Midlife’s A Trip

Last Day at Work for Bill Gates

Posted on 29. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

Today is Sunday and where I am it’s dreary and rainy. Not that I’m complaining — no truly I’m glad that it’s not dreary and snowy. But it’s one of those days for lazying around and surfing the Internet to find stuff to share with you here on Midlife’s A Trip.
On my “travels” [...]

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Cattitude

Posted on 27. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

This is Bijou — the other half of Bijou and Coco Puff, my 2 cats.  This is also Bijou with an attitude, which she has had since her trip to the vet’s earlier this week.  You see my cats don’t like to go out of the house — ever.  They give new meaning to the [...]

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Black in America

Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

 
This summer on July 23 and 24, CNN is airing a 6 hour documentary on what it’s like to be Black in America .  In the promo they point out that the program “isn’t just about Black people, it’s about Black Americans”.  As I put these dates on my Outlook calendar, I got to thinking about what it’s been [...]

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George Carlin on Stuff

Posted on 24. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

I don’t know about you but I just loved listening to irreverent anti-establishment comedian George Carlin who died yesterday at age 71. His ability to turn a crude phrase hilarious and thought-provoking at the same time made him one of the most popular comics of our Boomer generation.
Carlin never cleaned up his act. [...]

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“Sound Off” Monday

Posted on 23. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

Today is “sound off” Monday here at Midlife’s A Trip.  That means it’s your day to sound off on issues, large and small, that are:

Important to you
Bugging you
Puzzling you
Inspiring you
Cracking you up
Blocking you
Boring you or
Making you sad, glad or happier.

To be frank, I love to brainstorm about what you might want to read here– what gets you up [...]

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The World of Viral Videos

Posted on 22. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

From time to time, I post videos here on Midlife’s a Trip. Some of them an amazing phenomenon called “viral videos”. According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, viral videos are :
Video clip content which gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email, IM messages, blogs and other media sharing [...]

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Girlfriends

Posted on 18. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

Today was my mom’s 89th birthday.  One of the greatest gifts Mom got today was a visit from Sitella, her best friend.  Sitella drove over to be with us for the birthday celebration.  She’s almost 80 and she and Mom have been friends for almost 50 years.
 These two have had so much fun together over the years.  Both [...]

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“What Fresh Hell Is This” Award — The Obama Sock Monkey Doll

Posted on 16. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

The latest “what fresh hell is this” award goes to the Obama sock monkey doll manufactured by a Utah company apparently to help young children understand about how Senator Obama is running for president. Huh? If you’re scratching your head and wondering “what the hell” so am I. Watch this video for [...]

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Dance With My Father Again

Posted on 15. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

 On this Father’s Day, I started off just fine. But as I was getting ready for church, it hit me — the pain of losing my father. It’s been over 5 years since he died but you would have thought that it was yesterday. I miss him so much. He was [...]

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In Memory of Tim Russert

Posted on 13. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

Tim Russert, the favorite political pundit of millions of Americans, including me, died of an apparent heart attack today at the young age of 58.  What an incredible tragedy! 
According to reports, he collapsed and died at work.  He had just gotten back from a family vacation in Italy in celebration of his son’s graduation from college. 
If [...]

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What Fresh Hell Is This — I’m Voting Republican?

Posted on 13. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

Ever wonder what would happen if we all vote Republican in the upcoming election? Take a look at this 3 minute video that’s a perfect topic for my Friday, the 13th “what fresh hell is this” award. See if you can figure out if “I’m Voting Republican”. Or not.

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The Only Good Thing About Alzheimers

Posted on 13. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

In honor of My Best Friend
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The only good thing about Alzheimers is that scientists are hard at work to find to find a cure for this wicked disease that will affect 10 million Baby Boomers in the United States alone.  It’s already affected my best friend. 
So today I decided to put [...]

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Can’t Remember What I Forgot

Posted on 11. Jun, 2008 by Karen.

Ever feel like there’s not enough room in your brain to hold all the things you have to remember these days?  Well that’s me — and probably some of you.  I’ve often thought how I can’t remember what I forgot – now actually the title of a new book with all the latest info on memory or the lack thereof.  
The author, Sue [...]

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