While serving on the board of a local community agency, a certain personality type came to my attention: teacher’s pet. Yes, these people are alive and well and living as adults. Surprisingly it’s not something one grows out of when he or she leaves school; rather, the behavior seems to evolve and follow the person into adulthood. I use the […]
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How long does it take you to “run in” to a store? I suppose it depends on the size of the store and what you need. If you’re running into the gas station to pay for gas, then it will probably take a fraction of the time it would take you to “run in” to
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I have a love/hate relationship with electronic technology. I love and appreciate the advances that have been made in the world, and I use lots of technologically savvy stuff every day. But I hate learning the new stuff, and if I procrastinate, it seems that when I finally break down and learn it, something new
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While we’re on the subject of politics, I was reading about Jenna Bush’s upcoming nuptial’s today, and I discovered an interesting article about the parallels of opposites between Bush’s daughter and former President Roosevelt’s daughter Alice, both of whom will be married while their fathers were Presidents of the United States; Jenna’s wedding taking place over a century after Alice’s. From CNN.com: Doug
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While I am a current events junkie, I am most reluctant to follow politics for some reason. Give me true-crime stories, entertainment news, or natural disaster tales any day – I can’t get enough. But when it comes to politics, I have trouble even forcing myself to follow the news, even though they talk about
This is my 100th blog post! What a long way I’ve come from my first blog post, aptly and boringly titled, “First Post” – it was a description of me learning to blog! And what a variety of subjects I’ve covered, from retractable sharpie pens, to kids’ blankies… from movies and tv shows to animals,
This is the THIRD time I’ve gotten this email forward, so I thought it was worth mentioning in my blog. The subject line of the email reads: Fwd: Dangerous Spider Bite – Brown Recluse Spider (Graphic pictur… The body of the email shows some awful pictures of someone’s infection on their hand that they supposedly got from a spider bite. Since
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In the town where we live, I’ve noticed a weird phenomena: there are many houses with second floor doors that lead seemingly nowhere. Well, they lead outside, but that’s it – no stairwells, no balconies, no screened-in porches. Just random doors on houses. Perhaps there used to be something there, maybe a staircase, etc. It
What a time for me to stumble across this article on CNN – Don’t Let a Hospital Kill You I visit the doctor’s office monthly, and it’s time for me to start visiting every 2 weeks already! Also, I will be a resident of a hospital in about 2 ½ months! As I’ve written before,
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Well, the Cubs lost their second series to the Brewers this season, but equally upsetting is what happened today during the 7th inning stretch. Taking place at Wrigley Field, today’s game was the “rubber game” of the series. Someone decided Bob Ueker, aka ‘the voice of the Brewers’ would be a good guest to come and lead the crowd
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