One Gal's Musings

These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 65!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live just outside Chicago, the best city in the world. I'm an aunt and a friend. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Hate him! Hate him! Hate him!

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Joe Ricketts is a nasty old snake and I hate him. He's the billionaire who founded TD Ameritrade, and the father of Tom and Laura Ri...

Farewell, old friend

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Kerry Wood retired today. It was time. I was nowhere near this copacetic when my beloved future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux hung it up. I mi...

Joy!

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I got an extra quarter back from the Coke machine! Little things mean a lot, you know.
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Trifecta

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This weekend's challenge : Compose something of between 33 and 333 about the photo shown below. The word "underemployed...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #171

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THE THIRTEEN TOP DOMESTIC  VACATION DESTINATIONS It's summertime, summertime, sum-sum-summertime! US News gives us this ra...
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I Don't Wanna!

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I'm just in a shitty mood. I worked out in the afternoon, took a shower, and felt a little better for a little while. But then, oh, I ...
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I Want Wednesday

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I want everyone to stop annoying me! Whether it's my art director not even pretending to pay attention in status and then asking me w...
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Busted

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Last night, I was farther west than I usually travel, meeting with a co-worker of my friend Kathleen to discuss a freelance assignment in he...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Worry

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My big old tub of guts, Joey, is still limping. He's experiencing soreness at the site of Saturday morning's rabies shot. And I ha...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Trifecta

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This week's challenge: Using between 33 and 333 words, write a response including the third definition of the word:   trou·ble noun \...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Who knows?

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I have been thinking about my oldest friend all day. And the impetus for all this reflection were a pair of wildly divergent TV shows: Joel ...
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Sloth

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You know all those things I was gonna get done today? Like working out and scrubbing the tub and washing the floors? I didn't get ...
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Sunday Stealing : The Get Out of Jail Free Meme, Part Two 21. Has there ever been anyone that now you regret meeting? Yes. I have a toxi...
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I've got to stop doing this

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Yesterday, my mom and I celebrated Mother's Day. I took Saturday because my kid sister refuses to commit to a time to celebrate on Sun...
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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Our morning at the vet

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This was the worst day my big old tub of guts Joey could ever imagine. It was raining, and he hates that. For some reason, he's more se...
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Saturday 9: Touch Me in the Morning 1. Who or what sleeps with you? My cat Charlotte 2. Last time you saw your high school best friend...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

In from the cold

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Five days and six completely unrelated emails later, my best friend and I are communicating again. He wished me a happy Mother's Day a...
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Trifecta

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This weekend's challenge: Write anything you want, in whichever form you please, so long as your response is exactly 33 words and incl...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

No Cub game tonight

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But I don't care. I'm spending this evening with my favorite movie boyfriend, John McClane . AMC is running Die Hard and Die Hard...

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Some lucky Obama supporter and her guest are having dinner tonight at George Clooney's home tonight with George and a couple from Wa...
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #170

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THIRTEEN MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES  BY STANLEY TUCCI He's not a star, not a household name, but you know him. Currently he's appea...
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Six out of ten!

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I don't mean to imply that with today's victory against the Braves that the Cubs are now on their way to World Series rings. On th...
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I Want Wednesday

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I want my best friend to get over himself already! He behaved badly (we all do at times) and I busted him for it (he deserved it) , and y...
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My considered opinion

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Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez have been doing a lot of TV to promote their new book . Emilio and I are the same age, which makes Mart...
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Monday, May 07, 2012

Why doesn't my virtue make me happier?

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I am such a grown up! And it's left me feeling a little miserable. One of my coworkers, Tom , offered me the FREE ticket next to him a...
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