tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364136802024-02-06T19:00:58.248-08:00Kim LukeKim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-24573154056842180152012-07-08T14:40:00.000-07:002012-07-08T14:40:08.179-07:00And You'll Know Me by my Pants on Fire...
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Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-72381506784484439802011-06-14T12:27:00.001-07:002012-03-23T16:43:06.046-07:00Trash or Treasure? Judge Your Children Now, Before it's Too Late.(This post first appeared in a blog I forgot I had, in October of 2010. I'm too lazy to keep writing new things, so I'll start posting old hackneyed posts for a while. Okay? Okay.)
Over the last something-something years I have collected, under duress, the largest pile of children’s artwork in the tri-county region. It is given to me with pride as homework, for Mother’s Day, my birthday, Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-42789457763829548632010-11-23T11:29:00.000-08:002010-11-23T11:31:58.312-08:00West Meets East, Smiling Politely(This column first appeared in the Good Times Weekly on November 18th, and can be found on their website here.)
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1 = You are vulnerable, and frequently feel singled out. Some might say you are paranoid, convinced everyone is out to get you.
2 or 3 = You are a leader, and others will follow your path. You’re Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-51059273377634439422010-11-13T10:26:00.000-08:002010-11-23T11:31:00.768-08:00Modified Sudden Death? Pass the Cheesecake!
The football clock, akin to the atomic clock.
As 2010 moves to its inevitable wrap-up, and I look back over the news stories, discoveries and revelations made over the past twelve months, I can’t be alone in naming the #1 most important policy change for humankind: the NFL Modified Sudden Death ruling. (Wait! For those of you who just considered this piece “out of my comfort zone,” pleaseKim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-81090921972706141022010-11-11T22:25:00.000-08:002010-11-23T11:33:05.289-08:00Reading Babies: the 8th Sign of the Apocalypse
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Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-28316800922704126462010-10-04T10:00:00.000-07:002010-11-13T10:33:00.797-08:00Roller Derby is Jazz(This is the first installment in a series entitled "The Analogy Project: Comparing the Incomparable.")
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Seven days in the week, and fewer than half are distinguishable among the fray. Monday’s reputation is well known and irrefutable. In fact, today is Monday and I would be remiss in describing it any way other than dreadful. Wednesday’s “Hump Day” moniker, while lending itself to sophomoric elbow prods, is embedded in our collective unconscious as a recurring attainable albeit low-slung goal. Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-46899045418465673542010-09-03T09:20:00.000-07:002010-11-13T10:38:57.423-08:00Doppelgangers Among Us or Who's That Girl?(This column first appeared in the Good Times Weekly on August 18th, and can be found on their website here)
A few weeks ago, during a typically foggy, chilly Santa Cruz morning, I decided to take a brisk walk to get the blood moving, revitalize the senses and energize my mental state. It was early in the day and as such I chose to simply hide my comfortable almost-pajamas and disheveled Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-77367886250398713032010-08-12T14:12:00.000-07:002010-11-05T10:56:39.226-07:00Vote Bluto Tuesday For Change Today or I Can’t Believe I Watched the Whole Thing(This column first appeared in the Good Times Weekly on July 8th, and can be found on their web site here)
The June 8th election has come and gone, and with the exhale of relief as the primaries fade, comes the gasping inhale of sheer exhilaration as the California general election looms.
From now until November 2nd it’s campaign free-for-all season! Some of you are pretty excited about this; Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-71196337963986273902010-07-09T10:17:00.000-07:002010-11-05T10:57:51.305-07:00Cleanliness Is Next To...Solvency? (from the archives)
It’s happening again. I’m having one of my moments. My husband is self-employed, which means every now and then “the checks are in the mail” – to us. Now, as history will prove, the checks really are in the mail. We’ve never landed in the poor house, never even close. In every economy we’ve been blessed, and I don’t use that word lightly. I’m not the serene Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-74572230604032104982010-06-03T13:15:00.000-07:002010-06-03T13:15:30.864-07:00I'm In For a Lifestyle Change - or - How Selective Hearing Keeps Me Interesting<!--[endif]-->
A recent trip to my general practitioner to address my general malaise brought two magic words that many adult patients have heard during a treatment plan: Lifestyle Change. My involuntary response was immediate and romantic. I was going to have a lifestyle change! Goodbye suburban homemaking, carpooling and Bunco. Hello, world! I was going to live on a houseboat, take a Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-16401285462875752792010-05-11T19:17:00.001-07:002010-05-11T19:17:36.406-07:00The phrase "far from the public gaze" comes out "public gays" when you're looking for boy backup singers. Good name for an all male choir!Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-75585620741120678762010-04-13T13:23:00.000-07:002010-04-13T13:23:09.881-07:00This wind blows...No, really.<!--[endif]-->
Wind makes me crazy. Maybe if you know me, or know of me, you might me mumbling something along the lines of “Lady, I’ve seen you in CostCo in the stillness of consumerism, and even then you exude an undeniable crazed charm.” Well, thank you and let’s move on.
Wind makes me crazier than usual, and that is saying a lot. We’ve had some windy weather here lately, and I haven’t beenKim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-17367309123990531182010-04-12T20:38:00.001-07:002010-04-12T20:38:26.341-07:00This is a test of your emergency status update service. Status: updated.Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-56451776364260489332010-03-09T16:34:00.001-08:002010-03-09T17:38:58.597-08:00(A bedtime story, to be read aloud.)The Dad Who Rocked So Hard His Cover Band Got Signed to a Major Label Despite Their Inability to Tour Extensively(also told in some circles as The Middle-Aged Man Whose Mad Skills Were Discovered the Day he Took his Son to the Skatepark )
By Kim Luke
Once upon a time, in a town just like this, in a neighborhood that looked surprisingly similar to yours, there was a man who looked an awful lot Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-19792201244875591682010-02-27T16:00:00.000-08:002010-03-09T17:39:31.317-08:00Four years ago, during the 2006 Winter Olympics, I had the following thoughts. Still apropos...RECENTLY DISCOVERED OPTIONAL DIALOGUE FOR 97.44% OF OLYMPIC ICE DANCING ROUTINES. At least this is my best guess after watching way too much ice dancing, way too late at night.
Boy/Girl (together): Here we are!
Boy: I love you
Girl: I love you, too
Boy: This is nice, the skating, the dancing
Girl: Whee!
Boy: I think I’ll hold you near
Girl: Wait, I’ve decided I hate you
Boy: Come back here!
Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-20841639429073009002010-02-25T15:29:00.000-08:002010-03-09T17:40:09.156-08:00More "best of" re-runs from Madame Luke. This one is from December 2007.Today is the first day I can say four particular English words in a particular order. Many many people use these words in this fashion. I, however, am behind the curve and despite living in the town, state and west coast that I do, am finally able to say, truthfully (yet with full awareness of all cultural kitsch that go along with them):“I’m doing a cleanse.”Clearly I’m overdue. Kim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36413680.post-89505550988383493792010-02-24T23:07:00.000-08:002010-03-09T17:43:01.667-08:00Double Dipping into my blogging past, I bring you fool's gold from February 2008: FROM INFANT TO PIRATE IN ONE MONTH: THE MEDICAL MIRACLE
The calendar year so far has been challenging healthwise, not to say traumatic, just annoying. But at least I like my doctor and his staff, I have health insurance and am 100% certain that I am the only person any of you know (virtually or in reality) who has received the diagnoses of the following two afflictions within the sameKim Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134086561431323795noreply@blogger.com0