Thursday, May 29, 2008

It's Titled "Survey Addicts Anonymous"

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So clearly Kwizgiver meant it for me! Do you wear slippers? No How many pictures are in your living room? 5 Do you wear a bra to bed at n...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #69 -- Just in time for summer reading! 13 REALLY popular authors

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THIRTEEN OF THE MOST PROLIFIC WRITERS TO APPEAR ON THE NY TIMES BEST-SELLER LIST I love statistics. You can slice them and dice them a mill...
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I LOVE IT WHEN I'M WRONG!!!

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Kathy (see entry below) DID call the animal shelter after all, and they will board her cats for as long as need be … all in exchange for vo...

When life imitates art ... or a classic sitcom rerun

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I watched M*A*S*H last night. It was an episode where best friends Hawkeye and BJ got into a fight, said terrible things to and about each o...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

Does he prefer Sir Paul or Dr. Paul?

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YALE GIVES PAUL MCCARTNEY AN HONORARY DEGREE Paul McCartney can now add one more honor to the numerous awards, accolades and the knighthood ...

A toast to a versatile artist

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Sydney Pollack died today, reportedly of stomach cancer. He was 73. I loved his work . He directed my all-time favorite movie, The Way We We...
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My own Moment of Rememberance

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At 3:00 at Wrigley Field -- and at all MLB parks -- a Moment of Remembrance was observed. It was a sweet and gentle reminder that today is a...
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The Memorial Day 4 day/4 bag challenge

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My packrat tendencies overwhelm me at times. That's why, for this weekend, my best friend issued the following challenge: come up with 4...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Hi, I'm Old!

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This coming week, Joe Namath -- one of the lions of my girlhood -- turns 65. Oh, how I loved him! It's hard to fathom how the rebel who ...
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There's no place like home, there's no place like home

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After losing two extra-inning games in a row in Pittsburgh, my Cubs come home to the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field to host the Dodgers ...
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Gloriously awful!

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I am watching Divorce His, Divorce Hers . This 1973 Taylor-Burton made-for-TV is garish and overwrought. This story of a disintegrating marr...
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...