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Let’s begin with a quote from a world famous philosopher, shall we?
“I’ll pick out two outfits, one which is disgusting and one nice and I’ll ask my ‘friend’ what they think. If they go for the revolting one, I cut them out of my life.” - Paris Hilton
Interesting way to choose your friends, n’est pas?
Finally, […]

… and what am I doing? Sitting on my ass, I am! heheh However, I did vacuum out the truck and the car, gather together all the recyclable plastics and put them in the truck to take to the bins, did a load of laundry, hung all duty’s shirts and pants for the week […]

Today marks six months since Lauren left us. We stopped by her gravesite on Saturday when we were in Northern VA. It’s always so peaceful there. A small Praying Mantis sat on the flowers on her gravestone and I was surprised to find that it allowed me to “pet” it a bit.
I […]

(Graphic from Emily)
Props and more to Denise of Mental Excrements who posed the challenge to all the 13ers to do a list of things they like about themselves. And while I like to think I am quite humble (hahah, stop laughing cousins ‘O Love, Cool and Flair!), I know my strengths.
BTW, to […]

… who is being forced to go back to school after the best summer ever.
As I predicted, I was offered the job and have accepted it. I begin Tuesday (since I had stuff already scheduled for Monday). This is requiring me to look at the big picture and see that it […]

In yesterday’s post, I spoke about Kristen Breitweiser and her open letter to (shudder) Ann Coulter (shudder). For those who are not familiar with Kristen, here’s a snippet of her bio from Huffington Post:
Kristen Breitweiser, 9/11 widow and activist, is known for pressuring official Washington to provide a public accounting to the American people […]

On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each person will pay tribute to a single victim.
We will honor them by remembering their lives, and not by remembering their murderers.

Richard Avery Aranow

Richard Avery Aronow
His Dream Was to Start School for Autistic Kids
November 6, 2001
For […]

And so I trudged back to the working world of brokers and new account forms and JTWROS (inside joke - will ’splain below). The drive in (about 45 mins all told) listening to Elliott was familiar. The drive home listening to Don & Mike also familiar. I’ve been given lots of good […]

A few things I’ve learned from watching Ten Years Younger and the rest just random whining only vaguely related to the show.
(As always, to comment scroll BACK UP TO THE TOP OF THIS POST and click on the word HEARTS)
For those who aren’t aware of this lovely little show, here’s the lowdown from Damone’s […]

While it is true that it took me 45 minutes to go 12 miles in Northern VA, I’ve learned this week that it can often take almost two hours to go 50 miles from Columbia, MD to ye olde homestead. Yes, between the rainy conditions, incorrect Bay Bridge lane openings and other assorted bullshit, […]