I voted with my son today. He got a kick out of being a firsthand witness. I’ve been rather sniffly all day long. Odd moments. Like when the old grannies at the polling place get to vote for a black person, or at least see the name of one on the ticket! Like when the [...]
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First of all, I’m biased. I love Craig Ferguson. I don’t know who is behind his commentary, and I’m thinking it’s him, with approval from the producers (David Letterman’s company) and the network (who might think that no one is watching). But I would like to thank all of them for letting Craig do pieces [...]
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(33 of 50) No, I did not get pretty pasties (the boobie kind, not the tasty meat pie kind). I got no pasties (of either kind, actually). But the mammo was uneventful in a posh, country club kind of way. Whatever big money the Perot Family have dumped into that hospital, I must say that [...]
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(32 of 50) Four days before my 50th birthday, I am getting a mammogram. It is my second. Yes, I know that I should have started at 45 and gotten yearly ones. But I am a slow adopter, and I confess to having a modicum of anxiety about the whole “breast sandwich” thing. But then [...]
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(31 of 50) My son has been alternatively-schooled and unschooled 11 years, and in public school for not quite one year. He was in a non-traditional daycare and kindergarten (Waldorf-inspired and Waldorf-proper) for the first six years, then in a charter school for five years that emphasized community responsibility, consensus building, theme-driven multi-year curriculum and [...]
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In the interest of fairness, I will report the outcome of my dispute with eHarmony, as mentioned in this entry. 1. They refunded 2 of the 3 fraudulent charges on my credit card. They claimed, in their wrap-up email, that “the auto renewal charge you are disputing occurred within our terms and conditions.” Which means, [...]
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Normally, I try to be all willowy and wonderful and positive on this blog. But sometimes, the tiger has to show her claws. I just received a cheerful notification that my subscription in an online dating service “automatically renewed”!! Isn’t that GREAT?!
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