Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Thursday Thirteen #194

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13 POPULAR  HALLOWEEN COSTUMES These are the outfits Target is having a hard time keeping on the shelves this year. 1. Trans...
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I Want Wednesday

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I want to know he's OK. My best friend, that is. Unless I send up a smoke signal, telling him I'm upset, I hear nothing from him. ...
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www.wednesday

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   To play along , just answer the following three (3) questions…   • What are you currently reading? Bone Bed , the latest in the ...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Trifecta

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This week's challenge : Using between 33 and 333 words, compose something that includes the third definition of the following word: ...
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Monday, October 22, 2012

Maybe it's me

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So now I have seen Garbo in Camille . While she and Robert Taylor had an undeniable chemistry and the movie was beautifully made, I must ...
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Hoity toity

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You won't believe how I spent Sunday night. I can't believe how I spent Sunday night. I attended a concert of classical music for ...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Are you ready for this year's Blogblast for Peace?

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This was my 2010 Peace Globe. Watch this space to see my 2012 Peace Globe, which I'll post on November 4. "Some men see thing...
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Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing : Who Are you? Part 2–The Grown Up Meme Part 2: Growing Up 15. How would you describe your childhood in general? A mix...
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Greetings from the 47%

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Thank God for Medicare! Since my mom's passing in mid-September, I have written about how expensive her funeral was ($12,000 -- and ...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

16 days to go

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Just made 15 calls on behalf of the President to registered voters in neighboring Iowa. Most people have Caller ID, so I got many answerin...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: The End of the Innocence 1) "The End of the Innocence" is one of Crazy Sam's favorite songs. Do you lik...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

That whole "horse to water" thing

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More than once, back in early August, I recommended that my newly-unemployed best friend talk to a career coach. I reasoned that he hadn...
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For the Troops

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Just sent a box of 5 paperback books and some notepads to our soldiers serving in Afghanistan. I wanted to make sure the people at Operat...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #193

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13 POPULAR HALLOWEEN CANDIES According to Peapod.com, the online grocery site, here's what little ghosts and goblins are mo...
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The veil is lifting

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The last three months have felt very unreal to me. First the ghastly heat. My best friend has been distracted and troubled by losing his job...
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Agriculturally obsessed

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Last night, while watching the second Presidential debate, I discovered Farmville. I'm so busy with my chickens and my goat that I ...
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Monday, October 15, 2012

"The girl wasn't half bad"

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That was Babs' self assessment when she went through the vault of unreleased material and settled on the 11 that made it to Release Me...
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Someone told me it's all happening at The Zoo

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Spent a very rainy Sunday with my nephew at the Brookfield Zoo. Despite the intermittent storms, we had a good time, managing to see the l...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

The Missiles of October

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It's been exactly 50 years since John F. Kennedy saved the world. Yes, it was that important. The Cuban Missile Crisis was that dang...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: The Who Are You Meme   1. What is your biggest pet peeve?   Space hogs. The guy who takes up a seat on the train for his...
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At least she's not obstructing me

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The Evil Older Sister made her way to my mailbox today. 10 days ago I sent her a letter explaining why the first of her get-rich-off-Mom...
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Why, why, why?

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Reynaldo is currently singing and destroying my dining room. He wants me to feed him. He has been aggressively making it clear that he wan...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Ain't No Other Man 1) Do you believe there's only one person (and there ain't no other) for you? Or do you ...
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Unsettled and unsettling

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Anthropologists and behaviorists would have a field day wandering from desk to desk at my workplace. No one is especially happy. There...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

"No abnormalities"

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So said the letter I received from the hospital after Saturday's mammogram was reviewed. No matter what else is going on in my life, I...
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"Remove your coats and belts. Empty your pockets."

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That's what I heard about 200 times this morning while waiting to go through security at The Daley Center (home of the Picasso). I wa...
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