Don Shogren
Oddments and Apprehensions
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Massive Quantities of Food For Not All That Much More Thought
We live a small life. We’re very comfortable with that. The best I can make out, this is due to some combination of a desire for simplicity, empathy for the environment and sheer laziness, but here we are. We are retired seniors living in a small, efficient condo. We have one four-year-old economy car…
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Stuck on the Horns of a False Dilemma
The above is an expression of logic. Bad logic. It’s been about a hundred years since I took couple of courses in logic, but have faith. The expression symbolizes that since a person either loves America or hates America, and if they don’t love America, they hate America. It’s called a false dilemma. It’s nonsense,…
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Do you believe in fate/destiny? It’s inevitable that I would say no.
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Murdaugh, She Wrote
The Murdaugh murders. Why in the name of JoBenet Ramsey does anyone beyond family, friends and Low Country denizens give a flying crap about this case? Somebody asked this question of Neal Baer, ex-executive producer of Law and Order: Ad Nauseum. Here’s his answer: We’re drawn to it. And I think what’s really interesting is…
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A Blast From the Past
Sunday mornings are for writing posts, but being distracted lately and failing to come up with much of a topic, I went to social media for suggestions. The world seeming even darker and scarier than usual, I gave it up and wandered off to oddball tasks, where I discovered that my old Blogger work is…
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