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I Am an Elitist: You Are an AssHat

September 2, 2010
I Am an Elitist: You Are an AssHat

I’ve been called many names in my forty-seven years, but today I was given a new moniker: ‘Elitist’ I was given that name on Facebook, no less. You know, that friendly place where people become ballsy and post judgements about people they’ve never met?...
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Mirrors

August 25, 2010
Mirrors

For 23 years I have been a bottled blond. There are times, like today, where I have mid-life moments that just scream for change....
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Plungers

August 17, 2010
Plungers

Low flow toilets and my boys don’t mix. Raising three girls and two boys has shed some light on the marked differences in their...
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Breaking Up

August 14, 2010
Breaking Up

Last month I wrote a blog post that included a line about my loss of love for Twitter. I promised to follow-up on that...
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Nothing

July 31, 2010
Nothing

Have you ever started a blog post and deleted it over…and over…and over again? That just happened. It’s rare that I struggle for something...
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Spam

July 21, 2010
Spam

I rarely look in the junk mail portion of my email.  Basically it is a cesspool full of crap emails from those who think...
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Blogging in My Head

July 7, 2010
Blogging in My Head

I used to write a blog post just about every day. To the point that people started to hit the “unsubscribe” button because, frankly,...
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Taxi

June 21, 2010
Taxi

School is now officially out for the summer. My three youngest have social lives that would rival Hollywood stars and I’m close to finding...
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Boob hammocks and other beach issues

June 16, 2010
Boob hammocks and other beach issues

I love the beach and for me, summer officially kicks off when the kids and I grab towels and beach chairs and head for...
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Thank you, John Wooden

June 4, 2010
Thank you, John Wooden

I don’t write about sports. In fact, I’m not much of a sports fan unless there’s a good baseball game on the radio while...
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Fringe Benefits

June 1, 2010
Fringe Benefits

We like hospitals around here. In fact, we like them so much, we have frequent visitor points on the Blue Cross card. Our most...
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Hey, Big Boy

May 26, 2010
Hey, Big Boy

I’m 47 now. Strangely, I feel no different than I did last week when I was 46. In fact, I’ve snapped out of my...
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Stuff

May 16, 2010
Stuff

I haven’t written a post in awhile. Not that I haven’t had anything to say. That would never happen. Seems to me that some...
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Potholes

May 5, 2010
Potholes

Last Friday my fourteen-year-old son, Zach, asked me to cut his hair. Not just any hair, mind you. Hair well below his shoulders. Shoulders...
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Rhode Island Laws

May 4, 2010
Rhode Island Laws

I live in the tiniest state in the nation: Rhode Island. I’ve been here for the past 17 years and I could blog about...
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