Saturday, March 07, 2015

Saturday 9

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Here I Go Again (1982) 1) This song originally appeared on Whitesnake's Saints and Sinners album. Are you feeling more saintly or sin...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #232

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OUR THIRTEEN  MOST INFLUENTIAL  FIRST LADIES Every First Lady fascinates me. She has one of the world's most visible roles an...
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Don't let the door hit you, Oprah

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So Oprah Winfrey is closing her Harpo Studios on the city's west side . That means 200 jobs are leaving Chicago. Jobs we can ill affor...
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The meeting where I went all Norma Rae on her ass

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I don't enjoy my condo association meetings. The wrong people do the talking and there's always too  much whining and it all inevita...
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Monday, March 02, 2015

It hit me hard

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Saw Still Alice over the weekend, starring Julianne Moore in her Oscar winning role as a linguistics professor hit by early onset Alzheim...
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Sunday, March 01, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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17 Meme Are you a jealous person? At times. When is the next time you’re traveling out of state? I don't have any firm plans until...
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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Stop! In the Name of Love (1965) 1) When this song was popular, the Supremes were known for their long gloves and full-lengt...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Thursday Thirteen #231

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THE THIRTEEN MOST POPULAR TV STARS OF ALL TIME  How to rank something so incredibly subjective? By turning to the TV Bible, aka ...
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Speaking of moving on and letting go ...

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In the post immediately below, I write about a blogger whose unrelenting partisanship can make her posts very ugly (regardless of how many...
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In the age of Google, there's no excuse

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There's a blogger out there that I visit on occasion because she plays Saturday 9, and since I took that meme over from Bud, I try to be...
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While I'm oversharing ...

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... I must remember to take my acid controller (generic Pepcid) before heavy meals AND whenever I have just a touch of alcohol. Tonight wh...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The post where I reveal ...

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... how deeply, incredibly shallow I am. I have a zit on the right side of my lip. On my lip line. I hate it. It looks like a cold sore. ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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The Colorful Meme. To play along, click here . Could you tell me please, what color each of these things are? ~ Your hair: Light brown ~...
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Nightmares

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My sleep is usually dreamless, at least as far as I remember. Which is why it's noteworthy that over the last 10 days I've had thr...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Freeway of Love (1985) 1) In this song, Aretha's ideal car is a pink Caddy. What's your dream vehicle? Any car that c...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

And so it begins!

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Today, one of the coldest February days ever recorded here in Chicago, is the day when pitchers and catchers report to sunny Mesa, AZ. ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Thursday Thirteen #231

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Thirteen Things about Zynga ... because I was wondering about the company responsible for where I spend so much of time online. ...
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More than a little ashamed of myself

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It's cold here. Really cold. And it's been this way for a long time. In December and January it didn't bother me so much, but it...
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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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To play along, click here . Love, to you.  Define love in your own words. When the person I think of first thing in the morning is the sa...
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A boy and his appetite

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Dear Lord, my nephew can eat! Now a freshman in high school, he's tall and thin as a rail and always, always hungry. It's as thou...
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: All Dressed in Love (2008) 1) In this song, Jennifer sings, "I look good in love …" What about you? When you'...
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Friday, February 13, 2015

So disappointing

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 On these blustery winter afternoons, it's fun to remember the glory days of last summer when the boys of Jackie Robinson West brough...
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I may never eat again

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Last night my dear old friend Barb took me to dinner. I hadn't seen her since fall. I think this is the longest we've gone without g...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Thursday Thirteen #230

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THIRTEEN PHRASES WE DON'T USE ANYMORE 1) "Would you prefer smoking or non-smoking?" 2) "Do you have a pay ph...
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WWW.WEDNESDAY

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This meme is no more. And yet I persist in answering the three questions it asked each week. Stubborn, ain't I? • What are you c...
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