GLOBAL VOICES – Burma/Myanmar
Wow! And to think I almost missed this. Thanks to Sisyphus at 43rd State Blues (Facebook), I didn’t. “The only good thing that comes from this is that we have got a man that is a manipulator and a brainwasher and a user of people that is being exposed,” said Reiman. Reiman said his daughter [...]
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Finally! I’m getting back to working the schedule I’ve worked most of my adult life. Afternoons into evening. I’m relieved and soo delighted. We’ve integrated a new system for what I do at work and we’re pretty adept at utilizing it accurately so I approached my boss about switching back to second shift. Not to [...]
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Poor thing – just moved from the bed to a chair in the living room.
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In the early 1980s my daughter & I, living across from Boise High in the North End, had a neighbor with a sometime boyfriend who ‘worked’ at KBSU. He was a communications major, had blond hair, and rode a motorcycle. My neighbor talked it up a bit but he, truly, was the one who essentially [...]
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Hell couldn’t be much hotter or muggier than today here. We don’t do humidity well here. It’s usually somewhere in the range of 8-12% during the heat of the day, increasing at night contributing to the coolness. It’ll have to storm to get rid of this godforsaken humidity! The granddaughter went to the river with [...]
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In mid-February, my daughter who lives in the North End of Boise found a carriage house (built sometime in the early 1910s) she thought perfect for me. She never liked my apartment; she thought it too gloomy and dark; I didn’t. However by March 1st, I was in the carriage house. It’s a tad [...]
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For three days last week I was home – sick – and spent my time primarily in bed. Once I actually had the energy to move to the couch. Oh! And the other actual thing I did – drink water. It was ‘just a cold’ but one of the worst I’ve had in years upon [...]
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The other day walking out to my car I saw a little kitty who looked ‘just like’ one of my two cats. This one in the picture below. He was dumped almost three years ago in one of the patio wells of a ground level apartment where I live. His name is Khaos, ‘cuz he’s [...]
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Although bank thermometers scattered around town varied, we put the temperature at 104° F (40 C). Our family has a few 4-person rafts, so we grabbed some drinks, a few eats, straw hats, shades, and that sunscreen for our pasty-ass selves, and headed up to Barber Park to float the river. It felt goooddd. This [...]
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Brandi Carlile is coming to town; she’ll be on April 20th, Monday, at the Knitting Factory. Amy Goodman will be here on April 23rd. Usually watch Democracy Now! on Channel 11 in the evening, actually night. Oh, here we go….a bit more below…. We have also scheduled a special, intimate reception for Amy Goodman with [...]
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