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The Land Of The Pee

Remember back in July when Katherine Jackson went missing? Paris was forced to send out a tweet, a sort of electronic version of the milk carton, and ask, “Has anyone seen my Grandma?” It turned...

Oct 6, 2012 Like

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My Bra Found In Medieval Castle

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the oldest bra on the planet. What my bra was doing in a castle in Austria I will never know. A description of the bra found can be found on...

Jul 23, 2012 Like

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Bad Religion

I started telling Husband some stuff about this book. After a few minutes he excused himself to ‘take some Advil’ and that was the last I saw of him for hours. I hope I don’t have the same effect...

Jul 18, 2012 Like

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Grocery Shopping And The Greeneyed Monster

The other day I went out for milk, lunch meat and lettuce. Husband offered to go with me but I told him, “It will only take a few minutes, I’ll be right back.” An hour later I walked into my …...

Jul 16, 2012 Like

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Home Sweet Rusty Home

Around and about the garden.

Jul 13, 2012 Like

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Light On The Romance, Heavy On The Comedy

I suspect I’m missing the gene that makes me ‘get’ romance novels and Hollywood movies. I first noticed I was a little different back in the early 90s when Bridges of Madison County was sending...

Jul 11, 2012 Like

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Birdseye: The Adventures Of A Curious Man

I had hoped reading about Clarence Birdseye, the man behind the flash-freezing method of storing food, would cool me down during the heat wave currently covering most of the United States. Look at...

Jul 9, 2012 Like

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I Married You For Happiness

In the first paragraph of the book I Married You for Happiness by Lily Tuck, we meet a woman crying at the bedside of her dead love. From there we learn more about Nina and Philip as she remembers...

Jul 6, 2012 Like

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Bon Jovi + Avon = Happy Birthday U.S.A.!

On this 4th of July, I ask: What can be more American than Bon Jovi? What can be more American than Avon? What can be more American than Bon Jovi shilling perfume for Avon? God Bless America!

Jul 4, 2012 Like

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Husband and I have a long-standing disagreement. He says he knows what he’s talking about and I say he doesn’t. His habit of confusing Tom Cruise with Tom Hanks for example. “He’s such a nice guy!”...

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Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

The scuttlebutt about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews is it is a barrel of laughs even though it is about a teenage girl dying of cancer. I had my doubts but since I’m a sucker …...

Jun 29, 2012 Like

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You Know…

…I might look better if I had better tools. What’s wrong with me? Am I cheap or am I lazy?

Jun 27, 2012 Like

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On My To Do List- Develop Charisma

I refuse to do what I did last summer. Last summer, I wasted time watching Wimbledon, the Tour de France and the U.S. Open. What a slacker. This year I will do all of those AND watch the Olympics....

Jun 25, 2012 Like

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A Rich Spot of Earth

I put this book on hold at my public library sight unseen. When I picked it up, it was not the over-sized coffee table book loaded with photos I was expecting. Instead, it was a normal sized book....

Jun 22, 2012 Like

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First Day Of Vacation

Come with me and enjoy my first day of vacation! Wasn’t it fun! As you can see, the day went from sunny to cloudy, just like my soul.

Jun 20, 2012 Like

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Happy Birthday Little Sister!

This post is about my little sister so it goes without saying I’m going to kick it off by talking about me. It’s what I do best! I was one of three sisters. Big sister was the pretty one, little …...

Jun 18, 2012 Like

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When You Hear The Final Bell…

Today is the last day of school. No more pencils No more books No more teacher’s Dirty looks! When my kids were in elementary school, there was an addition to the rhyme, When you hear the final...

Jun 15, 2012 Like

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Hedy’s Folly

The book is titled, Hedy’s Folly: the Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr the Most Beautiful Woman in the World but half of the book is about George Antheil. Who is George Antheil you...

Jun 13, 2012 Like

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Karl Lagerfeld And His Cat- The Poem

Inspired by THIS story. Choupette, my chat, she has lives neuf, an iPad and two maids all proof I love my cat! Mein Gott I miss her when I’m gone! In New York, London and Milan I read her diary. …...

Jun 11, 2012 Like

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Peaceweaver

Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Once again I am going to complain about a cover illustration. I complained a year ago when I reviewed Rebecca Barnhouse‘s book The Book of the Maidservant...

Jun 8, 2012 Like

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The Most Annoying Song, Ever

Back on the day I was kidnapped by my Ann Taylor Loft Berry Skinny Cords, I did some unexpected things like purchase a tooth pick dispenser made to look like a tiny mason jar. Later that night, on...

Jun 6, 2012 Like

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Trespassing Weeding Fairy

Sue Warren, from Ohio, broke into homes to clean them, leaving a handwritten bill on a napkin. People are freaking out over this story mainly because she broke a cardinal rule. Sure, she was...

Jun 4, 2012 Like

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That Woman

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press I was in my late teens when I first became aware of the Wallis Simpson/Edward VIII story. I tried to pump my grandmother for some primary source information, curious...

Jun 1, 2012 Like

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Another Reason Why I’m Not Like Martha Stewart

In Martha’s world, sh*t don’t happen In Sunday’s Parade Magazine, Alina F., from Philadelphia asks, “Does Martha Stewart ever order takeout?” The answer is, “Oh I never do!” This is another reason...

May 30, 2012 Like

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Three Day Weekend Blessings

In the United States we are celebrating Memorial Day today, a day we set aside to remember our fallen soldiers. We enjoy a three-day weekend (well, most of us do), and the weather here on the East...

May 28, 2012 Like

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Gimme A Call

If you dropped your cell phone into a fountain at the mall and discovered you couldn’t make any calls with it except to your 14 year-old self, what would you do? You would call yourself, of course...

May 25, 2012 Like

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Have You Read The One With The Yellow Cover?

Don’t expect too much from me this week. For three days I felt as if my head was the dice cup for a cosmic game of Monopoly. Rattle, rattle, rattle! Smack (cup slammed down onto table)! Rattle,...

May 21, 2012 Like

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A Study That I Used To Know

The other morning before work, I sat in front of the TV eating my oatmeal and watching the local government channel. They were airing a lesson on fractions. What the hell? You turn what upside...

May 18, 2012 Like

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Scruffy Father Of Six = Chanel No. 5

Brad Pitt is now the new face of Chanel No. 5. I’m not sure where they are going with this. Do you? It makes as much sense to me as Dick Cheney the new face of Happy by Clinique or Charlie Sheen...

May 16, 2012 Like

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Here Come The Judge

I am woman, hear me judge Friday evening, during the middle school production of The King and I, a baby started crying with that weird foghorn/alien ‘Waaaaahrrrrrrrrrggggggggg’ babies around the...

May 14, 2012 Like

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The Land Of The Pee

My Bra Found In Medieval Castle

Bad Religion

Grocery Shopping And The Greeneyed Monster

Home Sweet Rusty Home

Light On The Romance, Heavy On The Comedy

Birdseye: The Adventures Of A Curious Man

I Married You For Happiness

Bon Jovi + Avon = Happy Birthday U.S.A.!

The Cruise (Hanks?) Divorce

Me And Earl And The Dying Girl

You Know…

On My To Do List- Develop Charisma

A Rich Spot of Earth

First Day Of Vacation

Happy Birthday Little Sister!

When You Hear The Final Bell…

Hedy’s Folly

Karl Lagerfeld And His Cat- The Poem

Peaceweaver

The Most Annoying Song, Ever

Trespassing Weeding Fairy

That Woman

Another Reason Why I’m Not Like Martha Stewart

Three Day Weekend Blessings

Gimme A Call

Have You Read The One With The Yellow Cover?

A Study That I Used To Know

Scruffy Father Of Six = Chanel No. 5

Here Come The Judge

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