I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. http://ping.fm/1gTKG

Join me in opposing the waste of life and wealth in the endless and stupid war in Afghanistan. http://ping.fm/1i0Y8

Working on the newest novel. It is quite different - about chickens & aliens, about love & adultery.
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Summer is the best time for reading.
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Have you not heard the good news? Today we will have the joy of living.

Some different dog pics. http://ping.fm/gl3EG

7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood. Think of all the little houses and rafts you could build.

A new review of Memoirs From the Asylum
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Memoirs From the Asylum - an important book. http://ping.fm/i32Iy

Received a really nice review for Memoirs From the Asylum. Here's the link. http://ping.fm/8LndN

Drop by Dawn Roberto's blog to read my new piece, which she posted today.
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I have a guest blog piece up today. Please stop by and read it.
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If I am not true to myself, where will I wander? If I am true to my beliefs, how can I go astray?
Know your personal faith & keep it strong.

"Memoirs a book everyone should read. At the same time pray that the freedom you have is the freedom that you really want." New review.
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Evil is as lets the devil in. The worst sinners often proclaim salvation while the great saints walk quietly in their faith.

Memoirs From the Asylum -
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What is the only book you must read?

The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh: Lettuce..

What is the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh?

Three English words beginning with dw: Dwarf, dwell and dwindle. (Dweeb doesn't count yet.)

Only three words in standard English begin with the letters "dw" and they are all common words. What are they?

The strawberry has its seeds on the outside.

What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons: Asparagus and rhubarb.

Only 2 vegetables can produce on their own for several growing seasons. All others must be replanted every year. What are the 2?

Factoid: First coin-operated machine - holy-water dispenser for 5-drachma. From the Greek scientist Hero in the first century A.D.

Yesterday my wife told me that Memoirs From the Asylum was in her opinion a masterful book. That's the most important review of my life. http://ping.fm/c0N9a

If neighbor's house is on fire, don't haggle over the rental for use of a hose. But if he's burning it down, play the hose on your own home.

Fran Lewis' sister is ill so we will have to postpone the radio interview this Tues. In the meantime please send a prayer her way.

Some great architecture here. http://ping.fm/UIt6H

I have a story coming up in Scars. You can preview it here:
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The author’s timing is perfect ... problems ... threaten to conquer but life goes on, widows do walk & walks do lead to pastures new. http://ping.fm/EGC4z

When the music stops grab the first available tree and hang on; the whirlwind is coming and it doesn't stop in Kansas.

Government protecting children from corporations - now there's a concept. http://ping.fm/7SPJU

Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow. Doesn't that give incentive to not pollute?

6/25/1886 Custer's Last stand. Makes me want to talk about Afghanistan.

For the horologically enthralled. http://ping.fm/AFqbn

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If you haven't thought about it yet today, please do so now.

Factoid: A bee has 5 eyes, 2 large compound on either side of head, and 3 ocelli (primitive eyes) on top of head to detect light intensity.

Tues - 11 Eastern, 1 Pacific - I'm being interviewed about Memoirs From the Asylum. Please listen in. http://ping.fm/2Vydr

To get a sense of my writing visit
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If you could choose, whose life would you lead? Whose love would you possess? Whose laughter would you hear? If you could choose.

Every few years there is another group of people who figure out the joy of hating.

Oh, to be at Stonehenge to dance the solstice home.

You like wine and don't own a corkscrew? Quelle doamge! http://ping.fm/zzGsN

I haven't mentioned Widow's Walk in a while. It's a great read. http://ping.fm/yRNqU

We are two months into the Gulf crisis. People are getting restive and even angrier. I don't blame them. Anger won't make a faster solution.

Here's a nasty joke for you: You can say lots of bad things about pedophiles but at least they drive slowly in school zones.

"Read Memoirs From the Asylum. Overwhelmed, so impressive! How beautifully written and edited. Cohesive, incisive. Felt true." RG
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Have you watched this? http://ping.fm/VgMa6

I see in amazed pleasure the children who adroitly watch and copy, practice and learn. Too bad their role models aren't always better.

Fishbowl invented in middle of the 18th century by Countess Du Barry, mistress of France’s King Louis XV. She was living in one any way.

Though I speak with the tongue of angels, if I have not charity ...
To whom would you show charity today?

6/17/1775 The battle of Bunker Hill, which actually took place on Breed's Hill. The American colonists brave and resolute deserve our praise

Scientific researchers say promiscuous species of monkeys may have stronger immune systems. Love those antibodies.
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Spent the evening working on poetry with a writers' group. Love doing that.
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A religious guy checks into hotel. "I hope porn channel in room is disabled."

"No, it's regular porn, you sick bas**rd!!"

Review of Memoirs " authentic look at mental illness uncompromising & relentless. disturbing, fascinating, & refreshingly honest." http://ping.fm/fCNx3

6/15/1215: Magna Carta signed. A strange document, much about riparian rights & hunting; yet it holds the roots of Anglo-American democracy.

Visit this site and click on the name Charles Watts on the marquis. He's a good writer and a great friend. http://ping.fm/FcUJ3

Received a thank you note from Rosalynn Carter for her copy of Memoirs From the Asylum. Do you have a copy? http://ping.fm/gzukA

Like good writing? Take a look
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The video:
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Fried chicken most popular meal in U.S. sit-down restaurants. Next popular are: roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, fried shrimp.

6/13/1920 US Postal Service rules children may not be sent via parcel post. (You have to use priority mail?)

Today a lovely one word comment about Memoirs From the Asylum by a reader. "Compassionate." I hope others experience that as well. http://ping.fm/ap5Dy

Peace comes first in the heart and then in the hand. If your heart is angry, a weapon is always close at hand.

My friend, Jen Knox, is featuring a good book on her blog today.I've read and enjoyed Harris Tobias's "The Greer Agency." Take a look.
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6/11/1963: Gov. George Wallace stands in doorway attempting to exclude 2 black students from University of Alabama. We've made progress.

When you walk through a storm, keep your head covered.

For some reason Amazon has decided to give great deals on Memoirs From the Asylum. Here's the trailer; click on the end and buy. http://ping.fm/aejgS

They tell me my website is active. http://ping.fm/GAoDB

Hope you've already ordered it; but if not, Memoirs From the Asylum needs you. http://ping.fm/DqsBM

Laugh about something now; the news may get worse. Cry about something tomorrow; it may get better before.

6/9/54, Joseph Welch asks Sen. Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?''

Just read a review of Memoirs From the Asylum that said it's more readable than Cuckoo's Nest.
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Can the government evaluate and then use this kind of technology, or is government trapped in bureaucracy and owned by business? http://ping.fm/AdHqg

Memoirs is doing so well that Amazon has lowered its price to get people to buy two books. Good time to order.
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Human noses have 5 million cells with which to smell, sheepdogs have 220 million - can smell 44 times better than men (& can wag tail stubs)

Another good blog by yours truly. http://ping.fm/A0HyF

One of my better blog pieces. http://ping.fm/Jz6Ln

For writers and those who want to understand. http://ping.fm/zykSz

Second Grade Wisdom again: If you are surrounded by ocean, you are an island. If you don't have ocean all round you, you are incontinent.

More Second Grade Wisdom: This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles.

Second Grade Wisdom: Oysters' balls are called pearls.

For a good read, check this link out. http://ping.fm/nWB09

Next Saturday I will be signing Memoirs From the Asylum at the Dog Eared Pages from 3 - 6. Hope you can drop by.

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The smart person knows when to laugh; the wise one when to cry.

Happy constitution Day to my friends in Denmark. I never spent an unhappy day in that lovely country.

Whom have you made feel loved today? Have you reached out to touch their souls?

Received some spectacular drawings from a seven year old friend. This kid may be famous some day.

Tomorrow morning I'm coordinating a voter registration activity - a good use of my time.

Having found a home, there is nothing to do but go wandering.

Visit the asylum, learn the feelings. Memoirs From the Asylum is now available. http://ping.fm/cqkDS

Dead men who want their lives back must wait in line while God weeps for the animals killed by greed.

Saturday I am going to register voters. If we don't vote, we will surely get the worst of government.

Today I do a radio interview to be broadcast later in the month. The topic, my novels. http://ping.fm/XhXXo

Because I've had so many new followers of late, I'm posting this link to the trailer for Memoirs From the Asylum. http://ping.fm/4D58v

An experiment we should all think about. What would you do? http://ping.fm/17MDW

Hope you've ordered your copy of my new novel. "Memoirs From the Asylum" from All Things That Matter Press. http://ping.fm/cjP6g

To all my new followers, welcome. I hope I post comments worthy of your consideration. Please take a look at the trailer for Memoirs. http://ping.fm/TDrG9