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Archive for January, 2009

The fun side

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

I was at my daughter’s Whiz Quiz competition today. It’s like jeopardy for junior-high kids. It was our turn to provide refreshments, so I had to get there early. I figured I’d just bring a book and hang out until the competition started. Little did I know the other team was coming from 4 cities [...]

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back and pissed

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

November 3rd was the last time I wrote anything here.
How long does it take a person to get their priorities straight? Probably a lifetime.
Anyway…
I had another run-in with the English language today. My next-door-neighbor got fired. Actually, these days, they don’t call it fired. Even “laid-off” is too strong of a term. She was resourced.
That [...]

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