historic happenings

I’m relieved that this election is over, though as many have already said, the hard work begins now.  And I’d like to point out that no one running, ever in the history of the US, ever has the right experience.  How can a person truly be prepared to leads this country, making the day to [...]

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i quit, again

I quit Facebook this morning.  I can hear my friend, T, sing-songing, “I told you so…”. Once again I found myself trying to have a social life with people online and it failed.  First it was Ravelry where I found myself with online “friends” without looking for them.  That ended badly.  It ended when after [...]

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fear mongering

For the last year I’ve been getting these e-mails about Barack Obama. Not one of them have been positive. Ironically, not one of them have been factual or complete either. These anti-Obama e-mails range from the religious (“Obama is the anti-Christ,” “Obama is a Muslim”) to pseudo-political (“Obama will tax the hell [...]

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get outta jail free card?

We’ve emailed the housing company we’ve been assigned to and requested that we be moved to another apartment complex.  The first few weeks I was here, I thought, “Eh, this isn’t bad.”  Yes, my husband had to move in, then move out for another night because the AC was broken, then move back in, yes, [...]

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so far not so great

Ugh! Another summer movie under my belt…another two hours I’ll never get back.  We went to see Wanted with McVoy and Jolie.  It was a bloody and violent movie.  Too much gore for my taste.  Thankfully the storyline was so over the top that it isn’t something that I’ll keep to memory.
I hope this streak [...]

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