tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184313392024-03-14T01:31:44.133-04:00ReadMaeMiscellaneous interests and peeves.
About as exciting as standing all day at a yard sale collecting used hearing aids.Mae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1170680792500397142007-02-05T08:02:00.000-05:002007-07-11T06:08:05.929-04:00SAVING SOME MORE OLD STUFFhttp://www.sptimes.com/2006/11/27/Citrus/Urban_boom_reduces_ma.shtmlhttp://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/02/Citrus/Enjoy_forest_on_foot_.shtmlMae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1164054128316084362006-11-20T15:22:00.000-05:002006-11-20T15:35:52.230-05:00Nepos Sartor comupncme@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You. NEPOS SARTOR Mae Read We beamed as we looked down on the world' most beautiful blue-eyed, blonde, curly-headed baby. However, somewhere in the endless playing of video games, reading Jon Stewart and avoiding all school and home assignments, he has Mae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1143887101885818892006-04-01T05:25:00.000-05:002006-04-01T06:01:54.600-05:00My Civil Disobedience My government, the one managed by the compassionate conservatives, has let me down. It has allowed the ravenous manufacturers of medications to pillage my pockets for far too long. As an act of protest because of my frustration, I arranged to purchase medications from a friendly neighboring nation. I knew no drug company Mae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1132666465021888752005-11-22T07:48:00.000-05:002007-07-11T05:52:07.176-04:00Stacks and Other DisposablesWhile I desperately want the SSUS refreshed and saved for posterity, it seems to be something that will not happen because of the practical realities of the world. (She is not just a webpage.)Perhaps more managable would be the saving of her stacks to some appropriate locale--Mariner Museum property in Newport News, VA--for example, or anywhere in the city where she was built.The best thing is toMae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1131626963475029772005-11-10T07:17:00.000-05:002006-05-30T07:15:45.430-04:00What's In Your Kunstkammer?Most of us collect things. We may keep small things in a shoe box, such as shells, arrowheads, Matchbox Toys, or buttons. We may collect for our larger spaces and have a house full of furniture, ship models, Hopi jars or whatever catches our fancy. Our garages may be filled with classic cars, our barns with early tractors.These collections and/or the things that contain them may be called Mae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1131365624742462762005-11-07T06:43:00.000-05:002006-06-28T06:49:21.883-04:00SSUSSSS UNITED STATESShe was framed symmetrically in my rearview mirror, an elongated picture post card hanging above my dash board. I drove as slowly as possible to keep her there as I headed south across the James River on Interstate Highway 664 and she traveled east into Hampton Roads. The alignment was perfect for over a mile. The time was ten minutes to nine on the morning of June 4, 1992, and Mae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18431339.post-1131018408484336822005-11-03T09:35:00.000-05:002005-11-09T07:54:55.626-05:00HubrisIn an unprecedented moment of hubris I thought I could have a blog if anyone else could. There is so little I know about how to do this but others are able to so maybe--- I am feeling like an idiot here.I thought I had something to say but the blank screen cleared my mind. Think I'll have a nap.Mae Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03802173308083161275noreply@blogger.com0