Category Archives: Women

LEXICON, HENRY V, and PINATAS of the 21st CENTURY

I was out walking the dog the other night – a protracted endeavor now that he is deceased – and thinking about a word I’d read for the first time: weltschmerz. This is not a sausage but a noun describing a … Continue reading

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Top 10 Signs You’re Getting a Bad Massage

10. Therapist holds grinder over you and asks, “Cracked pepper?” 9. Massage table is stainless steel with gutters to capture bodily fluids 8. When you say “Shiatsu,” therapist says “Gezundheit” 7. When you pay extra to have warm stones placed … Continue reading

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All women are beautiful when they laugh.

Thans to the photographers who make their work available through the Creative Commons at Flicker.

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Top 5 Other Things Ex-governor Sarah Palin has Quit

6. Counting to 5 5. Public Speaking 101 4. Introduction to the Political Sciences 3. Her Mensa Application 2. Drawing “Binky” 1. LensCrafters modeling career In other news, while I was on vacation from this blog last week, traffic increased. … Continue reading

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Patients with Patience

As a follow-up to “How to Put Your Child Through College Housing,” my daughter just traveled to Costa Rica and Panama with other pre-vet students, to learn while helping villagers with their animals. This little guy showed up with a … Continue reading

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SawyerSpeaks wins coveted mom award

… not bad for a dad. http://news.cnnbcvideo.com/?nid=r6ihAsmdzLo6c0TA3jGcrjE0NTY4NzYw&referred_by=16925393-4QuXasx

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Governor Palin Pardons Turkey; Other Turkeys, Not So Much

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Recipe for a Stinking Housing Market

Everybody calls our neighbor Bill the Builder. His name is Bill and he builds. Houses, mostly. What with the market slowdown (only temporary, people will always seek shelter, not to worry, he says), he recently diversified, and, as contractors so … Continue reading

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10 Lesser-known Sarah Palin Expressions

10. “Ain’t that a turd in a hot tub” 9. “Wherever ya’ are, there ya’ go” 8. “Well I guess ya’ can stick that in your lower 48” 7. “Yer’ about ta’ cross the blue line with yer’ hot temper … Continue reading

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Shipwrecked on the Isle de Veau, Chapter Three

Chapters One and Two of this story reside elsewhere on this site, possibly below, if you are inclined to scroll down and read from the beginning. Your author does not quite understand the steps necessary to make the chapters stay … Continue reading

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