Sunday, July 19, 2009

Dreaming of Don

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Last night, my oldest friend and I celebrated Mad Men 's gazillion Emmy nominations by watching several episodes from the Season 2 DVD. ...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

They're Back!

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The Cubs are playing the Nationals in Washington. Hello, Boys! Welcome back to the diamond and let's kick some second half ass. (Yes, th...
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He is a puzzlement

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My uncle, that is. I love him very much, but he's a difficult old coot. He's also battling Parkinson's. While the disease has ta...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Thursday Thirteen #116 -- The "thank you very much" edition

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THIRTEEN FACTS ABOUT ELVIS' 1968 COMEBACK SPECIAL I am the least spontaneous person on the face of the earth. I always must have a pla...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Queen's Meme

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Done by royal decree . 1. You are in court. You are in deep doo-doo. What did you do? Looting and rioting after the Cubs win the World Serie...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

How I spent my evening

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I have devoted more than 2.5 hours to mastering my new phone (the LG Rumor). I have charged it and activated it and programmed my numbers in...
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5 mm

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That's the size of the lump in my left breast. Because it's so deep in the tissue and irregularly shaped, the radiologist wants to t...
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For the future chef

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Beginning next week, my 16-year-old niece will be embarking on quite the summer adventure. First she is going to "culinary camp" a...
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Yes, I'm just staring at the phone

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It's almost 11:00 and my doctor still hasn't called me back to discuss IT . Of course, it is Monday. He has two days of messages to ...
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Looooooooou! Looooooooou!

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I love Lou Piniella. Not since Leo Durocher managed the Cubs when I was a kid has a manager so captivated me. (Though Leo scared me, and I t...
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The ONE Meme

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Respond to these questions with ONE WORD answers: Where is your cell phone? Purse Your significant other? MIA Your hair?...
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Thank you, Ladies!

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I got 7 of the loveliest, most positive comments from sister bloggers yesterday. I appreciate their kindess so much! It's wonderful to ...
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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Between 1% and 6%

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I was so happy this morning. I dropped a bag of pasta, condiments, soups and some toiletries off at the food pantry. Usually seeing so many ...
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She's enchanting

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Abigail Breslin as Olive Hoover. Little Miss Sunshine is on the USA Network this morning and I'm enjoying it (again) thoroughly. I'...
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At The Movies

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I have seen two movies in the past week and enjoyed them both. THE PROPOSAL. It's fluff. It aims low but it hits its mark. It's fun...
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The Knives Are Out

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The Cubs lost to the Cardinals. That's always bad news. First of all, because all right-thinking Northsiders hate losing to our rivals f...
Friday, July 10, 2009

Now, from the brighter side of life ...

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I am good at this job. My opposite number, the other ACD here, presented our concepts to the client yesterday. Two were his and two were min...
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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Hi. I'm an idiot.

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It's the end of my workday. No one MADE me do this. It's the kind of thing only a real dunce would do: I googled an old boyfriend. F...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #115 -- Why Believe in Yesterday?

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THIRTEEN SINGERS WHO COVERED THE MOST RECORDED SONG OF ALL TIME Almost every time you hear about Michael Jackson's estate, someone me...
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I'm trying not to be embarrassed

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A woman I used to work with -- a sweet, generous girl -- had her first baby last weekend. I got an excited email, along with some photos, fr...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Goin' Home

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We were very busy today here at the old advertising plantation, and it's been fun to be so productive. On days like this -- when it'...
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This is so weird

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I'm sitting here, eating a healthy lunch of egg salad and fruit, and watching live coverage of Michael Jackson's memorial service. R...
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Monday, July 06, 2009

It's a pretty day and I am happy

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That is all.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009

The self-serving comparisons can end now

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Fans of Gov. Palin's like to liken her to Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, eager to seduce Clinton loyalists to the right with the assump...
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A Salute to the Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth

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It was 70 years ago today that Lou Gehrig moved from being a Yankee hero to being a Great American Hero. Crippled by disease, his stellar ca...
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Friday, July 03, 2009

Oh, Madame Governor, we noticed

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Fourth of July is typically a slow news holiday. Traditionally everyone is concentrating on baseball (Gal raises her hand) or barbecues or t...
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And me without a piece of paper!

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Today I had my annual mammogram. I hate my annual mammogram. Yes, I know it's necessary. It's also uncomfortable and always leaves m...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #115 -- In Memory

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I generally don't repeat posts. But #83 just cries out to be rerun! Here's to a remarkable pitchman. As one who works in advertisin...
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A fabulous time-waster meme

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Honest, Kwizgiver , I didn't steal this meme! I visited your blog, the gate was open, and it followed me home! STEP ONE: Spell your name...
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My bud's back

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My best friend has been strangely quiet lately, way "too busy" to talk or even exchange emails. This worried me, because he's...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

And the mole stays in the picture

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No, not him. The one on my face. Saw the dermatologist this afternoon. He's almost 100% sure that nothing serious is going on with the m...
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Kids and money

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I've been thinking about my nephew's behavior during our recent getaway together to Springfield. He was very thoughtful about my mon...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Welcome to a select group, Carlos!

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I love the Cubs. Sometimes I love the individual players so much that I don't care if they win or lose. I forgive a middling performance...

Aaargh!

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My best friend remains completely incommunicado, except to tell me he is too busy to talk. I do not believe him. No one is busy 24/7. He did...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: The ABC Meme A – An advantage you have – I think fast on my feet. B – Blue or brown eyes – Neither. (They're green.) C ...
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