Yesterday was a little on the difficult side. For various reasons, issues of Sam’s history came up. I don’t know why it is, but sometimes I can talk about it in a very matter of fact way and other times, its all right below the surface. The dam starts to break and the water begins to rush out before I can patch it again.
I don't know what’s the matter with me. It’s been close to fifteen years now, but sometimes it feels like yesterday. There's so much wrapped up in it, and so many things that I've never gone into- with anyone. Some days I think I’ll try to write about it all. Most days though, I think I’ll just let it all die with me.
I don't know what’s the matter with me. It’s been close to fifteen years now, but sometimes it feels like yesterday. There's so much wrapped up in it, and so many things that I've never gone into- with anyone. Some days I think I’ll try to write about it all. Most days though, I think I’ll just let it all die with me.
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On my drive to work this morning, I saw a dead crow in the middle of the road. The image has stuck with me all morning- the jet black bird laying whole and still against the bright yellow line.
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I get emails from from a Super Store on a daily basis which advertise their Deals of the Day. Usually there’s three or four items, sometimes more, sometimes less. Today, one of the items is a four slice toaster. When I was young, we had a two slice model for years until one day, my Aunti Anna gave us a four slicer as a gift. I think it was in thanks for taking her to Maine with us.
I wonder whatever became of that toaster.
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Another Deal of the Day is a digital scale that hooks up to your smartphone. Is this what we've become? Is this because we can no longer set our phones down long enough to read anything else? Is this because our eyesight is so bad that we can’t see the numbers from so far away- and we’re too out of shape to bend over to read them? Or this because we’re in even worse shape than that, and we can’t see past the massive land mass that exists before our face and feet?
Whatever the reason, if you're interested, you can get it here for $29.99 instead of $69.99 (today only). For an extra $8.99 you can get a protection plan that covers “normal” wear and tear along with 24/7 claim support.
I'm not sure what they define as "normal". It seems to me that if this is the kind of thing that you're interested in, it doesn't apply to you.
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| Note that the iPhone is not included. |
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It's starting to rain now. I called Sam a few minutes ago to check up on him and see how he's doing. Things are good.
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