Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Maybe 2011 will be the year

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The Cubs named this gentleman, Mike Quade, to be our coach for the next 2-3 seasons. He took over after my beloved Lou Piniella resigned in ...
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I Want Wednesday

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I want the pimple under my chin to go away.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

10 on Tuesday

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The last 10 things I ate and drank (excluding water) 1) Apple Cinnamon Cheerios 2) Tuna salad 3) Coke 4) Snickers bar 5) Applesauce 6) Three...
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Actually, this would scare me

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Going to a bar where everyone knew my name. And yet I can't get the theme out of my mind.
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Monday, October 18, 2010

Too bad, so sad

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I came upon this old (1995) biography of Lee Radziwill and find it compulsively readable, maybe even more so than I did the first time aroun...
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I appreciated the gesture

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Went to the laundromat -- again, and hopefully for the last time -- and noticed something new. Plastic jack-o-lanterns were positioned atop ...
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Movie Monday -- Costumes

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Share on movies whose costumes set just the right stage, linking back here at The Bumbles . And don't forget to visit your fellow part...
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When Die Hard met Pulp Fiction

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RED is a thrilling, funny, wholly original shoot-em-up (and blow-em-up) good time. R.E.D. stands for "Retired: Extremely Dangerous,...
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Let's set the Wayback Machine

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Way ... way ... back. When "My Sweet Lord," "Maggie Mae" and "Knock Three Times" were blasting through the ra...
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Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: Another 50 Questions Meme , Part Two Indeed! 26. Do you like someone? I like lots of people … 27. The last song you listene...
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Dads and daughters

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Three pair are on my mind today. My friend Ed is still in New York, still tending to his very ill and hospitalized daughter . The situation ...
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How sweet the sound

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Sometimes everything comes together to create a moment that's perfect. Today, I had one of those moments walking back from lunch. I saw ...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

I Want Wednesday

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I want to hear the rest of the story. On the train this morning, I sat near a lawyer who was speaking very loudly on her cell, advising a cl...
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Uh-oh

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En route to the train this morning, it began to rain rather hard and it seemed I was alone on the village street. So I gave in to nature and...
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

10 on Tuesday -- Devoted to Spenser

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I just finished Painted Ladies , one of the Spenser mysteries published after author Robert Parker's death , and I really enjoyed it be...
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It's been more than a MONTH

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And we're still down to one dryer for 24 apartments in the building laundry room. So unless something unforeseen happens, it's back ...
Monday, October 11, 2010

BlogBlast for Peace Is Almost Upon Us

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My post is ready and will be revealed to the Blogosphere on November 4. What about you? Are you read for the BlogBlast for Peace ? You can t...
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Movie Monday -- All About Fall

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Share on a sampling of fall flicks, linking back here at The Bumbles. Home for the Holidays. A great cast -- Robert Downey, Jr., Holly Hun...
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Today's horoscope

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"Don't waste time on nostalgia or restless fantasies. You have something to do right now while your emotions are intense. Keep bre...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Being honest with my blog

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I'm not proud of this, but it's true. I realized today why I've been so angry at my mom lately: I'm mad at her for getting o...
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Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: Another 50 Questions Meme , Part One (perhaps) 1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing...
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Small, intense and memorable

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Never Let Me Go is a very special little film. Set in a parallel universe, where cancer and neuromuscular diseases were cured back in the 1...
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Saturday, October 09, 2010

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Hush 1. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener? The more nervous I am, the blabbier I become. 2. Do you tak...
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A Birthday Tribute from an Unexpected Source

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Today, October 9, is the 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birth. Google, the preeminent search engine on the Internet he never got to s...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

"The hardest thing I've ever gone through"

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I exchanged IM's with Ed today, and that's how he described sitting in his daughter's hospital room, wearing a mask, listening ...
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Firefox, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Us?

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Company-wide, my favorite-most browser is down. I feel like a pioneer woman who has to cook over an open flame, wash her clothes by beating ...
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What a nice boy!

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My Friday sight seen: Two portly, matronly-looking ladies -- a mother and daughter, I guess. They were chatting rather animatedly in Spanish...
Thursday, October 07, 2010

But I just saw him last Tuesday!

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My former boss, Ed, and I had lunch last week . He was in such good spirits. We talked about how he and his wife spent their 30th anniversar...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010

I Want Wednesday

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I want to win tonight's Illinois State Lottery. It's up to $5.2 million. After taxes, that's $2,500/week for 20 years. I'd b...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Queen's Meme -- Falling

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1. What is your favorite part about the Fall season? How suddenly comfortable the weather is. I'm happy to be outdoors, instead of avoid...
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Monday, October 04, 2010

Movie Monday -- The Supernatural

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Share your favorite movies with those witchy, surreal, psychic or alien happenings, linking back here at The Bumbles. Sliding up the banist...
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Sunday, October 03, 2010

Passage to adventure

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Today my nephew and I celebrated his 11th birthday. In addition to a Harry Potter t-shirt and backpack, I got him a pair of passes to Safari...
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Saturday, October 02, 2010

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: The Time Traveler Meme The Rules: 1. Depending on your age, go back 10, 15, 20, or even more years. 2. Tell us how many yea...
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A lazy day that took me from Boston to Mayberry

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My tummy is still giving me a bit of grief, so I took things very easily today. Slept in, ran errands, went to lunch, saw The Town -- set i...

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Friends, Again 1. Do you make and keep friends easily? Yes. I'm really blessed that way. 2. Who was your very first friend?...
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