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Are these the ones you save and save and save and hope you don’t hit delete accidentally as you clear out your message inbox? The ones you want to transfer from old phone to new phone? 

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On April 28, 2010, somewhere between 2 and 3 p.m., Alexandra Rose C. was born. I can’t wait to see her. Happy birthday, Alexandra.

I wonder if Ruby, her 2-year old doggie-sister, is pissed that they share a birthday.

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I used the last box of five and a quarter floppies I owned as postcards. I stuck labels (or was it tape?) in the appropriate writing places and stuck a bunch of stamps on ‘em and sent them on to awaiting friends. I wonder if these can still be sent as a postcard or if they would cause disruptions of the security kind at the USPS.

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ahem… ‘scuse me… pardon me… MOMMY!!… 

<cutting look>… <clearing throat>… <glancing upward>… <hovering>…

<beeeeeep, beeeeeeep> “can you hang on a sec?” <push flash button>

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you make a better door than a window

“officer, he just cut me off. veered right into my lane. then took off.”

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brainus interruptus.

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dancing flitting fleeting stayed stoic visiting dimly lighting.

dripping casting fading shadows on walls that need painting

flaming moving breezes moving flames waving and laughing

dancing and haunting and laughing and pointing 

out the details missing in the light of sun or lamp or bulb

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The great ancestor to iTunes’ Playlists, the coolest thing about a mix tape is if I look hard enough I could probably find a few laying around my house, or, more likely, my parents’ house. 

A mix tape is a thing of beauty and there are so many different ways to have created one. The most amusing and nostalgic is the one created from songs played on the radio. Think back to the early- to mid-80s when when you sat around playing video games with the sound down and the volume on the boom box up. You’d have the PLAY and RECORD buttons depressed and PAUSE clicked into place as well. This type of mix tape was all about timing because the second you heard a song you liked, you had to release the pause button. It often cut off the first second or two of the song, but, you got the song! This process usually took a lot of nights and weekends to complete your collection and often resulted in a collection that you might not have wanted by the time you finished collecting the songs. To this day when I hear a song that was on a mix tape I made when I was young,when the song comes to an end I start singing the song that was next on the tape. 

From records…

High-speed dubbing…

CDs…

Playlists…

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Wow… I would love to.

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All television can be educational. It just depends on how you look at it. One of the more interesting reads I’ve had in a long time that delves into this question. Everything Bad Is Good for You by Steven Johnson, delves into the idea that kids nowadays have the mental capacity to think at a much more complex level than kids “back in the day”. Cool read… Definitely check it out!

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wonder how many people yawned after reading this title…

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i now remember what it’s like to be handed a writing prompt and not have any idea where to start. it’s nice what we do to our students these days.

i have about 7 different ways to respond to this… this… this CINNAMON. and i don’t know which way to go so i shall make a list and be done with it.

• cinnamon is cool because it is a spice that works both as savory and sweet
• cinnamon is not a good name for dogs, cats, hamster, ferrets, gerbils or other furry pets… fish or lizards, on the other hand… that’d be cool. when was the last time you heard of an iguana named cinnamon?
• cinnamon is one of those words that i don’t spell with ease. i always have to think about which letter is doubled.
• cinnamon was one of the ingredients that made tortilla sam’s dessert tortillas so yummy.
• cinnamon donuts? another wonderful thing.
• i like it when little kids can’t pronounce cinnamon and say cimmanim instead.
• the aroma of cinnamon evokes a memory for just about anyone.
• eating ground cinnamon straight from the spice jar can be harmful to the precious buds on your tongue.
• if i ever get a lizard or a fish, i’m gonna name him cimmanim.
• i wish cinnamon was spelled cynamyn.

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