Friday, June 27, 2008

Planning my own proper send off

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I found this at Layla's Classic Rock Faves , and I think it's a revealing and provocative question: WHAT MUSIC WOULD YOU HAVE PLAYED...

An unnecessary decision

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The village I live in has made it illegal to own handguns. The city I work in has made it illegal to own handguns. Voters in both my village...

Friday Music Memoirs #2

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TOP 5 ON FRIDAY Top 5 Songs with "You" in the Title These are the first five that occurred to me, and I do love them all. 1) She ...
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Friday's Feast #34

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Appetizer What is the weather like today where you live? 80ยบ+ with a chance of thunderstorms. It's gonna be humid like this through th...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

They like me! They really like me!

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Nice things people have said to me this week … "I just wanted you to know I am thinking of you." An out-of-the-blue email from my ...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #73 -- There's No Place like Home

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THIRTEEN TV SHOWS THAT CHANGED FOR THE WORST WHEN THEY CHANGED LOCATIONS I love I Love Lucy, unless she’s in Connecticut. When I tune into ...
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We're still us

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I saw my best friend last night for the first time since May! We exchange emails a couple times a day, but we haven't been in the same r...

Pupdate

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Here's the latest on my best friend's dog : She has a herniated disc, which accounts for her difficulty moving, and the tests reveal...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

He's here!

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My best friend is in Chicago for the night. We'll be meeting in about an hour to celebrate his birthday and catch up. I'm so happy …...
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Tag Time!

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Mr. Sparky Duck tagged me, and I'm glad, because it gives me an excuse to use this cool picture. Now, here are the rules: a) Link to th...
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Tuesday Tunes #3

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What if: What if a friend took your favorite CD and never returned it. First what CD would it be, and how huge of a row/fight would you have...
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Heads & Tails #17

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Today's theme is "line." As someone who doesn't drive -- and with gas at about $4.25/gallon, I'm glad I don't -- ...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Poor Old Girl

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My best friend went away for about five days and left the family border collie/mix at a kennel. He picked her up today and was most upset wi...
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Manic Monday #13

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Are you a talker or a listener? Is it ever possible to really be both? Not for me. I babble and blab. Especially when I'm excited. I try...
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I think this a GOOD thing

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Update on my friend, Kathy -- the one whose life completely got away from her and she ended up broke, unemployed and crashing with her daug...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

"Hey, Chicago, what do you say? Cubs are gonna win today!"

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I was going to mention the White Sox in the title and illustrate this post with a broom, but that would be sooooo tacky. I'm so happy ri...
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It's bugging me

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My mom is doing well since her hospital stay , and I'm grateful. She swears up and down she hasn't had a cigarette in over a month. ...
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Sunday Randomness

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This week's questions are book related.... 1. Who are your favorite authors? Non-fiction: Doris Kearns Goodwin; Fiction: Marian Keyes; ...
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"It's (snap) competition, Bay-buh!"

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The TV Land modeling/reality show, She's Got the Look , had given me a freakazoid that I loved to hate, Paula. Striking and beautiful, s...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Another win on the North Side

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As Snowbird noted in a comment on my entry below, the Cubs' glory just keeps growing! We still have the best record in MLB. We are still...
Friday, June 20, 2008

My, what a lovely afternoon!

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1) I got the afternoon off. 2) The Cubs beat the Sox -- in the bottom of the 9th! At home in the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field, no less...
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Friday Music Memoirs

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Top 5 albums that you can't stop playing lately, and tell us why you love them! 1) On right now, Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. "We...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Friday's Feast #33

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Appetizer If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose? Europe. Specifically the UK. I've always wonder...
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"Who ARE those guys?"

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Butch and Sundance asked one another that when faced with their worthiest, and most deadly, adversaries, the mysterious Super Posse. I'v...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #72 -- Dipping my toe into random waters

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THIRTEEN UNFAMILIAR FACTS ABOUT THE GAL HERSELF I always enjoy it when others write "random thought" TTs, but even after more than...
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Happy Birthday to a gentleman and a scholar

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Literally. He is. Paul McCartney earned his knighthood years and years ago, and just last month he received a doctorate from Yale. So today...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Ok, so it does bother me now and again

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Being fifty, that is. I'm reasonably unlined for my age (thanks to a slavish devotion to moisturizer and exfoliation). I don't have ...
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Tuesday Tunes

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Oh, I'm all over this one! This week we're all about The Beatles aka The Fab Four. Who is your favorite Beatle? James Paul McCartney...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Is it me, or does everyone struggle with this?

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I'm sitting here at my desk, trying very hard to behave like the responsible professional they take me for, but it's so hard! You se...
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Manic Monday #12

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If your personality had to be summed up as a sandwich, what kind of sandwich would you be? A burger, because it's always casual and a li...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

I took this quiz while wearing an I LOVE LUCY nightshirt

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… so how profound can I really be? You Are Disturbingly Profound You're contemplative, thoughtful, and very intense. Taking time to figu...

It was nice to see him

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Dick Van Dyke just appeared on the TV Land Awards. Watching him walk on stage made me smile. He looks good -- all white-hair and distinguish...

The one I love to hate

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TV Land has a new reality show, She's Got the Look. It's a search for an over-35 supermodel. One of my favorites, Sharon, a 63-year...

A SATC observation

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Everything is really Miranda's fault. (Spoiler follows.) I saw the Sex and the City movie again last night and while I still stand by m...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Feeling the pinch

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Since I live alone and my cooking consists of slitting the top crust of the pot pie before I put it in the microwave, I haven't much not...
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