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Continue reading →: May Day: All Fun, No Distress
How do you celebrate May Day? Do you dance around a pole, intertwining streamers? Or do you scratch your head and say “What the hell is May Day?” Wikipedia says May 1st is International Workers Day, and celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere as a spring festival and (usually) a public…
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Continue reading →: The 3-Pajama Week
Subtitle: Stupid Weather Spring finally broke through last week. In honor of this long-awaited occasion, I got a pedicure (it’s sandal season!) and pulled out my spring pajamas. I have pajamas for every season. Winter is flannel/heavy-weight cotton, autumn is lighter cotton, summer is shorties, and spring is Capri-length light-weight…
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Continue reading →: Kitchen Survival Trial #3
Is, as the saying goes, third time a charm? Let’s find out. WEDNESDAY – First Week – WEDNESDAY – First Week – Since I finally found the first 42 pages of the Campus Survival Cookbook (yay), I no longer need to rely on my memory (although it was surprisingly accurate). …
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Continue reading →: Kitchen Survival Reboots!
Remember way back in the olden days of 2013 when I planned to go through the Campus Survival Cookbook and adapt the menus and recipes with healthier alternatives? What happened? After difficulties with a couple recipes (and still not finding the first 42 pages of the cookbook) I got discouraged.…
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Continue reading →: Sunday Seven: Goals for April
My goodness, time flies when your having fun sleeping off drugs. I have several Sunday Seven posts in the works, but they require time, care, and love to complete in the manner which they deserve. Since I completely missed last week, let’s do something quick and dirty today. Seven Goals…
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Continue reading →: Life’s Certainties
Death Taxes This past week I had my taxes done. Retirement has thrown my tax habits into chaos. I tried doing them myself, but got lost when asked for the Fair Market Value (FMV) of my pension. Is there an FMV for a pension? I understand the FMV of my…
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Continue reading →: Sunday Seven: More Dragons!Yes, it’s another How to Train Your Dragon Sunday Seven list. It won’t be the last. Last June, in my first How to Train Your Dragon Sunday Seven, I listed seven unexpected or moving moments from the film. Yet the movie is so rich in its story and animation, there…
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Continue reading →: Back on the Dragon Train!The second season of DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk wrapped up this week, and FX aired How to Train You Dragon last Friday. So this seems like a good time to return to my Dragons obsession. This week we’ll look at the television series. Next week we’ll revisit the movie,…
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Continue reading →: Sunday Seven Is Back!
Downton Abbey. It’s one of those shows I dislike, but always end up watching. Given the unremarkable season 4 finale of television’s Second-Most Overrated Show (Game of Thrones being the first), I’ve come up with some ideas to make next season less predictable, more enjoyable and unexpected. Seven Ways Downton…
Stream of Conscience
I do my best thinking in the shower
Stream of Conscience 