Headlines that made me stop and think last week. . . .

Over the last week, there have been some things that made me stop and think.  Think about what we are doing to our planet, think about how we are losing so many of our natural resources, thinking about how I really don’t care who Jennifer Aniston is dating or what café they have eaten at [...]

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So are these lyrics brilliant or absurd?

Look, I have very particular music tastes.  I know this.  I enjoy a very wide variety of song genres, but the basic requirement is that it must have a lyric that I not only understand but enjoy singing along with as well.  Thus Broadway is a love because it hits all types, hits all genres, [...]

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As much as I love Joshua is as much as I am annoyed by Mary

And that’s a lot.
I am absolutely immersed in So You Think You Can Dance.  I have watched since Season 2, and it’s the water-cooler show for the girls here on the second floor at the office.
I love Mia Michaels and her ‘earthy’ style of choreography, I love the addition of Tabitha and Napoleon this year [...]

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100 Modern Day Must-See Movies

Okay, this is more to my liking.  A while ago I had this post which showed my unbeknownst lack of movie knowledge.  The following is another list of the top 100 by Entertainment Weekly, with the caveat that it had to be released after 1983.  MUCH more to my style, as thus far I have [...]

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Sometimes what is considered news just baffles me

You know, there are legitimate news stories. Sad, happy, scary, serious, trivial . . . but legitimate. News, sports, entertainment, weather, culture, international . . . also legitimate. Tim Russert died. Floodwaters in Iowa. Wildfires throughout the country. All legitimate.
Then there is the other news. The stuff that [...]

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My eMailbox Overfloweth

Usually, when I check my email, I have to delete a ton of spam, then a bunch of emails from places like Target and Lowe’s that I don’t really care about to get down to the one or two really important things (like my checking account balance and something sarcastic from my brother). Today [...]

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Am I a Second-Cousin Now or a First-Cousin-Once-Removed?

I still have a hard time believing my cousins N&S are parents, but how cute is this little guy?  He was born today and weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces.

Here’s the irony–yesterday was the family reunion for those on my maternal grandmother’s side of the family, hosted by my mother.  My mother’s sister is now one [...]

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I completely missed my anniversary!

Okay, it was officially at 60 days.  But hey!  Today marks the 64th day of consecutive posting!  I accomplished my goal, which was to write something every day for 60 days.
Granted there were some items that were obviously forced (Ashton Kutcher’s Nikon commercial, anyone?) because, let’s face it, the tedium of my summer is immense.
But [...]

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I don’t even LIKE Ashton Kutcher

It seems like every time I turn on the television, that crazy Ashton Kutcher commercial for Nikon is on.  Now, truth be told, I don’t even like the boy.  Granted, he has a beautiful wife and seems to be a great stepfather, but what on earth makes people think that his personal life combined with [...]

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Let the summer couch potato season begin!

How much do I look forward to sitting in my chair on Wednesday and Thursday nights now?  I came home from work around 11 with a stomach bug, and worked until around 5.  I passed out, took meds, and then realized that it was Wednesday.  The first night of So You Think You Can Dance’s [...]

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WHAT is the NAME of that SONG??!!??!!

We all know that feeling, right? You hear a song on the radio and you go crazy trying to remember either the lyrics, the artist, or the title so that you can look it up or download it when you get home.
And it drives you absolutely insane until you can remember some snippet of [...]

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Anything for the kids!

So it was 102 degrees outside today, with a heat index of another seven degrees I think.  So what did I do?
Worked outside all day.
Today was a fund raising golf tournament for Prevent Blindness.  I have worked it for six or seven years now, and it’s a fantastic cause.  I would have gone regardless.  But [...]

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A Small, Small Light

So today at church I was waiting for the sermon, only to not get one. We got a lot of songs, a lot of praising, and then instead of a sermon we had an “interview” with John. He is on furlough until the middle of July. He, his wife, and three kids [...]

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Special Olympics and Best Friends

So today was the hottest day of the year. I don’t do hot weather, that’s a given, yet for some reason a few weeks ago I decided to sign myself and B up to cheer at the Special Olympics for the tennis matches. The AC must have been off at work that day [...]

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Am I Betraying My Gender, Take 2

So a couple weeks ago I wrote about how I had no desire to see the new Sex and the City movie.  And in the last two weeks I have had no fewer than six people ask me to see it.  C, V, C, L, and two other girls all wanted to go.  About the [...]

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