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  • Funeral Directors Congregate - Boston Runs Low on Whiskey

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    My apologies to the fine people of Boston, Massachusetts. I have spent my fifth work related trip there but have failed to see the sights or have a decent meal yet again. Somebody could make a fortune directing business travelers to a real restaurant, but that is [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:50am EST
    by Death Becomes Her

  • All Ghouls' Day

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    This is a solemn day at Auspicious Jots. We take this holiday very seriously and are appalled by all who would undermine the reason for the season with irritating jingles, crass merchandise, and blatant consumerism.

    Tony Hawk (pictured below) and I wish you a very serious Halloween full of [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Death Club in Life

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    I have been working the extensive behind the scenes building of my death club website and had hoped to have it half up by November 1 (Day of the Dead). But deep down I am a Luddite and this has made me want to hurl my laptop into the river. [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 11:24am EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • A Video from Death Club

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    Blogspot, please accept my apologies. I have been working on a Wordpress site and it is the hardest, most infuriating thing ever!!!! I never should have disparaged this nice little blog helper.

    Hi, Reader - my neck hurts, my shoulders hurt, and I am cursing like a madwoman because [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Brad Tucker is Richmond's Jackson Browne

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    While you are sitting there chewing on your nails and wondering what to microwave, there are millions of musicians vying to be the BEST Musician you have NEVER heard of. Millions of them waiting for you to do a little web surfing, sniff around eMusic.com or drag your tail to [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Future Planning

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    When we last checked in on our intrepid blogger she was napping, reading the paper, wondering about her purpose in life and doing part-time shift work with a government agency. In other words: the same daily activities of 78.3% of all bloggers. (The other 18.5% are trying to sell you [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2009, 3:10am EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Will the Blog Continue?

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    Mother Confessor, it has been 39 years since my last confession. I went to see a movie tonight. With my mother. At a movie theater. First Run. Without coupons. AND it WAS NOT a documentary! REPENT! REPENT!

    Yes, dear reader - it is TWUE like Princess Bride love. I [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 11:20pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Friday Evening Death Club

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    A late summer Thursday evening in the hopping capital of the Commonwealth can only mean one thing: Death Club!!

    Death Club is a group much like Fight Club of Chuck Palahniuk/Brad Pitt fame except the first rule of Death Club is: spread the news about Death Club. Oh, and [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 8:53am EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • New Life

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    I would hope that the costs of leaving a congregation based ministry would be obvious to all. The short list is: love, people, love, and thinking about really important things every single day.

    There are benefits, however. (Ministers might want to stop reading here and go back to their [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 8:06pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Now What?

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    What do you do after beginning what is scheduled to be a 2 year sabaatical and ending the worst 10 days of memory?

    Start a scrapbook? Knit? Watch a Spongebob marathon?

    I don't know what to do. My kids, parents and I spent 9 days in Florida and' [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Huge and Monumental vs Small and Fecal

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    Don't sweat the little shit.

    I think I get to say things like that now that I am not a regular fixture in a pulpit. Not that I don't know dozens of ministers, priests, and rabbis who say that sort of thing on a daily basis. Nor do I [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 7:06pm EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Or Maybe Not

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    When leaving a place of employment, subtlety and decorum are your keys to a successful transition. On your last day of work be friendly, kind, and unassuming in your presence. A successful departure from one job will lead to a fruitful beginning at the next. A graceful, quiet last day [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 12:24am EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

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    As Nina Simone so memorably sang,

    It's a new dawn.
    It's a new day.
    It's a new life... for me.
    And I'm feeling good.

    Well, I'm actually feeling pretty tired. But this is the first day of the rest of my life, so what do you expect?
    [...]
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    Posted: August 04, 2009, 12:04am EDT
    by Death Becomes Her

  • Candlelight Vigil this Thursday

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    There will be a candlelight vigil in reponse to the murder of Dr. George Tiller of Kansas, an advocate of women's health, who was slain in his church this past Sunday.

    The peaceful vigil will begin at 7 PM on Thursday June 4th in the courtyard of First Unitarian' [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 8:40am EDT

  • Some Long Awaited Photos

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    I know. I owe you some photos. I often promise photos on Auspicious Jots and don't deliver for months. Obviously I have not worked out a system of ease with my digital camera. And I'd feel worse about it if I didn't know that 80% of all digital camera users' [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2009, 6:45am EDT
    by Every 7th Day

  • The Lizard Eater visit

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    Prelude: Two bloggers arrange a 5 day visit after a couple of years of e-communication. They have never met. They have never spoken. Most say they are out of their minds. They retort - "Yeah, and?"

    Enter Lizard Eater: A cute as a bug Texan with impossibly long, pretty [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 9:10pm EDT

  • Yes! Magazine

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    One habit formed out of years of ministry for me is magazine subscriptions. I have 10. I refuse to admit that this might be excessive because
    a) some of them come only 6 times a year
    b) two of them are gifts
    c) I save, recycle or regift many of [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 8:44pm EDT

  • Lizard Eater and Auspicious Jots join for Blogging Super Power

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    (Insert choice curse words here) I forgot the whole reason I turned the computer on in the first place. Lizard Eater is coming! My long lost twin is coming to visit! This is the choicest thing I have done lately as a grownup. I mean producing life twice was cool [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 11:50am EDT

  • Melange de Malaise

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    Ever notice how you finally call for help, the villagers come running, and as soon as they get there the wolf disappears? Or maybe that's just me and my computer tech.

    Sorry to leave everyone in the amnesia lurch but it would seem that the one area in which' [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2009, 11:04am EDT

  • Turns out temporary amnesia IS funny

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    Hello.

    I've been in bed for 6 days. Bed also means sofa. Bed also means guest bed.

    I have viral meningitis. It started as a simple ear infection and with the loving support of a compromised immune system spread to my sinuses, bronchial tubes, and spinal fluid. My' [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2009, 8:50pm EDT

  • VM - what are you thinking?

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    I had a lot of hopes for keeping a blog. Good writing practice. Connect with church members. Get discovered at long last by some blues band.

    Little did I know that my blog would have a different legacy: Evidence for some future epidemiologist that I was patient when the [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 4:07pm EDT

  • Regrets

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    You know that running list that starts ticking along when you try meditation, prayer, or sleep? Sometimes it is searching for the name of that guy that dated that girl who lived near you twenty years ago. Other times it is the list of all that you need to do [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 1:20pm EDT
    by Every 7th Day

  • Hell, Redemption and the Arthritis Fundraiser

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    There are times in one's life when a person is extra grateful for friends.

    Like when I fell and broke my hand at my son's elementary school and a few friends suggested I lay off the 10 AM happy hours.

    Or when I walk into a room and [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 5:18pm EDT
    by Every 7th Day

  • Having a Party

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    Short version - Come to an Arthritis Foundation Fundraiser on April 16th from 6PM until you are too tired to stay any longer. It is at Shenanigan's Eatery and Pub on MacArthur Ave. in Richmond's northside.

    Long version - There will be a band, a bar (with non-alcoholic choices [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2009, 10:38pm EDT

  • Rocking in the Lean Times

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    I was born for this economy: love coupons, enjoy tracking spending on a spreadsheet, capable of gardening as long as we can survive on radishes and cherry tomatoes. But most of all...

    I am crafty. And I am passing it on.
    The Little Man and I entered a challenge [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:21am EDT

  • An Alzheimer's Letter

    Number of comments: 5
    Dear Night Shift,

    My grandmother is the patient in room 561. She broke her hip and will be having surgery to correct it tomorrow. There are a few things that we want you to know tonight.

    1) She is what she used to call when she wasn't and' [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 11:04am EDT

  • Photos Anyone?

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    One of my favorite quilts at the show. It was in a section of quilts based on punchlines.

    Birthdays call for key lime pie and the soft hues of candlelight. (Note my buddy Stephen in the back pondering, "I" [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2009, 10:01pm EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • This Message is Self Destructing as You Read It

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    A not very subtle fan has noted the lack of jots lately. He pointed this out by emailing me and telling me to write. He avoided threats. Mighty nice of him.

    I wish I had an internal alarm like that.

    "Warning: BEEP. You must write within the next" [...]
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    Posted: March 04, 2009, 9:39pm EST

  • Pet Funeral

    Number of comments: 4
    One of my pushy fans reminded me that I never posted the pet funeral pictures. Did I say pushy? I meant adoring. Did I say fans? Well, that's what I pay all five of them for...

    In case you are a sixth random soul who stumbled on this blog,' [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2009, 10:25pm EST

  • My Buddhist Pet Peeves

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    "Pet peeve" is such a strong, negative way of putting it. Let's think more along the lines of ironies and the elements that make me laugh.

    Most people know how ridiculous I find Buddhist advertising and catalogues selling... junk. Pretty junk. Cool junk. Sometimes even useful junk, but by' [...]
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    Posted: February 18, 2009, 3:14pm EST

  • Snippets

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    I. At Lunch

    Me: As an atheist, you...

    Lunch Guest: I am NOT an atheist.

    Me: Well, you used to be an atheist. You gave me all those great atheist articles over the years.

    Lunch Guest: Yes... I used to be an atheist, but... I... well...
    [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 10:29pm EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • Good-bye leads to I Love You

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    Three funerals, all men, one week.

    Bill's Memorial Service, Life Celebration, Party of Honor was a huge shindig last week. It was a total bummer because he wasn't there. It was his kind of party. There was a military presentation, a bagpiper, an open bar, musicians, food, tons [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 11:29am EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • I Am Amos

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    This past Sunday I announced that I am leaving my position at the church as of September 1.

    Here is an excerpt from the sermon. At this point I was talking about sacred stories of unexpected personalities in ministerial roles...

    What I love about these stories is the [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2009, 10:27pm EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • Day 19 - The Diagnosis

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    Pediatricians seem to understand things like double appointments. That's a good aspect of today. Two kids. Two coughs. Two red noses. A combined fever of 205 degrees. One trip to the doc's office.

    Even the best doc, which we believe we have, needs some work on delivering devastating news [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 1:10pm EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • Day 17 - St. James' Infirmary

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    After a funeral visitation and a speaking engagement out of town, I was supposed to come home and then hop back in the car with the family to visit the in-laws.

    I came home. But a fire was going. Nice. Movies were being watched. Nice. Pajamas were still on [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 1:07pm EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • Day 23 - The Younger Models

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    Today marked the arrival of the replacement puppies. No, I am not being cold and callous. We are not like those pet owners who pick a species, color combo and name and have the pet for 30 years.

    What? You haven't heard of this?

    Here's how it is [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 12:56pm EST
    by Every 7th Day

  • Day 16 - Early Riser, Early Writer

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    Good morning. After a night full of dreams of Mayor Ray Nagin I am embarking upon a surprisingly busy day, so I thought I'd do a morning blog. This is most likely the first and last occasion for that sort of nonsense. Mornings are for eating, reading, bathing, and running' [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2009, 9:19am EST

  • Day 15 - A Day of Saved Life, Sad Death, and You Were There, too

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    You can take the minister out of the pulpit, but you can't get the drive out. You can't take out that desire to connect, to listen, to walk with someone if only for a little while on their hard journey.

    Ministry to me has never been about the pulpit, [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2009, 11:57pm EST

  • Day Ummm... until 14

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    Yes, once again my brilliant scheming was undermined by my crapola body. (Crapola is one of my mother's personal coinages. I've always liked it. Rhymes with Crayola.)

    My hand just hurt too darn bad to blog so I stopped typing. Guess what? My hand is better. Perhaps now is [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2009, 9:13pm EST

  • Day 7 - Study Leave Grindstone

    Number of comments: 5
    Enough already. 7! Day 7! I've got to get crackin' on this study thing, don't I? I mean what kind of brilliant mind massage and spirit sauna have I had in the past week? Pot roast in a cabin? Flunking hand therapy? Reading a novel in which everyone on earth' [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2009, 12:05am EST

  • Day 6 - Study Leave, Tongue Burp Boogie

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    Somebody engrave me a plaque. It is official: I have flunked out of hand therapy.


    Let's not call this an omen.


    As my buddies John and Vicky like to say: it is another $%# *&^% growth opportunity!


    Have you ever noticed that growth opportunities' [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2009, 12:41pm EST

  • Day 5 - Study Leave, why?

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    Grapevine says that some folks are at a loss as to what study leave is and why I'm on it. That's an easy enough question to answer.

    Traditionally, UU ministers had summers off to study because the expectations of our intellectual capabilities were very high and because congregations were [...]
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    Posted: January 06, 2009, 2:17pm EST

  • Day 4 - Study Leave Catch Up

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    My mother is plotting against me. I came home from our brief foray into the Virginia woodlands to find an email from her essentially saying, "Blogging every day of your leave is stupid. Take a walk with us (my parents) instead."

    There has always been something sweet about my [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 8:56pm EST

  • Day 3 - Study Leave Walking

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    Did I mention that there was a tyke revolution protesting all things slumber oriented last night? There was not nearly enough sleep.

    Today held over an hour of hiking, an hour of cross stitch (alternative hand therapy since I flunked out of the hard core stuff thanks to a [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 1:33pm EST

  • Day 2 - Study Leave, stress the Leave

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    When I said I would blog every day of my study leave I probably should have mentioned that I was about to embark upon three days in a cabin in a national park with my family. No internet access, or so I assume because I didn't want to bring my' [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 1:22pm EST

  • Day 1 - Study Leave

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    Let's go back in time. Imagine a simpler time when all the world looked new. Think back... to yesterday.

    I am on study leave for the month of January. Some people call these sabbaticals, but 31 days is not a sabbatical. Then again, most people never get a study' [...]
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    Posted: January 02, 2009, 9:36am EST

  • Return of the Claw

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    Watch your peanut M&M's. I've been released back into the wild by my hand doctor. He feels that I am healthy enough to forage for sustenance and care for my young outside the cage. This may be a week or two premature but then, he knows I am on steroids [...]
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    Posted: December 18, 2008, 11:18am EST

  • Fear, Agony, and Facebook

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    FEAR
    Two kids in the Miles household - very different makes and models. A boy and a girl. An extrovert and an introvert. A TV addict and a lover of all things costume. (No, wait - there are three of us in the house that fit that costume affinity.) My [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2008, 11:08pm EST

  • Don't Cry for Me Blog-en-tina

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    In the ongoing saga of ridiculous things I do...I went to Mississippi only 10 days after my nasty finger destruction. Supposedly I was there to help with the rebuilding effort (my second trip) and to lead my merry band of UUs. I was [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2008, 1:08pm EST

  • Unplanned Blog Vacation

    Number of comments: 3
    Sorry to have been gone so long. I fell before Halloween and broke two fingers, dislocated 4 or 5 knuckles, sprained my wrist and hurt my shoulder. Typing is very hard. This photo is of the first cast. Subsequent casts immobilized those fingers that are greenish blue. I am healing [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2008, 10:31am EST

  • Yeah, That's Dirt

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    This must be the simplest and most delightful product I've seen at any funeral convention. It's dirt. That's all. Well, almost all. It is dirt from Ireland that has been processed and approved, and brought to America (an otherwise illegal process) so that you can sprinkle' [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2008, 10:03pm EDT

  • Handcrafted Silver Urns

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    The National Funeral Directors' Convention continues to amaze. This is my third year and in some ways I am getting used to it. I hardly notice the playing of "Taps" throughout the day, the mongo Escalade hearses, the airbrush make-up displays, and the tragically small caskets. I should get counseling [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2008, 12:03am EDT

  • Orlando - More Fun with Funeral Conventions

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    On my way with my wee daughter to have some family and work fun in Orlando. No, we are not doing Disney. She's 3 and can entertain herself for an hour with an acorn. Why mess with a good thing?

    We will be doing everyone's favorite Auspicious Jots activity [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2008, 11:58pm EDT

  • Top 40 Under 40?

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    Have you ever been given a sincere compliment that ended up harming you more like an insult? It is a weird situation.

    I was incredibly honored and excited to be recognized by a local weekly magazine for being one of what they call the "Top 40 under 40." This [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2008, 10:41pm EDT

  • The Evening News

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    Today's breaking news...

    First from my sainted mother: "A van parked next to me at my mother’s day care recently had this written on the side:

    Temple Image Paternity and Infidelity DNA Specialists
    For a reflection of the truth

    For what it’s worth, it had a wheelchair [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 3:11pm EDT

  • Fresh-faced Global Ripple Effect

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    It occurs to me that conspiracy theorists may be onto something.

    I am multitasking in a coffee shop. The men beside me have determined that the war in Iraq and the "imminent economic collapse of America" are part of Presiden't Bush's rabid xenophobic plan to eradicate immigration. "Mexico is [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 11:37am EDT

  • The P and E files

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    P is for paper. E is for electronic.

    I made a pilgrimage of sorts last week to the home of our minister emeritus to peruse his files. Rev. MacPherson has over 50 years of ministerial files that are better organized, more useful, and more diverse than the mess of [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2008, 2:21pm EDT

  • Fab List Making

    Number of comments: 1
    What if we all had cool to do lists? What if instead of: clean kitchen, pay bills, find dog we had things like: get yet another amazing massage, put Nepal photos in scrapbook, return Prince's email TODAY ?

    I come up with these things when I am not well [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 12:37am EDT

  • Photolude with quilt

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    And for those of you needing a little spiritual experience... the fine Quuilters of First UU Richmond with one of our group projects. [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 12:25am EDT

  • Photolude Denver style

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    Finally opened my buddy's pics from the DNC in Denver. Here's my fave campaign poster.. [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 12:23am EDT

  • Photolude

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    I haven't been posting enough photos lately. Here's a few to keep you going. I call this one - The Seventies only Hurt when you can't find your Sweater Vest. The fine studs flanking me are still studly. The one on the left was roller derbying this weekend while my [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2008, 12:18am EDT

  • Arts and Crafts Hell

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    I have become a State Fair Stage Mom. How did this happen? The child is only 6!

    Since I don't know how I got here let me just say where I am. I live in a house where three hours a day are spent supervising a 6 year old [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2008, 10:00am EDT

  • Decorating Techniques for the Weary

    Number of comments: 6
    Fridays are no longer fun. I take my nasty meds on Fridays at 12:30. I then call or text my husband with something along the lines of "Snow White has bitten the apple" or "I am Three Mile Island". And then I feel crummy for a day or two.

    [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2008, 10:17am EDT

  • Do turtles have little hands?

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    We have jumped up on the "Why" season with my daughter. I like the why season. It makes me curious again. And when the questions are like the title of the post, I just smile.

    Is fog really clouds that fell down? Can cicadas bite? How do they make [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2008, 10:03am EDT

  • Poetry Wednesday

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    Funeral Langston Hughes

    Carried lonely up the aisle
    In a box without a smile,
    Resting near the altar where
    Folks pass by and stare -

    If I was alive
    I'd say,
    I don't give a damn
    Being this-a way!

    But I would give [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2008, 2:00pm EDT

  • Welcome to the horror!

    Number of comments: 1
    My first facebook message was the title of this post. It came from a man whom I've known since he was a boy. He is funny, laid back, sweet and he caught me off-guard. "What on earth is he talking about?" I wondered.

    Well, it is two weeks later. [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2008, 4:48pm EDT

  • That was enlightening

    Number of comments: 1
    Thanks for all who commented on the posts about political parties and UUism. I had no idea that it would spark so much talk on and offline. Thank you to those who brought up the other angles beyond political parties, too.

    Since the postings, I experienced a mostly UU [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2008, 4:20pm EDT

  • Seeing Through New Eyes

    Number of comments: 11
    I feel like I just got a new prescription for my glasses.

    I had some mighty long comments in response to my brief post in which I asserted that the pro-Democrat election fervor in UU lobbies and events was doing us harm. I only posted the one that was [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2008, 7:42pm EDT

  • Time for Change Indeed

    Number of comments: 5
    10 weeks until elections. As UU's I believe we are called...
    - to talk about something else at church. Why?

    We are not the religious arm of the Democratic Party.
    We sure do look like it far too often.

    The elections are the focus of the [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2008, 1:29pm EDT

  • Ask and sometimes...

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    Well, that was easy.

    Someone asked me to run a "Power of Now" discussion group. I did research. I bought the book. I looked into it. But I couldn't schedule it for months. When I finally could schedule it I didn't have time to give it a lot of [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

  • Uncharacteristically Quiet

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    I've been getting the clearing of throats and meaningful looks from the blog fans. They all say the same thing, without saying it. "You are uncharacteristically quiet. Shouldn't the blog have more information. More about the Tennessee churches... more about the UU response... something, more?"

    As my mama likes [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2008, 11:02pm EDT

  • Standing together

    Number of comments: 2
    On behalf of my congregation, I would like to thank all the people who have offered their support and condolences. I have been particularly touched by those who are not Unitarian Universalist and yet understand some of the nuances of who we are.



    We are many hours [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2008, 10:51pm EDT

  • Bring a Flower

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    Unitarian Universalists are all familiar with the tradition of flower communion. In the face of hatred and violence during the Second World War, Norbert Capek gave us a tender celebration of peace, beauty, and love by creating the flower communion. Each person brings a blossom and we exchange them in [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2008, 11:22pm EDT

  • In a Guitar Case

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    In A Guitar Case

    I have carried guitar cases into Unitarian Universalist churches probably between 50 - 100 times in my life - mainly my own church but also a couple of others. I've played and sung to children, adults, activists. [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2008, 11:14pm EDT

  • Mid-week services for Richmond UUs

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    The latest news we have received about the Knoxville congregation is that two people were killed and seven injured by an assailant who entered during worship. The assailant is in custody. Three UU congregations were involved in the special worship service which was a musical performance by children of each [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2008, 10:36pm EDT

  • Our Hearts are with you, TVUUC

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    The news has just come in that our brothers and sisters at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church were attacked in worship by a gunman. We hold this congregation in our hearts, cry with them at their loss, and hope and pray for the recovery of the victims in critical condition.
    [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2008, 6:39pm EDT

  • Greetings from SUUSI

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    Greetings from the holy land of Unitarian Universalist peaceniks! I am on pilgrimage at SUUSI in Radford, Virginia - where hippie is a compliment, and nail polish is mostly on men's toes.

    It is good living here. Singing along with folk singers, hugging all my dear friends I've only [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2008, 10:34am EDT

  • Hallucinations or Premonitions?

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    For those fearing my imminent demise, I did sneak out for three hours yesterday. I was out long enough to meet Ralph Nader, introduce him for his speech, pick up a copy of "An Unreasonable Man", & head back home before the rash completely took over.

    Should I succumb [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2008, 2:19pm EDT

  • Peace, Love, and...

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    Back in a few days. Been down with what seems to be scarlet fever. How very retro of me, I know.

    As Don Cornelius says... [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2008, 12:31am EDT

  • America - Home of Rock

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    Happy Independence Day! I say that there is no better way to celebrate America than through love and rock n' roll. And so that was how I spent my evening - officiating at a rock and roll wedding. It was great. The bride and groom are a blast. (For my [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 11:59pm EDT

  • My brief political life

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    In spite of illness, I really have had an amazing year. Among the great moments - my husband's 40th birthday, Baby Dent getting potty trained, having the kitchen redone, seeing a Drive By Truckers show, Katrina rebuilding in Mississippi... big year so far.

    It's [...]

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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 11:36pm EDT

  • Quilting

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    I have been remiss in posting some quilting pics for my dear reader in Maine. I'm always flattered by the question, "How do you have time to quilt?!?" I don't. I believe that this quilt was begun before Baby Dent was born. It did not cooperate [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2008, 11:09am EDT

  • Rockin' Hob Nobbin

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    YouTube - The Baseball Project
    This is my first attempt at blogging a video. I think I've just linked it instead of getting the cool screen look. Well, what did you expect from a Luddite at 2:30AM?

    The drummer and the center guy were joined in holy matrimony [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2008, 2:28am EDT

  • Other blogs update

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    Insomnia ain't so bad. I've been catching up with my blogging pals. Over at the Journey, Lizard Eater's daughter's cancer appears to be back on the ropes. (I'll never sleep now. Just too dablurn exciting! Check her out through my links to your right. Leave her a supportive comment and [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2008, 1:42am EDT

  • Riding High and Incoherent

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    Back from the national convention of UUs in Fort Lauderdale. Hmmm. Very little to report on that.

    Seeing Forrester Church for the last time was the biggest event of the week for me. I am reading his last book now. He was sweetly autographing copies in spite of his [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2008, 12:50am EDT

  • Some random summer thoughts

    Number of comments: 2

    More vacation photos. This time from the Clarke family who headed down to Tampa/St. Pete. They also included photos from Lowry Park Zoo, a favorite spot of my own Little Man. They even had a photo of the very manatee who made me realize that [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2008, 11:48am EDT

  • Travel Season

    Number of comments: 2
    I like other people's vacation pictures. It's a weird affinity. I have a few rules - you have to be a decent photographer; you have to be a friend willing to tell me the stories of your trip; you gotta' stop when I cry "uncle." Otherwise, it's all good.
    [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2008, 5:58am EDT

  • Funeral Convention Juxtapositions

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    As if going to a ski resort in the middle of June did not already take some adjusting, here are some mismatched couples from this week's convention...

    Outside
    A hearse in the ski lodge parking lot
    Hearses on the bunny slope
    An open burial vault at [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 4:16pm EDT

  • Hijacked Ceremony

    Number of comments: 4
    I am at the Virginia Funeral Directors' Association annual meeting right now. This is my sixth in a row. I'm not on duty at this one, but doing child care and seeing old friends. I also wanted to be sure to attend the memorial service they have annually that recognizes [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2008, 5:16pm EDT

  • What Side Effects?

    Number of comments: 4
    I am born again. Thanks to the bright and helpful rheumatologist we will call Dr. Superstar, I have less pain than I have had in years. Possibly 15 years. The sky is bluer. The jokes are funnier. Everyone is good-looking.

    No. Dr. Superstar did not send me to Canada [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 9:16am EDT

  • The Spouse's Surprise

    Number of comments: 4
    Came home tonight to find my husband watching The Incredibles. That's odd. He has seen that movie 20 times with the kids and begs them to watch ANYTHING else.

    I walk in the door and he's grinning in front of The Incredibles. Turns out that through hard work, coupon [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 12:59am EDT
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  • Father's Day

    Number of comments: 0

    Twenty years and I have not cleaned one single toilet.
    It would have been enough.

    In the past months when I have been sick, I am granted a nap pass at dinner time.
    It would have been enough.

    All the years of [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 12:40am EDT

  • Equal Parts

    Number of comments: 2
    Being sick is BORING. Tonight I am finally blogging again because the latest latest meds have given me insomnia. I can't find the book I've been reading. And because there has been subtle but insistent harumphing among the blog fans. Also, I have gathered enough amusing things so as to [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 11:17pm EDT

  • Mission Mississippi - Friday

    We woke up Friday to more rain. In yesterday's blog I failed to note that on Thursday I had called my husband from the toolshed and left a message along the lines of, "Hi, honey. They are calling for tornadoes here. Worry not. I'm in a [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2008, 2:06am EDT

  • Mission Mississippi - Thursday

    Number of comments: 1
    I am so grateful for all the people who supported me and my family while I had an almost two month long flare-up of Rheumatoid arthritis. I seem to be almost on the other side of it. I realized this when I woke up in [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2008, 1:25am EDT

  • Mission Mississippi - Wednesday

    Wednesday I moved to another house. My role this time: landscaping. In case you do not recall, I am a firm believer in letting the land do its own scaping. Mowing, weed eating, and general yard maintenance is done on our property twice a year, [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2008, 10:53pm EDT

  • Mission Mississippi - Tuesday

    Number of comments: 2
    The camp we chose to work through is called Camp Coast Care. It is an Episcopal/Lutheran camp. I didn't get the story from the director, but the word in the bunkbed lodge was that so many of the churches were destroyed that this camp was [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2008, 9:31pm EDT

  • My Glamorous Life

    "I can't. I'll be on a mission trip to Mississippi."

    These have to be some of the oddest words I have ever said as a UU minister. But last week I made them a reality. 8 members of my two beloved congregations and I [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2008, 9:09pm EDT

  • Omens and Synchronicity

    There are supercool aspects to being human and I like to keep tabs on them. When having a bad day, I like to run through my little list of the supercool and remember why I am here. Some examples:

    1) Anyone who takes public dance breaks.

    2) That [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 11:50am EDT

  • Mission

    I'm a UU and a Virginian which can be a tough cohabitation at times.

    The Commonwealth has been known to trample over basic tenets of Unitarian Universalism. Making marriage a civil right for all? Nope. Protecting the beautiful environment in which we live? Not if coal or crabs can [...]
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    Posted: May 09, 2008, 11:26am EDT
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