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Not-so-Occasional Comments on Life, Death and Many Things in Between by Laurie Mann

Monday, August 31, 2020

You've Got to Be Carefully Taught...

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I wrote this in response to a provocative photo of black children being taught to hate police on another person's Facebook page. While ...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

What Republicans Seem to Believe...

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Copied from Rebecca Phipps on Facebook  Just a note for my right leaning family and friends from my left leaning self and on behalf of my le...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Of Mice and Men

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Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck First Edition, Covici Friede Publishers, Good Condition Someti...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Save the US Post Office

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Today is a day of action to support the United States Post Office.  Here are some of the things you can do to support this:   https://www.sa...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Star Wars (First Edition)

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Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Star Wars by "George Lucas" First Edition, Ballantine Books, Good Condition Yes, this is t...

Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Bridge of Birds

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Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was First Edition, Del Rey Fantasy, Very Good Condition Price: $...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Grand Masters' Choice

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Andre Norton's Grand Masters' Choice First Edition, NESFA Press, Fine Condition Unnumbered, unsigned Price: $50  (+ postage, esti...

Uncommon SF & Mysteries Book Sale: Plan[e]t Engineering

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Gene Wolfe's Plan[e]t Engineering First Edition, NESFA Press, Very Good Condition Number 644 of 1000, unsigned Price: $70  (+ postage, ...

Uncommon SF & Mysteries

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After many decades of collecting, we're working to downsize. I will be selling some rare books. These items include out-of-print books...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

When You Refuse to Hire Experts...

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Here is what happens when you need an expert to do something and refuse to hire an expert and instead hire someone you go golfing with who...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

My Reaction to the #TrumpTulsaRally (6/20/2019)

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The #TrumpTulsaRally teen TikTok ticket hack was the BEST combination of punking and a peaceful protest of the #TrumpRegime EVER! Way to go...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

100 Days of Quarantine

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So we have now followed our state's "Stay Home" order for 100 days. Jim had worked from home for 14 years and had been plann...
Friday, June 05, 2020

Militarization and the Police in Response to Protests After the Extrajudicial Killing of George Floyd

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I found the obvious murder of George Floyd to be enraging. But...as a fat person with high blood pressure and being over 60, I'm doi...
Tuesday, June 02, 2020

Remember When 45 Said...

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I did not write this, but I completely agree with it. We must keep track. Remember when 45 said... ...he was going to donate his sala...

Not a Happy Time in Real Life

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I have no reason to complain. Jim and I are comfortably retired, while we can't travel, we are in a rural area with relatively little...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Happy Tales from Set: Oscar Isaac & Me

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In 2011, I was an extra for Won't Back Down , a movie about a school in the inner city starring Viola Davis as a teacher and Maggie Gy...
Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Happy Tales from Set: The "Quiet" Jack Reacher Bus Scene

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Steveo Parys, AD extraordinaire, said on Facebook  " Asking all friends from the world of entertainment to join the challenge of ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Yet More Reasons for the Senate to Convict and Expel Trump

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In the fall of 2019, George Kent testified before the House Intelligence Committee, "You can’t promote principled anti-corruption act...
Friday, February 08, 2019

Open Letter to the Port Authority About Its Metrowest "Service"

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Is it possible to start a conversation about how mass transit is becoming impossible to use in some areas?  I live in Metrowest.  It used t...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

From AARP Bulletin 1/2019: 99 Ways to Add Healthy Years

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https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2019/guide-healthier-longer-life.html (My honest answers) , 1/2019 at age of 61 BE PREPAR...
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