Wednesday, September 27, 2006

About those headaches

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On Saturday, 9/16, I suffered from a headache that would have killed a lesser man. It was really brutal. Throbbing and unrelenting, it left ...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

I love this stuff

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I'm watching The Thin Man . The original in the series. It's the 1930s, people were suffering, and yet this movie was successful eno...

"Yes. But Not With You."

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So read the tight, tight, tight t-shirt I saw on a very buxom woman on Michigan Avenue today. We could not only see her rack, her tummy roll...

Not me. Not yet, at least.

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Traitors! Traitors, all! I refer, of course, to the legions of Chicago pedestrians walking up and down State Street with white bags, adorned...

Strictly within Code

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More from my trip to Los Angeles … My best friend and I stayed up almost all night both nights. Gossiping, teasing, laughing and talking, ta...
Monday, September 25, 2006

How my home is different from a luxury hotel

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1) I have only two pillows on the solitary, full-sized bed in my bedroom. Not four pillows piled high on each of the queen-sized beds. 2) Wh...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

24 Hours from Now

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At this time tomorrow I will be on my way to Dodger Stadium to watch my beloved, future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux take the mound against the...

I'm Laurie. I'm 5.

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Here's a fun little time suck for you. You Are 5: The Investigator You're independent - and a logical analytical thinker. You love l...
Sunday, September 17, 2006

Oh, but it hurt!

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Saturday afternoon I got a headache. A killer headache. Throbbing. Severe. Impossible to concentrate. Impossible to sleep. Impervious to ibu...

Quiet Desperation

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I spent a good part of Friday afternoon listening to the results of some client-sponsored consumer research on retirement and anticipated qu...
Thursday, September 14, 2006

Say it ain't so, Joe!

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My IPass internet service STILL doesn't work from home! And when I got into the office and called my own personal IT guy, he wasn't ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Spotlighting a Bit Player

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Ever since I was a little girl and my parents took me downtown to see Mary Poppins , I have loved movies. I adore the entire movie-going exp...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Well, that was a let down

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Because I was such a passionate (some would say "rabid") supporter of Senator Kerry's, some people insist I hate George W. Bus...

I may start seeing other hosts

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Vox and Wordpress are making serious plays for my blog. I like blogger.com well enough. But it's fun to be wooed ...
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Monday, September 11, 2006

Appalled, yet jealous, too

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One of my coworkers, a gal with a very big personality, was talking about the impact rainy days like today have on her. She said she just w...
Sunday, September 10, 2006

Escape into the world of gangsters -- with an "r"

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Angels with Dirty Faces is on. This is a terrific old Warner Bros. gangster flick, complete with Cagney AND Bogart and Pat O'Brien as a...

Attention, Lurkers: This One's for You

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I know I have lurkers and I welcome you. After all, there are blogs I visit on the sly myself. But it occurs to me that you lurkers know not...
Saturday, September 09, 2006

Women I Love to Hate

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This morning I watched a documentary ("Headliners and Legends") about Betty Broderick. I hate her. I know this because I have see...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

What I've Learned Today

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We are approaching the third solid week where I've had little or nothing to do at work. At first I really enjoyed it. During my tenure h...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

It makes me sooo tired

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Today was the annual agency/client softball game. I hated every hot, sunny moment. I have such a hard time with small talk. I can't talk...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

What reflects "the Real Laurie?"

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I have acquiesced to be photographed for this year's church directory. I did it in 2003 but not 2004 or 2005. The decision is based on h...
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Monday, September 04, 2006

My Last 2006 Telethon Post

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Because WGN cuts away for the Cubs, the Telethon is still on here in Chicago. Harlem Furniture has promised to double every pledge that'...

Meet the Gang

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Right now I'm surrounded by slumbering felines, and when they're asleep like this, they are just TOO CUTE! So let me introduce these...
Sunday, September 03, 2006

It's worth making only 75¢ on the dollar to not know how this feels

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CHICAGO -- Cubs catcher Michael Barrett could miss the rest of the season after he was hit in the groin with a foul tip and underwent surger...

A Good Day, A Really Good Day

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I went to church this morning for the first time in months and it felt really good. I did my 12 laps around the high school track (5K) and t...

At least now he's easier to spot

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Oh, I simply must develop a spine! My very nice, very old but very loquacious and very, very annoying neighbor, Mr. B., was seated out in fr...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Labor I Won't Be Doing on Labor Day

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I won't be scrubbing the underside of my bathmat. It grows black mildewy gook faster than … hell, I can't think of an example to ill...
Friday, September 01, 2006

It's happening! It's really happening!

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I saw two rather attractive firefighters today, moving among the motorists at the intersection of Harlem and North, collecting donations for...

Go West, Pudgy Middle-Aged Woman!

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It's all coming together. My favorite baseball player is in Los Angeles, pitching for the Dodgers at least through October 1 (longer wit...

And I sank into nothingness

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So I'm watching a Gidget rerun. She's writing in her diary, making a fake entry to pass the time, and she pens, "Jeff kissed m...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

Why I Love Greg Maddux

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He's the tenth winningest pitcher of all time. As of last night, Steve Carlton takes a back seat and the Professor takes sole possession...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Melanie Griffith = Mother of the Year

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Love that photo of Melanie Griffith lighting her teenage daughter's cigarette for her. Clearly in the Griffith/Banderas household, the h...

Labor Day Dilemma

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I love, love , LOVE the MDA Jerry Lewis telethon. Jerry is the King of Show Biz Schmaltz. I adore it when he calls Ed McMahon "Pussycat...
Sunday, August 27, 2006

The Important Stuff of Life

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Watching the Emmies instead of changing my shower curtain liner, these terribly important observations have occured to me … It's not lik...

I really do appreciate the sentiments, BUT …

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Last Saturday I received a surprise phone call from a good friend of mine. She's not a "phone person." Generally she only call...