friends

  • Buzz Words

    There’s this thing that Dave and I do sometimes when we watch TV. It’s not new, we certainly didn’t invent it, we’re just doing our part to keep two of our favorite past times alive. It’s a word-inspired drinking game. A la, “Hi Bob!” from the 80’s and “…but, um,” from How I Met Your

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  • Better late than ungrateful

    Most of us just celebrated Thanksgiving. Tables laden with an abundance of food surrounded by friends and family. Mostly family, right? Because it’s a family holiday. When we go around the table to say what we are thankful for, most folks say family… and food. It’s not that I’m not thankful for family and food!

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  • Six Degrees of Me

    Feeling a little silly this morning, so let’s play a game! I don’t have a ton of celebrity stories; I live a simple life in the middle of a cornfield. I guess that contributes to my goofy star-struck nature when I do cross paths with ‘stars.’ Here’s one of my favorite stories: My friend and

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  • I have friends. You have friends. Everybody has friends. But I must be doing something right because I have the best friends. Not to discount my ‘newer’ friends, but having had several reunions of sorts lately with people I’ve known since junior high, high school and my first time at NIU—going back almost 35 years!—I

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