Sunday, January 27, 2013

At the movies

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Just as the swallows return to Capistrano, I return to the movie theater when the Oscar nominations are announced. I'd already seen (a...
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Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: The Meme From Suburbia 1. What were you doing 10 years ago? I was worried about layoffs at work, just like now. Although t...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

It's sinking in

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The sky today was such a beautiful, clear blue. It made me sad to think my mother didn't get to see it. A freight train rolled by ca...
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Trifecta

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  This weekend's challenge : G ive us a 33-word example of personification . I live across from the tracks and recognize the so...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Stormy Weather 1) Do noisy storms scare you? No. 2) Mother Winters tells us Lena Horne was considered one of the gre...
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Friday, January 25, 2013

My favorite pizza

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... is free pizza. For some reason, the agency ordered pizza for all of us this snowy Friday. I really appreciated it as I try to economi...
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Go, John, Go!

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This Recession has been brutal to my friends. Part of it is that most of us are in advertising/marketing, and our industry has been hit very...
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

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 wor...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Thursday Thirteen #207

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THIRTEEN TIPS FOR BATTLING  DRY SKIN This time of year is brutal on my poor, pale skin and so I give this topic a lot of thought. T...
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Retail Therapy

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My boss was out today -- he actually went down to see our client and presented our work himself for a change -- and so he wasn't avai...
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Monday, January 21, 2013

Eye Candy

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Spinning the dial I came upon a repeat of Alias Smith and Jones , a show I loved during my freshman year in high school. It was a rather ...
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A furry valentine

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JOEY does not seem to understand that he is (at least) 15 years old, overweight and nearing the end of his life. For while he doesn't ...
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Presidential Geek Fest

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This weekend I have been watching Cspan and The History Channel 2. With the Inauguration, they have been focused on the Presidency. How in...
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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: The Back 15 Meme     15) How do you vent your anger? Screaming and slamming and fixating. Not the most productive ...
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The not-so-happy call

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Spoke for about an hour last night with my friend from the Keys. One of his dear friends, Ted, is in the hospital in Miami, because the lo...
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Saturday, January 19, 2013

This made me happy

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Got a call this week, out of the blue, from an old buddy. We used to work together and were very close. But then we got each got new jobs ...
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Saturday 9

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 Saturday 9: Bette Davis Eyes 1) Has anyone ever told you that you resemble a celebrity? I used to hear that I looked like J...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Thursday Thirteen #206

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THIRTEEN ITEMS NOT ON THE MENU AT MCDONALD'S IN THE US I resisted the temptation to have a Big Mac today -- opting instead for a he...
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It was the hands

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Lest you think I am hardhearted, I carry coins in my pocket at all times to help the homeless that I may encounter. But I never, never co...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Poor little fella

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Winter has arrived rather suddenly and aggressively. While we still don't have any snow, people have begun wearing boots for warmth. W...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

$1708

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That's what we made as a result of selling my mother's belongings. The estate sale organizer made $900. So the contents of the home ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing: 40 of The Most Random Questions Meme, Part Two 21) What ’ s something you ’ ve always wanted? A million dollars. Alt...
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Random weekend update

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Are you sick of hearing about this cold yet? It continues to bedevil me, though I believe the end is in sight. For while my eyes are still...
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: We Owned the Night 1) Can you recall a time when you danced and romanced like you "owned the night?" It...
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