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Pet Peeve Time!
...and definitely not trivial. This is actually a CMPP: A Civic-Minded Pet Peeve.
Like most Americans in this day and age, I'm aware of the identity-theft issue. I have, in fact, been a victim twice. Both occurrences were in the 1990s, and both were accomplished by very low-tech means: Somebody got their hands on my purse (in the first case) ( Read more... ) -
Your Christmas Story
...whatever it is, wherever, whoever, or however you are, I hope it's happy and that you enjoy great success and joy throughout 2010!
Mili -
Back in the (new and improved) saddle
I must be a natural optimist. Either that or a born sucker. I just checked my real-estate holdings and did not notice the Brooklyn Bridge listed ... so I guess the optimist label still applies ( Read more... ) -
What do you do when you hurt ALL OVER?
Next year I'll have more personal time available and more money in my flexible spending account, and my plans include some long-overdue medical attention. In addition to the elevated blood sugar (for which I am taking metformin) and the incipient menopausal stuff (which I'm dealing with reasonably well -- humor goes a long way), there is the more ( Read more... ) -
My Personal Warning Label
Found this at http://www.warninglabelgenerator.com/
If only I could've had one of these in my 20s!
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Still can't believe I really did this...
I don't like bugs and I cannot lie. Insects, bugs, arachnids, creepy-crawlies, whatever you call 'em, I don't like 'em. Now, of course, some bugs get a little more respect. Praying mantises, grasshoppers, butterflies...the more exotic critters that we all remember from the drastically enlarged photos in our science textbooks, or from the last ( Read more... ) -
Some great tips on how to prevent rape
[original author unknown]
A lot has been said about how to prevent rape.
Women should learn self-defense.
Women should lock themselves in their houses after dark.
Women shouldn't have long hair and women shouldn't wear short skirts.
Women shouldn't leave drinks unattended.
Fuck, they shouldn't dare to get drunk at all.
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TTPPoD
I haven't posted a Totally Trivial Pet Peeve of the Day in a long time, but thought of one this week. Actually, this one could be a Totally Trashy or perhaps Trashily Trivial...
But whatever you call it, why is it that when a service comes in to clean the office, they can NEVER seem to put the wastebaskets back where they found them?
Ever?
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Flames, old and new
He looked like Fonzie and could play boogie-woogie on the piano. He was biracial. My parents were okay with that, but my "bff" was not. She had dated him briefly but when her parents learned his ethnicity, all hell broke loose. I wanted the relationship to work, but there were two factors getting in the way. First was the aforementioned bff, ( Read more... )
