ACORN:
  Danny Davis, (D)
  Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D)Bobby Rush, (D)Jan Schakowsky, (D)
  There's a midterm election coming. These crooks and their [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 8:15pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 17 September

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you go? Did you forget how? The gate is right there. Go on, go. Scram. Beat it. Scoot. Begone. So why are you still here, now? Oh, right. You actually came here hoping to get something from me. Knowing' [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 6:42am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 16 September

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you be gone? What keeps you here, when it is obvious you are not welcomed? Do you have no shame? How can you stand there, when every other person present begs you to leave? Well? Oh, I see. You' [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 9:05am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 15 September

  Go away.
  
  What's keeping you? Why aren't you already hitting the road? Can't figure out the latch on the exit gate? It's pretty simple -- you just lift it, and it comes free. You know, like the pretty little butterfly that seems to [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 6:51am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 14 September

  Go away.
  
  When will you be going? Why aren't you already gone? Do you have some sort of hatred for seekers of solitude, that you should stay? Why, why, why are you still here? You came here looking for something. I see. And' [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 5:17am EDT
  

• Norman Borlaug, RIP

  For those who don't recognize the name, Norman Borlaug was the man who -- almost singlehandedly, it would seem -- fed the world. Where people like Al Gore and Robert Kennedy Jr. call themselves "green" while playing politics with energy and other people's money, Norman Borlaug really was the' [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 13 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you here? Don't you have anything better to do than to torment hermits by invading their privacy? Come on, now, go on. Skedaddle. What are you waiting for? You won't get an engraved invitation. In fact, I have nothing, [...]
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  Posted: September 13, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 12 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still around? Did you somehow get lost on your way out? Lose track of the downward path? Here's a hint -- it's not upward. Oh, it's not that you're lost, it's that you came here for something particular.' [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2009, 6:20am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 11 September

  Go away.
  
  No, really, go away. What are you doing still hanging around? Did somebody hook your coat on the rack, with you still in it? No, wait, I have no coat rack, so it can't be that. Are you simply incapable of' [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 6:20am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 10 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still around? Isn't your mommy calling you home for bedtime? Why are you still here? Are you lost? Are you sad? Are you cross? Are you gathering moss... Well, why oh, why won't you go? I see. [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 6:00am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 9 September

  Go away.
  
  What are you doing still standing around? Isn't there somewhere you're supposed to be, like your first day of kindergarten, or something? Go on, then. Scoot. Go. Go. Oh, heck, what are you staying for. I'm assuming that you want something' [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 6:22am EDT
  

• Robbing mourners

  For once, I'm not going political. I'm not ranting against taxes (although I still think the idea that taxing insurance companies is going to lower insurance costs is absurd, to say the least, and inheritance taxes are, inherently, a cruel joke upon grieving family members).
  This morning, I'm actually' [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 10:36am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 8 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Did widdle ninny get wost on your way to the potty? Did somebody forget to point you in the right direction after they wound you up? Did you forget how to walk away? What is it [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 6:39am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 7 September

  Go away.
  
  Aren't you gone, yet? What's wrong with you? Good gravy, I've given you all the time in the world, it seems, and you still stand here with your mouth open and your hand out. Well, I have no food for you, [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 12:14am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 6 September

  Go away.
  
  Why aren't you gone, yet? Did somebody nail your feet to the ground? No? Then what is keeping you here on my hillside, against all reasonable expectations? Oh, naturally, you came here for something I have, and you think I will' [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 6:56am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 5 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are you here, still? Don't you have a train to be under, or something? Run along, now. Go on. Skedaddle. Go. Go. Go. Sigh. Why are you still standing there? Wait – no, let me guess. You came here on' [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 6:14am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 4 September

  Go away.
  
  Why are here, still? Did you not understand my request for your departure? Let me make it simpler still. Leave. Now. Hmm. Too simple for you? Well, genius, try this on for size: Be so kind as to vacate the premises [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 12:12pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 3 September

  Go away.
  
  When are you going to leave? Is this some sort of test of my tolerance to idiocy? Because if it is, you should know early on, it's very, very low. Lower than your coming though that gate, in fact. So, now, [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 6:05am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 2 September

  Go away.
  
  Are you ever going to leave? Why is departure such a problem for you? Do you truly hate eremites? Or is it just me? Why won't you go? Oh, I see, you want something from me. Gosh, I never saw that' [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 6:38am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 1 September

  Go away.
  
  Will you please leave? Go. Scram. Get. Move along. Why are you standing there? Ah, I see, you came here for something, and you won't go without it. And that something is of great value to you? How much? Heh, as' [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 6:23am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 31 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you go? Is there something wrong with your feet? Or is it the other end of you where the problem lies? Not that -- although the posterior is an annoyance, as long as you haven't carried it out the [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 6:22am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 30 August

  Go away.
  
  Why am I not yet alone? Why do you still stand here before me? Did I not make myself clear that I prefer you leave? So, why do you stay were nobody makes you welcome? Are you lost? The exit is [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 6:02am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 29 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you leave? What is holding you here? How come you're still here? When will you go? Who do I have to pay to get rid of you? Where else but here can one torment a medium, anyway? Have I [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 6:20am EDT
  

• Separated at birth?

  Senator Henry Waxman:California democrat
  
  Ron Stoppable's second-best friend, Rufus:naked mole rat
  [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 6:20pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 28 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you go away? What is it about this mountaintop that holds you here, against all others' wishes? All right, since we're alone, then I'm all others here today, so I'm permitted hyperbole. All the rest of us want you to leave.' [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 3:36pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 27 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you get gone? How come you are still here? Did somebody drop you on your head, just now, and you're too disoriented to find your way down a hill? Are you just insane? Why won't you go, when somebody asks you' [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 6:53am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 26 August

  Go away.
  
  What are you doing still here? Isn't there a bus you should be under? Oh, I'm sorry, you might not be in politics. But isn't it time for you to have been gone somewhere far, far away? Why are you still here? Warum?' [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 7:22am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 25 August

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still hanging around here? Isn't there somewhere else you can go, someone else you can annoy -- like , maybe a bull elephant? What is it that keeps you from turning around and leaving? Oh, I see, you came here' [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 6:25am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 24 August

  Go away.
  
  Why are you here? Why won't you go? What's keeping you here (other than perverse pleasure at seeing a solitary soul suffer an invasion of privacy)? Ah, I see, you came here for something only I can offer you. Would that be a' [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 6:20am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 23 August

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Why haven't you turned around and gone, the way any decent person would, upon hearing my request. Are you genuinely indecent? Well, put some clothes on, for crying out loud! Oh, right. That's the fashion of the day,' [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 6:24am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 22 August

  Go away.
  
  What are you doing still here? Why won't you go? What makes you so cruel? How do I get you to leave? Ah, that one, you can answer! So, then, do tell. What is it that I can do to make you go?' [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 6:18am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 21 August

  Go away.
  
  Why haven't you left? Is that even right? I give you instructions, and you refuse to follow them. It's as though you're a politician in training, or something. So, pray tell, why aren't you gone? Did you forget the way downhill? That's easy...' [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 6:44am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 20 August

  Go away.
  
  Why did you wake me -- er, interrupt my meditation? Why won't you go? Have you no heart? Come to think of it, have you a superabundance of spleen? How can you be so cruel to a stranger? Why won't you go? All [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 19 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you leave? What is it that makes you (a) come here and (b) not leave when I ask you to do so? Is there some bizarre map to the stars thing bringing your bus to my cave, or what? By your' [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 6:14am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 18 August

  Go away.
  
  Won't you leave? Please? What keeps you here, where you are not really welcomed? Is it strictly a matter of gravity, or is there some failure to understand directions, as well? Why won't you go? Oh, you're here to get something from me,' [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 6:47am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 17 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you leave? Are you simply and by nature a cruel animal? Why would you stay when you know you are invading a person's solitude? Isn't there somewhere else you can be? Like, jumping in a lake, maybe? Or, even just hopping [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 6:52am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 16 August

  Go away.
  
  When are you going to be gone? Do I have long to wait? I mean, it's not as though I have all the time in the world, do I? Or, do I? Well, anyway, time or no, I don't really have the desire' [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 6:11am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 15 August

  Go away.
  
  Will you please go? Now. Right now. You know, not later. Go. Turn around and head downhill, away from my private little mountaintop. Scoot scoot. Shoo. Why are you still here, then? Oh, right. You actually want something from me. And what could [...]
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  Posted: August 15, 2009, 12:45am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 14 August

  Go away.
  
  Will you go now, please? Go on. Make like a tree and leave. Head 'em up, move 'em out. G'waaaahnnnn. Scat. Why are you still here? Do you want to look like a blithering idiot just standing on my mountain, or is it' [...]
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  Posted: August 14, 2009, 10:19am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 13 August

  Go away.
  
  Why aren't you moving on down the road? Don't you have something else to do, somewhere else to be? Please, go. Please. Please please. And yet you stay. Why is that? What will it take to persuade you to go? Oh, right, you [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 6:50am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 12 August

  Go away.
  
  What keeps you here? Don't you have somewhere you're supposed to be? Somewhere you'd rather be? Somewhere I'd rather you'd be...why won't you go? Oh, because you want me to give you something. You came to my mountain top with a purpose? Get [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 1:14pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 11 August

  Go away.
  
  Why aren't you going? For that matter, why aren't you gone? It's not as though the exit were concealed. In fact, I've tried for some time to hide the entry, and people still come in . So, go on, now, outward bound with' [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 6:34am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 10 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you go? Why aren't you headed downhill, back to civilization, already? How do I merit such cruel treatment? Did I insult your mother, or something? Whatever it was I did, I didn't intend for it to result in this. So, please,' [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 8:20am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 9 August

  Go away.
  
  Will you go? Please? Pack yourself up and head out the way you came in. Run along, then. Go. Hop to it. What are you doing still standing in my majestic presence, and without offerings for worship? Oh, but you came to ask [...]
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  Posted: August 09, 2009, 6:05am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 8 August

  Go away.
  
  When will you go? Do I have to wait until, somehow, it suits you to scram? What is it that keeps you here against my wishes? Did you forget your manners? Apparently so. Certainly anybody even remotely introduced to Emily Post would not [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 10:11am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 7 August

  Go away.
  
  How is it that you're still here? Don't you have some traffic in which to play? Go on, go away. Scoot. Shoo. Scat. Amscray. Jeepers, why won't you go? What is it you want from me? Oh. Right. I'm a medium. You want [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 8:29am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 6 August

  Go away.
  
  Are you still here? How did that happen? Did you get lost trying to turn around and go out the way you came in? It's really very simple, you know. Just put one foot to the side, then swing the other across... oh, [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 9:47pm EDT
  

• Why is AARP supporting ObamaCare?

  The ostensibly non-profit lobbying group which markets itself as pro-senior citizens is madly campaigning in favor of ObamaCare. Funny thing, that. It's running counter to its constituents' best interests.
  After all, by Obama's own admission, the bottom line beats the doctor's advice. Doctors cannot be trusted with your wallet,' [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 11:26am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 5 August

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Do you have some point to your existence, as well as your purpose for being precisely on that spot, a direct affront to my happy solitude? Oh, well, that's not so important as the question... when will you [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 6:22am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 4 August

  Go away.
  
  Will you go, please? Go. You know, leave? Vacate the premises...hoof it. Please. And, you are not moving. Why is that? Did somebody steal your sense of direction? The exit is yonder. No, it's not directional disability keeping you here. So, what is [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 6:37am EDT
  

• Birthers are half-right

  President Obama needs to release his original birth certificate for complete public examination. I don't think, though, that it will change or even remotely challenge the legitimacy of his presidency -- I think his actions will do that on their own.
  No, I believe Barack Obama needs to release' [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 3 August

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you go? What is it that holds you to the spot? Besides gravity, I mean. What keeps you from traipsing back down the mountainside? Oh, of course, you came here for something only I can offer you. It surely can't be [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 6:21am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 2 August

  Go away.
  
  Why aren't you gone? Is finding the gate so difficult for you? Does your mommy know you're out alone? Run along home, now. Go on. Skedaddle. Scoot. Vamoose. Go. Leave. And.... you're still here. Why is that? Oh, of course, you forgot how' [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 6:31am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 1 August

  Go away.
  
  Why aren't you on your way away? Do you have something against leaving a poor anchorist alone? I mean, for crying out loud! How hard is it to walk past -- and not through -- a gate that says "private property"? Well? Well?' [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 8:46am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 31 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Don't you have some traffic to go play in? After all, there are plenty of cars around, still, even after the trade-in offers from the feds. In fact, there are going to be tons of them around' [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 6:45am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 30 July

  Go away.
  
  Why do you not go? How is that? Don't you have somewhere else to be? Don't you have something else to do besides harass an old hermit? It's not as if I'm up here for my social life, after all. Come, now, go' [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 8:51am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 29 July

  Go away.
  
  Well, what's keeping you? Forget how you got here? I'm pretty sure there's a gadget somewhere on your person or within a reasonable distance that will tell you how to get back to where you once belonged. Come, now, go there. And still' [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 6:13am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 28 July

  Go away.
  
  Go on. Amscray. Beat it. Skedaddle. Scoot. Hoof it. What are you waiting for -- an engraved invitation? Not that I want to crush your feelings or anything (heh), but, well, ahem. Why aren't you leaving, yet? What do you want? ... as' [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 6:49am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 27 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Don't you have a train to be under? Go on, now, get gone. Why are you still not going? Oh, right. You came here for something. And that something would be... as if I couldn't have figured it [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 6:46am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 26 July

  Go away.
  
  What's keeping you? Don't you need to be somewhere else? Like, maybe, the passing circus' side show? So, what are you waiting for -- get along, now. Nothing for you here. Except... oh, heck. You came for a reading, didn't you? If I' [...]
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  Posted: July 26, 2009, 6:23am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 25 July

  Go away.
  
  Why won't you go? Did somebody fill you with daft notions of sharing the life of a recluse? Silly, silly you! Oh, no, that's not why you're here. You just came to pester me about something, didn't you? What is it you want' [...]
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  Posted: July 25, 2009, 9:19am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 24 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Have you no mercy? Have you no shame? Have you no ride back to town? Please, go now. And yet you stand here like a statue with a pre-recorded message playing from cheap speakers. I came here for [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 6:18am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 23 July

  Go away.
  
  Why did you wake me? Let me crawl back under my ratty blanket and restack those "Z"s. Why won't you go? What cruel streak in you keeps you standing in front of me? Grumble grumble a medium tries to sleep in once in' [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 10:54am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 22 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? What is it that keeps you from going, when there is a perfectly good gate, and a lovely path beyond? Are you mad? Are you sad? Are you gathering moss? Oh, you just want a reading. Well, I [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 6:40am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 21 July

  Go away.
  
  What are you doing still here? Why won't you go? What is it about my presence which has you rooted to the spot? Certainly it can't be my sultry good looks and sense of style. So, why are you here, again? Oh, right. [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 6:35am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 20 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still hanging around here? Isn't there something else you should be doing -- like washing your hair or scrubbing your toenails? Why aren't you gone? Oh, right, you'll be here after your reading won't you? So, if I give you [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 6:22am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 19 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you here? Don't you have a bridge somewhere to jump off? Go on, now, skedaddle. Why won't you go? What is it about my mountain that keeps you on top of it? Oh, right, you came here for something in particular, [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 6:52am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 18 July

  Go away.
  
  Why are you still here? Why won't you go? Why do you torment me so? Why is the sky blue, the grass green? Is there something I can do to make these questions go away? Oh, right, I can give you a reading,' [...]
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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 6:13am EDT
  

• Cranky Large Medium reading, 17 July

  Go away.
  
  What are you doing still standing there? Isn't the bus waiting for you? Well, go on, get to it! It will leave without you, and then you'll have to sleep out on the side of the hill, because... well, let's face it, I'm' [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 6:14am EDT