The Leaning Cow

I had terrible dreams last night and tonight I was thinking about delaying bedtime because I was a little skittish about going under the blanket again. I was somewhat amused at myself for feeling like that, but nevertheless, I did stay up watching a movie and then thinking and then getting a Diet Coke and [...]

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I just got back from Family Video. I was feeling low and decided I wanted to get a movie to lose myself in. I wound up with The Black Dahlia, Downfall and the first four episodes of The Sopranos last season. I think the Black Dahlia got bad reviews, Downfall is about Hitler and The [...]

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Okay, I’m the one who thought Secret Agent Man was Secret Asian Man, so I can identify with the bloggers who have been writing about the New Madras fault. Still, I can’t help but visualize a funky, nobby, plaid stretching across the landscape. It’s spelled like the city in Spain – Madrid – but pronounced [...]

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I wrote this post about the Red Sox, Yankees, Curses and Voodoo a few days ago. There was this little bit in it: According to this site, voodoo dolls are usually used for positive things: Add pins. Voodoo practitioners use dolls primarily for boring positive things like healing people or sparking romance. And this: There [...]

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Last night, I knew Christine was going to be on TV and when I finished reading my book and talking to my mother (see below) on the phone, I turned on AMC and watched the latter part of it. I didn’t think the car – Christine – was so spooky, in fact, I liked the [...]

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