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Hi everyone! Sorry for any inconvenience, but I’ve moved my blog to here.
I was a part of the BlogPeoria network, but it came to my attention that the proprietor can (and did, at one point) exercise the ability to ban someone from viewing all BlogPeoria blogs (including mine).
The cause? A [...]

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I heard a rumor today, that our blogger bashes are sorely in need of some new blood; in that spirit, I’d like to extend my sincerest invitation to:
The Mimes and Mummers Alumni Association
Furries for Obama
Members of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association
Everyone I’ve friended on Facebook
All used car salesmen in the area (We’d [...]

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It’s a given:
1. If “Napoleon Dynamite” is on TV, I’ll watch it.
2. When I drop off the kids at school in the morning I will say “Have a great day. I love you!”
3. And they will respond “Yah, whatever.”
4. If I’m a passenger in your car I will say “SLOW [...]

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Friday night, serving a cookie to my son, I asked “How is it?”
Mr. Picky replied, “Ugh, not very good; I don’t like marshmallows.”
“Taylor, those aren’t marshmallows, those are white chocolate chips.”
He proceded to eat four more.
The mind is a powerful thing.
Or:
A brain is a terrible thing to taste?
I know it’s something like that.
Recalling the [...]

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Some of the blogs I read participate in “Grace in Small Things;” the bloggers list, each day, five small things that make them thankful. I’ve adopted the habit whilst I wile away the early morn in bed (rather than on my treadmill, where my ass really should be!)
I made a rule for myself, no [...]

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This weeks Tuesday’s with Dorie recipe is “Word Peace Cookies.”
They are quite delicious, no matter what my son with the unsophisticated tastes says. He thought they were “too salty.” But then again, he doesn’t like guacamole or grilled cheese. He’s a weirdo.

Poo on him!
And on my boss who [...]

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This is my baby:

He’s four.
OKAY. OKAY! I know he’s not. He’s 15, exactly the age on his Learner’s Permit. Yes, my skinny chicken-legged child who has vomitted twice on my feet, who had night terrors for years, whose dad used to hold in one hand, football style, can now legally drive [...]

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This weeks “Tuesdays with Dorie” recipe is a “Fresh Ginger and Chocolate Gingerbread” cake, selected by Heather of Sherry Trifle.
I made this cake on Saturday night.
Because my life is exciting like that.
Other TWD bakers said this cake tastes better the day after baking and I wanted to take it to my [...]

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This morning I incredulously watched our governer, Rod R. Blagojevich, on the news, comparing his arrest on corruption charges to Pearl Harbor. He was quite defiant, only apologizing about his use of foul language, noting, however, that when he used such language on the phone he was never speaking to a lady. WTF? [...]

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Yesterday was Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day and, instead of marching in a parade, my dear friend Secret Server came over to our house to bake a cake. A “Berry Surprise Cake” picked by Mary Ann of “Meet Me in the Kitchen.”
(This reminds me of a Dr. MLK, [...]

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