It’s all about me
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Even though I probably don’t say it often enough, you know I love you, right? I know we’re supposed to say it, out loud, let it be known verbally. Songs tell us, movies tell us, books tell us. They all convey how we should tell the people we love that we love them. But why…
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It’s V week! With lots of graduations going on—makes me think of the word Valedictorian! V is for Valedictorian? It could be, but really, what would I know about that? With lots of graduations going on—also makes me think of Vacation! Vacation all I ever wanted! Vacation had to get away! Summer vacation is upon…
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Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the unofficial kick-off to summer. True summer doesn’t grace us until June 21, but historically it’s plenty warm enough in Northern Illinois for pools to open the last weekend of May! Just last Thursday I grabbed the collection of coats that had accumulated in the backseat of my car over…
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I wouldn’t consider myself superstitious. Maybe a little stitious, but super? Naw. Well, there was that god-awful Blackhawks game Saturday… we did wonder what we had done wrong. We being me and Dave. Because we hold their winning fate in our hands… Jerseys on? Check. Miller Lite? Check. Oh, I did have that McDonald’s Strawberry…
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As in I provide the Random, you provide the Thoughts. I really want you to think about these things… Turkey Bacon What in Chemical Lab A are they doing to turkey to make it taste like bacon? And how can that process conceivably be healthy? Scented Deodorizer How is this possible? Wouldn’t the deodorizer, by…
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Queen Mary. It has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? I shall do my best to be a fair and benevolent ruler. My first decree? Banning “reality” television. That’s right, no more Honey Boo-boo, no more crazy quotin’ Duck Dynasty, no hoarders or Housewives of anywhere. Sorry Bachelors, Bachelorettes and all the other lonely…
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An addendum to last week’s blog lends itself perfectly to this week’s letter of the In Print ABC Blog Post Challenge: My rant about the ass, you, and me of “obviously” stemmed from news coverage I caught the day of the Boston Marathon bombing. Even though at that point in the day very little actual…
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I have come to realize that the word “obviously” is a lot like the word assume. Not in its meaning, but in that asses seem to use it. Do you know what I mean? Think about it—conjure a sentence which uses “obviously.” Isn’t there a tone? An underlying implication? Maybe it’s just me. Obviously, it’s…
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And now, the ABC Blogging Challenge week we’ve all been waiting for… (drum roll please) M is for MEME! (what could be better than ‘me’ times two?!) Really, though, I think this is going to be a fun one. If you’re on the internet, at all, ever, and I mean, even for two seconds a…
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