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Better late than never

Drew and I are in the middle of moving, as I keep mentioning. In fact we have given ourselves a goal of being completely out of here and living there by next Sunday. Which is slightly daunting. This afternoon he went … Continue reading

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A Celebration!

This happened on Thursday, and by some fortunate coincidence, I happened to be there to catch it at the precise moment: So thanks to everyone who reads! As always, I renew my promise to try to stay interesting, optimistic, and … Continue reading

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The King of the Bookshelf

I pretty much adore Stephen King. I think I’ve made that evident. This is his author photo from his latest novel, 11/22/63. I think he looks remarkably like an older, fuller-cheeked version of my dad. Stephen King, if you read this, I … Continue reading

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Airing My Previously Dirty Laundry

One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to submit a newspaper column once a month. I slacked off in February (hey, there was a lot going on) and while this one didn’t run until today, I submitted it back on Feb … Continue reading

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21 in 2 months

After yesterday’s post about how I have bought too many books since Jan 1st, a friend asked me to list them all. So here goes! These are the ones I bought from Amazon with a gift card: Cell by Stephen … Continue reading

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The Art of Bad Tipping

Over the holidays, some friends and I went out to dinner at a place that we have gone several times before. It was a late dinner, so although we had to wait for a table, the restaurant wasn’t full or … Continue reading

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2011 My Year In Status

Facebook does this thing I enjoy, where you can sort through all your status updates from the year and then it puts them into a pretty jpeg for you. The writing is a little small (that’s the first time I’ve … Continue reading

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2011 In Review

And this is just one of the reasons that I love WordPress! === The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. … Continue reading

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2011 New Year’s Resolutions: Finis

Now is the time to look back on 2011 and see which of my New Year’s resolutions I accomplished. I’m happy to report that this year went pretty well! 1. Get off of unemployment In June of 2010 I finished … Continue reading

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English major annoyances…

…I know I’m not alone in such things. There’s this commercial on the radio right now. It begins with a woman’s voice: “Saying the holidays are ‘a little stressful’ is like saying Kim [Kardashian] and Kris [Humphries] were ‘a match … Continue reading

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