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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Report / rapport -- What's the diff?

Sometimes you know someone who misuses a certain word all the time, and it bugs hell out of you, but you don't say anything. A) You don't want to hurt their feelings, and 2) you do't want to show off your petty nit-picking to them. But it still grinds your gear a bit. Thelma always says she has a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Don't you just hate when that happens...

Warning: this blog is strictly from a woman's point of view. What's got my goat this fine Friday morning? What puny peeve has gotten under my silky skin and made me want to stamp my foot and write a "letter to the editor?" Glad you asked. It's Women's programming. It's all meringue, no pie.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Jobs

Yesterday I applied for one. Printed out my last ten Blogit posts, updated a 1-page synopsis of my bio, tucked it in a big brown envelope and paid a call on our local newspaper. I got there ten minutes after the doors opened in the a.m. The editor wasn't in yet. Or if he was, he was busy in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Ultrasound

My youngest, who'll be 40 in December, was born before the docs could tell you whether your little bundle from heaven would be a boy or a girl, before the advent of ultrasound. As folks did in those days, Fang and I had two names in mind, one for a boy and one for a girl. I believe if he'd been a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Dumpster Diving

Across Brick Street from my front porch is St. B's parking lot. It is framed by a nice new black wrought iron fence. Just inside the fence, backed up against it, are three covered dumpsters marked "Recycling: clean paper only." When school's in session, a team of students brings out a daily... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sometimes I wish it was 1953 again

And I could have a do-over. Apply for the scholarships Mrs. Newton, my history/English teacher wanted me to try for instead of taking a job with the phone company. Go to college, maybe submit my stories to the Saturday Evening Post or the Atlantic, maybe teach, become a woman of letters. Those... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 8, 2011

Perkier Boobs...

Channel-surfing this a.m., I saw this on the guide page. How could we not click on that one. Two strings of thought were tying together in my mind, maybe three. A.) what 75-year-old grannie doesn't want perkier boobs? and 2.) it was probably an info-mercial for the Aah Bra. We'll get to the third... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Seeing Stars

1953. Seattle. I was renting a room from Mom's cousin Hazel in their home in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. Hazel's husband Mike was a glazier by trade and a carpenter/builder by training, and he had designed and built their home. He made their dining table and chairs, lovely Swedish modern, put in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Seen at a recent Joan Baez personal appearance

Audience Response Even more beautiful now, features honed by the sanding wheel of time, her performance polished by repetition her voice still carries the strong emotion that called to arms a generation. As she takes her final bow the once-disenfranchised fans in the front rows raise their fists in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Update on the Techno thing...

Repacked the IMac it in it's box, took it back to Best Buy. Explained that I'm just too set in my ways to deal with the new thing. They kindly took it back, gave me store credit even though I was nearly a week past the 15-day return guarantee. Soon I'll decide which PC to buy and I'll trust the Geek... Sign in to see full entry.

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