Saturday, May 24, 2008

With apologies to Maroon 5

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"This game has taken its toll on me/We've left men on too many times before …" Geez, we're in the 12th and it's still ...

Friends and family update

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So much has been going on with everyone around me! It's time to take stock and document where everyone is on this Saturday morning … Mom...
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Friday, May 23, 2008

Let's give her the benefit of the doubt

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One of the most fascinating and most poignant "what might have been's" of my lifetime is, "What if Bobby had lived?"...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Aw ... Ain't love grand?

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Derek and Meredith ... Chief and Mrs. Chief ... Hahn and Callie ... Dr. Bailey and her family ... George and Lexie ... Izzie and Karev ... t...
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The Perils of Living Among People

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I live in a condo building that has a very diverse population. Black and white and Asian, married and single and shacking up, young children...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #68 -- Playing with iTunes PlayCount

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THE THIRTEEN SONGS PLAYED MOST OFTEN ON MY IPOD I admit two things about this week's TT: (1) I stole this idea from Stephen King’s colum...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Exhausted!

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Tonight is a big night for me: American Idol , Cubs vs. Houston, the Kentucky/Oregon primaries, news coverage of poor Ted Kennedy's cond...
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I've been tagged!

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Lucy tagged me and I'm ready to play along … Here are the rules: 1. Each player answers questions about themselves. 2. At the end of th...
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This just stinks

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My friend Kathy has been having a rough time again, and I really hate it. She's 61 and broke. Now she is unemployed again, too. She los...
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Monday, May 19, 2008

This takes some of the sting out of it

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I've been ambivalent about my AARP membership . I mean, it seems like the first step on the long, lonely road to mah-jong and the early-...
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I'm not deleting it ever

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Last week a customer service rep from The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center called to tell me the Lucy nightshirt I ordered had been returned t...
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Friday, May 16, 2008

I Luv that Line

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A game I liberated from Mo : The Rules : 1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies. 2. Go to IMDb (Internet Movie Database) and find a quote from ...
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Not funny. Not funny at all, Gov. Huckabee.

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I know Mike Huckabee professes to be a Christian and probably didn't mean this to sound as ugly and evil as it appears. But some things ...
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In case you were wondering ...

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This is what the team in FIRST PLACE TEAM in the NL Central Division calls "home." And as of today, the Cubs have the best "a...

They deserve a refund!

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Yale ripped these two lovely old people off! They sent their eldest son to that school and, even after receiving what's reputed to be a ...
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

I didn't want today to EVER come

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Today was most likely Greg Maddux' last start at Wrigley Field. He didn't do very well. That's OK. In a way it makes it easier t...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #67 -- Best Movie Quotes

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THE THIRTEEN GREATEST QUOTES IN MOVIE HISTORY I believe it's time for a movie TT! Here are the top 13 quotes in cinema history, as proc...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

My Mom Is Home!

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She was released from the hospital and on her way home, she picked up many bottles of prescription meds. Now seated comfortably on her sofa,...
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Well, this was a first.

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Yesterday I stood at the head of a conference room table and presented creative concepts I'd really never seen before. I took Wednesday,...
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And I saw it all from the 8th row!

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Big Z, Soriano lead way as Cubs roll to 15-6 at home So how come they can't do this anywhere but cold, damp Wrigley Field? Fresh off swe...
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Is it just me, or ....

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.... is there a certain sexual tension between Mary Poppins and Bert? I love this movie! I'm so glad it's on this evening. While I e...
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Of a granddaughter and a grandmother

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When she puts her mind to it, my niece can be a really spectacular kid . Yes, she wears too much kohl on her eyes. And she backtalks her par...
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I Love Him!

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Last night, my beloved future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux burnished his Cooperstown creds, becoming the ninth pitcher in the history of the ga...
Saturday, May 10, 2008

Where else?

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Found this at Kwizgiver 's, of course. But,if you'd like to play along, click here . 1. What is the first thing you notice about a p...

Now it's time for kidney tests

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I spent all day at my mom's house because I wanted to be there to welcome her when she finally came home. We were going to celebrate Mot...
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OW! Who knew jalapeno peppers were DANGEROUS?

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Look closely at these little bastards. Remember, they are EVIL! I just dropped a can on my right big toe and OH! It hurts! It hurts! It hurt...
Friday, May 09, 2008

I've been tagged!

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Here are the rules: 1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. 2. Each player answers the questions about themselves. 3. At the ...
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No reason, really

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I just like this photo. It made me happy to see John Edwards on Morning Joe and to read in People about the Edwards family's trip to D...

Another day!!!

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My mother's doctor is still perplexed by her high WBC count and so, instead of going home, my mother got to give even MORE blood! I'...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

How I know my mom is feeling better …

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She's STILL in the hospital. She's coming home tomorrow afternoon (so they assure me -- as they assured me Tuesday and Wednesday and...
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Remember "The Boxer?"

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It's an old Paul Simon song. "I have squandered my resistance, for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises. All lies and jest. St...
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Hugging Victoria

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I'm sitting here waiting to hear that my mom is finally coming home from the hospital (long story, separate entry to come) and I'm ...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #66 -- Remembering JFK

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THIRTEEN GOOD BOOKS ABOUT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY John F. Kennedy was once a sick, lonely little boy who found solace in books and believed ...
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White Women? Check.

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Blue-collar white males? Check. Populists (as opposed to "elitists")? Check. I don't think Barack Obama will have too much tro...
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Shhh! Gotta keep this a secret!

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At 3:30 today, I finally got to show my coworkers a portion of the major project I've been working on. Seems wires got crossed because ...