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Archive for November, 2011

Nov 10
2011

10 Thing Thursday: Top Tweets Edition

Believe me, I know how lame this is, using moderately amusing things I have already said instead of making up new things. Sorry about that.  But I’m going to PARIS tomorrow, so, I’m kinda swamped. It’s a tiny bit political too, which I hate doing here, but come on. The campaigns happening right now are [...]


Nov 07
2011

We Tripped Lightly Along the Ledge

It’s a cider kind of night, just chilly enough for a big soft scarf and boots. I took the dog out for a walk. My neighborhood is gorgeous, full of big old houses with warmly lit windows, perfect for checking out other people’s paint colors while scuffing through the leaves that drift over the sidewalks. [...]


Nov 03
2011

Ten Thing Thursday: Denial and Evasion

Let’s move that depressing, sad-sack, crapfest of a post down one. 1. First world problems of the day: My cleaning people did not show up. The hem fell out of my skirt. Lieu (whose real name is Dick) (no, but it should be) un-friended me on Facebook and ruined my day completely. I have to [...]


Nov 03
2011

Pluck It Out

It’s funny that I just talked about this in therapy on Monday. I know there’s one more smack coming, when he unfriends me on Facebook, I told her. Anything I ever say that ties my emotional well-being to free social media platforms makes me want to kick myself in the face, but there you have [...]


Nov 01
2011

If I Knew Then What I Know Now

I’ve told you most of this before–I’m from a working class family, no one cared what I did in high school, I was the first in my family to go to college, we were utterly clueless about how all of that stuff worked, standardized test scores changed the course of my life, I got into a [...]