I do it to myself.

I think that possibly the worst thing you can do is the thing that you know better than to do. 
For those of you scratching your head at the above sentence, let me explain. 
I have Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, or GERD.  I’ve had it for 20 years or better, with my first attack coming my senior year [...]

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Furapy.

Spawn has been reading to a dog. 
This is not anything new in educational circles, using dogs as reading “teachers.”  It’s something that works with struggling readers because it helps to build their confidence, and from confidence comes competency. 
My best friend Eileen, she of the awesomeness, has such a dog.  A yellow Labrador showed up at her [...]

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Part Deux?

I got word over the weekend that the girl who took over for me at my last job has decided to quit to be a stay-at-home mom. 
To which I say, “kudos!”  Not many women have that option.  Some (me) don’t want that option. 
And I had a moment of “hey my old job is open” but [...]

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Breathing.

After a morning spent unpleasantly being (wo)manhandled and manipulated and squished within an inch of my life, I am once again declared healthy of boob. 
So how come I don’t feel as if my load has been lightened? 
The possibility exists that my blahness is a result of not seeing the sun for the past three days.  [...]

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Obsessive without the compulsive.

My father is one of those people who, when he gets an idea into his head, he can’t quit until he’s seen it to completion.  This is great once you get him started on a project, because his mind just goes and goes and goes until he’s worked out all the angles and anticipated all [...]

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Transcripts.

Do they even offer transcripts of TV shows anymore? 
This is a random thought, I realize, but back in the stone ages, when I had time to actually sit down and watch television, I remember at the end of some programs there would be an offer for transcripts if anyone wanted one.  I don’t know why [...]

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Linkedy link link.

I’m a linker.  Ask my best friend, who can attest that on a slow day, I send out oodles and gobs of links for review.  It’s my version of sitting around with the newspaper and a cup of coffee, trading sections and commenting on stories.  We trade links back and forth, asking opinions and sharing [...]

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Code talking.

A gratuitous post about boobs. 
I had my annual mammogram yesterday, and as healthcare procedures go, it’s not the most awful thing you can endure, though it’s also not the most enjoyable.  But once one passes the threshold of 40, one must do what one must. 
I went to a new place this time around for the [...]

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WWYD?

I am easily amused today. 
 
– Mox

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Lists checked twice.

I am happy to report that I have at least begun my Christmas shopping. 
Every year my goal is to be finished with Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving, so that I don’t have to fight the snatch-and-grab crowd at the mall, and I don’t have to deal with traffic, or parking, or generalized stupidity.  To this end, [...]

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