My friend the pseudo-psychic

So back around the first of August, my sage friend E said that he was predicting that gasoline prices would fall drastically within a week of the election–to within a few pennies of $3.
He was half right.
Seen on my way to work this morning: $1.98 per gallon.
I should have filled up before I left town–it’s [...]

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When is the age that we are deemed ‘too old’ to do this sort of thing?

So last night my brother came home for the weekend.  We are very close, but we haven’t seen each other much in the last six months.  He only lives 120 miles away, but with logistics, jobs, and the cost of gas it has been a bit difficult to get together.  I realize this is common [...]

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Quote of the week

I meant to post this earlier this week, but forgot.
From my pastor last Saturday night, who was trying to say the lesser of two evils:
” . . . Even if you’re trying to decide which of the evil of two lessers to vote for . . . “
Cracked me up.

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Professional Decorum

I realize that it has been a long time since I have had to pound the pavement searching for employment and that things have changed since I last looked over a decade ago.  As a result, the last three months have consisted of LOTS of time on the computer, LOTS of time driving to interviews [...]

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Odd News Update

It’s been awhile, so it’s time again for the things that I found interesting online today!

Oh how I wish I had been there!  I love Prosecco, it’s one of my favorite wines.  Today I found a news article that shows I’m not the only one, as a plumbing mistake turned water into wine during a [...]

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My apologies!

Six months ago this Saturday, October 11, my blog started as a way to see if I could be creative enough to write something interesting every day for 60 days.  Well I don’t know about the interesting part, but the 60 days went well enough.  Everything from rants on the news to sharing absurd news [...]

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How you know when a Southern gal has a juicy story to tell:

From a conversation at lunch today, when everyone present was ranting about their mothers:
“My mother, God love her, bless her heart, . . . . “
I mean, come on.  Every Southern girl knows that either one of those phrases is enough to guarantee a good tale, but when both of them are used?  In conjunction [...]

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I’m living the life of the Morton’s salt girl

You know, as in “When it rains, it pours!”
In July, I lose my job due to “corporate restructuring”.  That’s just a fancy way of saying I was fired, dismissed, laid off, pink slipped, told to skedaddle, or basically told to hit the road.  I have had job interviews out the ying yang via phone, Internet, [...]

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