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If you take a look at the right side of the page, you’ll see a link to my blog’s new Facebook page. See it? Yay me. But here’s the thing: See that pitiful, low number of people who like me? Isn’t that sad? Isn’t it a shame? Hey, maybe you were considering a big fat...
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I knew I was jinxing myself when I wrote this post. And really, I wasn’t trying to be cocky by calling it “How to make pies and influence people.” Here’s what happened: I typed in a bland title just to have something down, assuming I’d change it when I went back to edit, and what...
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OK, so after I went and posted two complainy posts in a row — and so soon after Thanksgiving too — I am just taking a minute to let everyone know that my work situation is really good right now. I’m smack in the middle of a solid two-week gig at...
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A fantasy that brings me joy. You know that last scene from The Usual Suspects? Kevin Spacey plays this doufy guy who’s been called in to tell a detective the story of a big crime that just went down and keeps mentioning the evil and elusive ringleader, Keyser Soze. Leaving the station, Spacey limps down...
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I would never, ever blog about the kids I interact with when I substitute teach. I am a professional, each student is someone’s precious child, and I would be spitting mad if anyone was out there making cracks about my kid in a public forum. Besides, I mostly love my job and the kids,...
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OK, I know I’ve dropped about 10 balls here. No canning updates, no mini-vacation update. And many thanks to my girl Rachel at East Coast Musings for sending me a really sweet e-mail checking to see if I’m still alive. Wanna guess if I e-mailed her back? That’s right, I did not. You learn...
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Photo credit: Spencer Finnley (no relation) It’s been a little crazy around here, so this will be brief. Last Tuesday our carbon monoxide detector went off. As far as life lessons go, this was a pretty rich experience: When husband says, “Naw, we don’t need to bother the fire department with this,” I should listen to...
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Seriously, I have got to get this book back to the library. So in the interest of being allowed to check out new material again, I give you my cheap and easy review of Michael Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. Cheap and easy is fitting here. As people who’ve read The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A...
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Photo credit: ryry9379 The last few days have been rather relaxing around here. I’ve taken a few days off blogging since the Wordcount blogathon ended on Monday, and even then I cheated with some Memorial Day parade pictures. Now it’s the end of the school year, which means there are lots of events to attend....
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We had beautiful weather for our city’s annual Memorial Day parade. Very soon afterward we got thunderstorms, but at least we got a few nice pictures first. Unfortunately, after sneezing all over myself, my kids, my neighbors, and a couple of strangers who probably won’t sit next to me again anytime soon, I caved and...
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