24 days ago by Dana

Today's 100 words: When my daughter was born two years ago, my generous friend, who has two daughters of her own, gave me a ton of beautiful, hardly worn clothes, and she continues to give me clothes as her girls outgrow them. Two months ago, she gave birth to a boy, and now it's my turn to return h ...

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27 days ago by TJ Duane

(AlternateTitle: How The King’s Speech ShouldNot Have Beat The Social Network) (Nevera Contender for title: The Tree of LifeDoes Rock! [i]) Mymom is going to hate me for this one. I don’t think she reads this blog, but ifshe does: “I’m sorry.” Mymom and I fight about the stupidest things, and it is ...

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45 days ago by JSE

Bridesmaids The Muppets What has become of me? It has something to do with having kids, I think. Some people say “I became a totally different person when my children are born” but for me it’s been almost the opposite. In this one way, though, I’ve changed. Before children I used to be impervious to ...

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51 days ago by tiffypewp

The things I KNOW. So this afternoon I started to think about things. I went to the local Chipotle restaurant to pick up two veggie bowls for my husband and I to share with my step-daughter. As I was walking back to my car, I was approached by a very VERY rugged looking woman wearing outdoor clothes ...

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58 days ago by Carleigh

Some of the below were published prior to this year but I read them in 2011 and this is a totalitarian blog, so I get to do what I want. These are the books that I loved the most in 2011. Big Girl Small, Rachel DeWoskin (2011) I first fell in love with a character with dwarfism many years ago, readi ...

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62 days ago by parrotgirl

It’s times like today that I am thankful for my family. I live away from most of them, but even so, they are there at the end of the phone, ready to help and assist in any way and that is just so comforting. You do get a little frightened sometimes as your age creeps up on you and you realise that t ...

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68 days ago by H. R. Swardson

Hokum: "s omething apparently impressive or legitimate but actually untrue or insincere; pretentious nonsense." The word originated, apparently, as a combination of hocus-pocus (magic) and bunkum (nonsense). We see snake-oil salesmen. Just the word you'd invent in the American heartland. Low class. ...

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70 days ago by parrotgirl

I read the news last week with shock at the sudden death of Gary Speed. I didn’t really follow him, or watch football, but it was so sad to hear that he had taken his own life and left a wife and two children. It made me stop in my tracks as I have been on the periphery of a similar situation this y ...

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73 days ago by Sully

OK, Bobby V is coming. The Red Sox are Valentine's team now. And the idea that it will be a calm player friendly environment is as likely as the Red Sox retiring Grady Little's number. I think there is only one way Bobby Valentine's authority can work in Boston: Give him TOTAL authority. Make it cle ...

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77 days ago by Doug Henwood

This is a piece I wrote years ago for the mostly right-wing Canadian paper The National Post. Though more than a decade old, it’s still mostly true and relevant. Sorry—no links to sources and such. National Post (Canada)—September 23, 2000 SMALL IS NOT BEAUTIFUL Forget the romantic view of small bus ...

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