Monthly Archives: December 2011

“Your Porch Roof Is Collapsing”

Posted on December 31, 2011 by theozarker

Back to doom, this week, my friends. December 31, 2011 Living in a 112-year-old house, no matter how well built, is a series of financial adventures.  Late fall, over a year ago, after the leaves had fallen from the trees, … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays

Posted on December 24, 2011 by theozarker

December 24, 2011 No doom, today.  Just a little Christmas story that I wrote after a discussion with a seven-year-old a while back that, oddly enough, had nothing to do with Christmas. Best wishes for a happy holiday season and … Continue reading →

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Can They, Will They and Why Would They?

Posted on December 17, 2011 by theozarker

December 17, 2011 Much ado has been made, the last couple of weeks, about the so-called Indefinite Detention clauses in the National Defense Authorization Act passed by Congress this week, of President Obama’s reversal of his promise to veto it, … Continue reading →

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Insults, Insults Everywhere …

Posted on December 10, 2011 by theozarker

November 10, 2011 In reading through the news this week, it seems to have been a week of insults, great and small, both here and around the world. The actor, Alex Balwin, who was apparently removed from an airplane last … Continue reading →

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Comfort Food

Posted on December 3, 2011 by theozarker

December 3, 2011 Winters always mean comfort food, to me.  A pot of vegetable-beef soup simmering on the stove (though in this economy it’s usually vegetable-hamburger soup).  Corned beef with cabbage, potatoes and carrots (again, with hamburger in this economy). … Continue reading →

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