Saturday, August 05, 2006

Sorry, but The Nanny Diaries are soooo 5 minutes ago

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The Friends of the Oak Park Public Library sponsored the used book sale this weekend. I so dearly love this event. The Village of Oak Park h...

After all, I was invited

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I am not really invited to my neice's baptism. Place plenty of emphasis on the word, "really." Everyone in my family is. This...
Thursday, August 03, 2006

An exceptional young woman

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My neice, Becky, is finally going to be baptized on August 22. She is not a baby, far from it. She will be 14 in November. This baptism is h...
Tuesday, August 01, 2006

More than a game, more than a team, more than a player

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I am bereft. I am desolate. I am all kinds of other synonyms for sad that I'm too sad to think of right now. Yes, all because of The Tra...
Sunday, July 30, 2006

Still friends, still good

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My best friend left me a message late Saturday night/early Sunday morning. He called me where he knew I wasn't at that hour (the office)...
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Please don't, Mr. Hendry. PLEASE DON'T!

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You cannot trade my beloved #31, Future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux. You simply can't! I had to watch him pack up and leave the Cubs for a...
Saturday, July 29, 2006

Fan, as in "fanatic" or "Fanilow."

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A lifelong friend of mine is going through a rough spot. Man trouble, kid trouble, work trouble and (I suspect) money trouble. She has been ...
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Icky Vicki of the of the Main Post Office in Oak Park, IL -- Part 2

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I won't go into the detail about precisely how rude my favorite public "servant" was yesterday (except to say that I believe s...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

But I don't wanna!

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Condo association meeting tonight. We are going to tackle all manner of serious topics: what fee new owners should be charged when they move...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Farewell to one of my favorite places on earth

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I believe I had my final adventure in retail at Marshall Field's State Street. It was a melancholy experience. The store was not that cr...

Larry King is a doddering fool

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He's interviewing Sen. John Warner and Gov. Bill Richardson about the crisis in Lebanon. These men are decision-makers (Warner) and stee...
Tuesday, July 25, 2006

It's not Sarah Jessica Parker's fault

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I really love her scent, Lovely. It's unique, it's lasting, it's feminine. The bottle is pretty, too. I feel all girly when I...

I'm looking away now

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I heard about the destruction of the UN post and the casualties late this afternoon. It broke my heart. It's THE UNITED NATIONS, people!...
Sunday, July 23, 2006

It's not cancer

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My mother got good news from her doctor. Thank goodness, the business with her throat has NOT resulted in cancer. I am so relieved … and gra...

Visiting with Katie and Hubbell

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I am watching "The Way We Were" again for the 3,000,000th time. I know every scene, and can recite much of the dialog verbatim. An...
Friday, July 21, 2006

My biggest fan is automated

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I don't know who is out there, if anyone, but just in case any actual, warm-blooded human beings visit this blog, I warn you not to read...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Scarlett replaces Gwyneth …

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… as my least favorite movie actress. I'm watching Match Point as I write this. I loved it when I saw it in the theater and told everyo...

All I wanna do is sleep

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Sleep, sleep, sleep. When it's as hot as it is, and has been, that's all I want to do. Just going outside for a minute takes so much...
Sunday, July 16, 2006

This stuff is good

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1) I saw my best friend on Wednesday night. He looked wonderful. He was in for a job interview and he might get a firm job offer. I hope he ...
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Mother/Daughter Role Reversal

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My mother had quite the week last week. She had a malignant growth removed from her left arm -- skin cancer. The hole took five stitches to ...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Reynaldo & Me, Life and Love with the World's Worst Cat

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Reynaldo is 2.5 years old. This cat is no longer a kitten. Yet even though chronologically he should have left kittenhood behind, he remains...
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Monday, July 10, 2006

Why Suri Cruise matters

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I just downloaded Suri Cruise's birth certificate. And I, too, wonder why she hasn't been seen. I also feel terribly invested in Jen...
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Sunday, July 09, 2006

I'm an American Girl

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With all apologies to Tom Petty fans, I'm going to mix and merge two of his songs here. A few years back, I met a Jordanian ex-patriate ...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Back to the grind

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Why is it so hard to concentrate after four glorious days off? Shouldn't I feel invigorated and re-energized? Instead I'm lethargic ...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Unable to part with Johnny Depp

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Right here beside me is Johnny Depp, smiling from the June 26 cover of Newsweek . I am making an optimistic attempt to rid my living room of...
Monday, July 03, 2006

Nothing to do except to wait and to hurt

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From The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, the novel by Mark Haddon that I just finished: "I wanted to go to sleep so tha...
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Saturday, July 01, 2006

Here's to a Yankee Doodle Dandy Weekend

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I'm on the first full day of my four day weekend. It's viciously hot and humid outside, but I'm lounging in climate-controlled c...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Waiting … just waiting

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We have to get a project out tonight. First I had to wait around for the account team to get it together so they could share the client-requ...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

He's still there.

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My best friend called, and somehow even everything is a little better. He's still out there. He still reads my emails. He still cares ab...
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Friday, June 23, 2006

When do you tip? Help me! Please!

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When my refrigerator arrived from Sears, I tipped each of the two young men who installed it and hauled the old one away. They were gracious...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

When is a friend not a friend?

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When you realize you miss him entirely too much, that's when. It's a long, complicated story, but my best friend (my "office sp...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Hooked on Dolls. The Valley of the Dolls DVD.

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I saw this movie for the first time in the early 1970s. I was babysitting, the kids were asleep, and I watched it on a color TV with a rabbi...
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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Sick of making do, getting by

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It's hot this weekend. Really, really hot this weekend. I hate the heat. So I was going to spend a relaxing weekend at home, in the AC,...
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Friday, June 16, 2006

Icky Vicki of the Main Post Office, Oak Park, IL

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There was a package waiting for me at the post office. Good news. So I swung by on my way to work to get it. That means that the first perso...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

My motor is racing

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I can't relax. I can't chill out. I'm under a lot of stress at work these days (which I resent, because it's not client-gene...