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Reason #48 Why You Shouldn’t Walk Around Barefoot In Your Office, Even If It’s Intolerably Hot And Your Shoes Are Making Your Feet Simultaneously Sweat And Hurt:
You will most likely get a thumbtack imbedded in the ball of your foot, causing you to fall unglamorously to the ground, wailing and shrieking and cursing the Lord with very [...]

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Reaching New Nadirs

I have about had it with expensive bags (or purses or whatever you want to call them).  It’s one thing to own a nice, well-constructed, chic bag that makes you feel happy and goes with all of your outfits.  It’s another thing to spend four times your mortgage payment on a bag.
For example:  The Legacy [...]

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Gee, Your Office Smells Like Doll Heads!

Things not to say to the accounting manager at your company:
Hmm. Your department usually smells like Cheerios, but today it just smells like rubber doll heads.
As if I was expecting her to gesture broadly to a box in the corner of her office, filled with rubber doll heads, and say, “Thanks! I just [...]

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Only Talent Interests A Woman Of Taste

You may remember my strange infatuation with men who three, maybe four, other people in this world also find attractive. One of those men, who I forgot to mention, is dear Tom Hulce.
Tom is probably best known for his eponymous role in Amadeus. The first time I saw Amadeus, I was four years old. My [...]

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They Breed ‘Em Big These Days

Overheard in the elevator after work…
Corporate Attorney:  Wow, Missy!  You don’t look like you’ve gained any weight at all during your pregnancy, except in your belly!
Pregnant Missy:  Are you kidding?  I’ve gained 23 pounds so far.
Corporate Attorney:  You’re gonna have a 23 pound baby?!?!

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England

Some time soon, I will sit down and do this amazing trip more justice.  But for today, I am exhausted and so I offer only this photo gallery (with comments!) and a few random videos I uploaded to YouTube.
Enjoy.
Pictures Of England
Driving Through Bollington
White Nancy
Snow

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April Fools!

Oy…
So, I’m back.  And busy.  So I’ll cut straight to the chase here.
Absolute favorite April Fool’s Day joke so far?  Belongs to Seeqpod.  No matter what song or artist you search for today, the first song that will come up is Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.”  Brilliant.
Go give it a try.  You know [...]

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