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April is Poetry Month: Oscar Hammerstein, Jr.

April 12, 2011 – 1:57 am

Oscar Hammerstein, Jr. You’ve Got To Be Taught You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear, You’ve got to be taught from year to year, It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear, You’ve got to be carefully taught. You’ve got to be taught to be afraid Of People whose eyes are [...]

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Quotation Saturday: Imagination

January 22, 2011 – 1:42 am

A lot of Saturdays have come and gone lately without Quotation Saturday. How have we managed to cope, I ask you all. . . . Since I stand firmly with Albert Einstein’s “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” this Saturday’s theme is “imagination.” Take the word apart. Do you see it? IMAGE. People with imagination [...]

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The Twelve Rules of Christmas

December 24, 2010 – 8:21 pm

Mamacita says: There are, of course Twelve Actual Rules of Christmas, according to the law, and in case you don’t know what they are and have intentions of storming the school or business that’s maliciously ignoring your rights as a Christian/Jew/Catholic/Protestant/Wiccan/Pagan/Atheist/Order of Elfland/Kisser of Mother Earth’s Backside, etc, perhaps y’all should take a glance at [...]

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Lighten Up, Oh Ye Of Little, No, or Different Faiths

December 15, 2010 – 8:26 pm

Oh jeepers gee WHILIKERS, one of my posts has been syndicated on my wondrous BlogHer! ======== Mamacita says: Okay, so, today’s what, the 15th? It’s time for another politically incorrect rant! Be warned, oh overly-sensitive types born without the ability to discern. . . . I am a Christmas fanatic. I live for this season. [...]

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Science Fiction and Christmas and Stars, Oh My

December 13, 2010 – 1:57 am

Mamacita says: I love a good short story, but exactly what is a short story? Is it a short story because it’s always short? Surprisingly, no. It’s a short story because it has only one main plotline and set of characters. However, most short stories are pretty short. One of my college professors told us [...]

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Be Nice Anyway. You’re Not The Center of the Universe

December 9, 2010 – 1:02 am

Mamacita says: Let’s talk about simple, basic, seasonal etiquette. Where is it? I will never understand why some people feel they have to be so defensive and hostile all the time. These people whine “insensitivity” but the truth is, THEY are the ones who are insensitive. This time of year, in particular, one reads article [...]

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Profanity vs. Obscenity

November 12, 2010 – 11:40 pm

Warning: proceed no further if you’re one of those overly sensitive types who is easily offended. You’re no fun, by the way. == Mamacita says: Grammar. I love grammar. It’s such a fantastic segue to. . . well, pretty much anything. A student once asked me if it was true that a person could go [...]

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Only the Stupid Fear Questions

October 10, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: Warning: I’m in a bad mood. I’m sick and tired of a handful of people taking all the joy out of the majority of our children’s school experience. I maintain that if a family is that insecure and unable to defend their own beliefs against a good honest question, or withstand any questions [...]

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Mamacita (The Real One) Rants About Wiggly Kids and Recess and Stuff

May 29, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: Some of this was first posted on June 30, 2007, but my opinion hasn’t changed since then, and I’ve added a few more opinionated Mamacita-isms. Are you surprised? I didn’t think you would be. “No two people are alike, and both of them are damn glad of it.” That’s a quotation; that’s not [...]

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Quotation Saturday: Stars. . . in your multitudes, scarce to be counted, filling the darkness with order and light. . . .

May 1, 2010 – 1:42 am

Mamacita: I know that the rest of this song is about being inflexible, but these few lines are, indeed, about the stars. (Javert meant well, but was too inflexible about human nature.) Lately there have been a myriad – a veritable constellation, if you will – of pictures of stars, including our own, sent back [...]