Each Saturday, I roll out of my nest, stumble down the tree and pad over to the mini-fridge for the daily cold coffee (black only, please). I take a seat at the computer, fire up the card blogs and note once again that there are a handful of blogs that show up on Saturdays only. I admire that -- posting just every Saturday. I can't do it myself, but I like the concept. A lot. It reminds me of the Saturdays of long ago, when I was off from school and the entire day stretched before me. I know this remains a common Saturday feeling for many people far into adulthood, but Saturday ceased being a day of recreation for me around 1988 when I landed my first job in the newspaper sports department. Saturday suddenly became the busiest day of the week, and with only a slight blip in 2011-12 for an ill-advised, ordered schedule change, it's remained that way for more than 30 years. So the idea of a free Saturday, with time to type out that blog post, with tunes playing in the backgroun...
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