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It's a new year
Ugh. So much for my intention to post more regularly. Oh, well, we can only go forward, n'est-ce pas? Besides, the year in review? depressing. Recapping the past couple of months: Boring, boring, boring. Thanksgiving was had, Xmas was had, New Year's was had. Nothing particularly worth relating, to be honest ( Read more... ) -
Other things I've been doing
1) Volunteering at booksales for the local library system. This is not entirely altruistic: you get anywhere from one book per hour of volunteering to as many as 5 for a 2 hour shift. Whee! (My sister points out that the intent of book sales is to SELL BOOKS TO OTHER PEOPLE, not to bring them home one's self. I say pthlbt! to her.) There are ( Read more... ) -
Where I've been
OK, so I wrote this nearly a month ago and forgot to post it. My home 'puter has been dead since sometime in Sept., I just got a replacement, I think I'll be back online more regularly from here out, but here's part 1 of what I've been doing in the meantime...
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Nineteen tequilas later, we had a deal
Tuesday night was the 75th anniversary of the founding of the organization I work for, so we had a big ol' shindig, the planning of which I thought over the last several months was going to make some of our staff run screaming into the night. Fortunately, they all survived, the event was a big success, and we can all relax for a moment (even ( Read more... ) -
This week in The Aging of America...
Three things this week that brought home the fact that I am getting older by the second (I know, I know, everyone is):
1) Bifocals. I knew the day was coming, but it was still a blow.
2) Having to check the "46-55" age category on some questionnaire thingy I was filling out.
3) Hearing on the radio that they're reissuing Elvis Costello's My ( Read more... ) -
Movie review, sort of
On Monday night I had a free pass to see an astonishingly depressing documentary. It's called The 11th Hour and it's this year's "An Inconvenient Truth," only more so. At least AIT had breaks where you got to learn about Al Gore before being bombarded with more relentlessly overwhelming bad news. Don't get me wrong: 11th Hr. is very well done, ( Read more... ) -
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Today when I went to the grocery store to pick up sushi for lunch I had a visit from my inner five year old. After picking up my nice healthy spicy tuna roll with brown rice, I walked down the aisle where they have cans of frosting, and I/she thought, "Oooohhh!!! Get one of those and a box of graham crackers!"
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So ( Read more... )
