Wednesday, April 30, 2014

The Wisdom of SnarkyPants

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"I’m relaxed and peaceful because I trust the process of life. All is well in my world." I have been nervous and worried. It ...
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Thank you, John

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Photo courtesy of the Chicago Tribune Sebastian, a guy I like but only barely know through our mutual friend John, got a new, better pa...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

When smoking really creeps me out

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I don't like smoking. I don't get smoking. I think this is because both of my parents and three of my four grandparents were smokers...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

I'm never alone

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Because the shingles virus is always with me. I had it in 2010 . And it reappeared on Easter Sunday. No rash this time, no fever. Just the...
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More than I want to spend

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I'm surprised by how expensive tickets are for Sir Paul's summer show at the United Center. I think it's because it's one...
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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sunday Stealing

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TV Meme, part one   1. TV Theme songs. Which is your favorite, and which makes you crazy enough to hit mute on the remote?  I like the t...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

Sunshine and an umbrella

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It was my favorite weather today: sunny and in the 60s. I had a lovely walk under clear blue skies, trekking across town to the vet to pic...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Stuck on You (2012) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here . 1) This upbeat song is from a CD called The Bri...
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Friday, April 25, 2014

Let's see ...

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Why am I happy today? •  I've been emailing regularly with my best friend these past two days. We hadn't been getting along we...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

It's a beautiful day

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The sun is shining on Wrigley Field's 100th birthday. Which is, of course, as it should. I have many, MANY wonderful memorie...
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Oh, I don't know

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I recently caught my oldest friend in a lie. A small lie that doesn't really have anything to do with me. But it disturbs me because I d...
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Sunday, April 20, 2014

The game was closer than the score would indicate

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That's a venerable old sports cliche and one that we Cub fans are used to reciting almost by rote. But it's true of today's 8 ...
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The Easter Story and The Walking Dead

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My minister gave a memorable sermon this morning. One of his best. And it wasn't the one he intended to give. Word came to him la...
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Sunday Stealing

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The Easter Meme   What are your Easter traditions? I don't really have any anymore, beyond sending cards to my niece and neph...
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Ow, ow, ow!

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It's a sunny Easter morning and I had so many spring cleaning plans for today! So imagine my surprise and distress when I woke up with...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1950) 1) Which do you prefer: colored hard-boiled eggs, chocolate marshmallow eggs, or plasti...
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Lunch was just lunch

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Rick, a coworker from three jobs and 16 years ago, called me for lunch. I truly haven't heard from him since Bill Clinton was Presiden...
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I have resources. I should use them.

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Wednesday was a bad day. It left me blue (see below). I don't like being blue. I don't like accepting that I just have to take...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Dread

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I can't shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen. We -- meaning the three of us who touched a recent project -- let a...
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WWW.WEDNESDAY

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To play along, just answer the following three questions ... • What are you currently reading? Mary by Janis Cooke Newman . Sorry if ...
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Well, that's over

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I've been out of sorts all day Tuesday. A lot of it had to do with our bitchy new client . She met Tuesday with the coworker known a...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Wow. Just wow.

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When I was a kid, my oldest friend and I used to play with her Mattel Creeple People Thingmaker. We poured plastic Goop into trays, heated...
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My memory isn't blurred

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Pharrell Williams is suddenly adorable. Nominated for an Oscar for 2014's feel-good song "Happy" from the children's movie...
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Last night I fell in love again

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Mad Men is back from hiatus, and its return is very welcome. And not just because Jon Hamm is so very dishy. It's consistently the ...
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Just what I expect in 2014

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I spent three hours doing laundry yesterday. Mixed, darks, greens and purples. The last two loads were because I bought so many lovely li...
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