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I know I left things sounding pretty dire the last time I spoke about my home refinance situation.  I’ve been meaning to make note of the resolution here for a while but then I also didn’t want to jinx anything. I made a deal with the devil parents.  I know it’s not an option everyone has...
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After my impromptu appendectomy in December followed by travelling to visit family and friends, I checked-in with myself and my health and I decided that The Vegan Experiment has not been working for me. Health-wise, I had not gotten that boost of energy that everyone writes about with all plant diets and as a sufferer of fatigue from...
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I still remember the day River Phoenix died. I was in love with him, of course. O.K. I didn’t know him enough to love love him, but I loved the thought of who I thought he was. And I remember the day he died quite clearly in my mind.  I came home from dinner...
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My friend, our office assistant, suggested the following recipe when she learned that I was taking a moratorium on grocery shopping. Happily I had all of the ingredients on hand! This sure made lunch far more interesting than my plan to eat a can a day of each thing. Recipe: C’s 3...
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Am I the only person in the world who couldn’t care less what is going on in Tiger Woods’ personal life?  Am I the only one who thinks that it’s none of my business? I mean, it’s not like he’s mis-using taxpayer (your and my) money to make out of town/state/country trips to see “call girls”...
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I know I left things sounding pretty dire the last time I spoke about my home refinance situation.  I’ve been meaning to make note of the resolution here for a while but then I also didn’t want to jinx anything. I made a deal with the devil parents.  I know it’s not an option everyone has...
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I’ve been researching backup options for my laptop recently.  This, of course, has gotten me thinking a lot about all of the horrible scenarios in which data can be lost, but it also reminded me of a funny story. Many of us in Gen-X are all-to-familiar with having to break their parents and grandparents into the...
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Last year I was really miff’d around this time when I was surfing the review blogs. Slanket and Snuggie t.v. commercials and print ads from Harriet Carter to Rite Aid were inescapable. Some new version of Elmo might have been the hottest new toy craze for kids, but blankets with sleeves were trying...
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