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Ain’t No Dysfunctional Donna Reed

12 January 2009 Life

One of my most frustrating pet peeves involves most of those organizing books, websites, and plans like The Fly Lady and The Queen of Clean; it seems that not far into any organizing tip book or a website mapping out how to straighten out your home and thus your life, it is inevitable for the [...]

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The Case Of The Panicked Cat

9 January 2009 Cat Scratchings

We had a bit of a trauma this week.
It all started with the door I had installed between the dining room and the garage this summer to replace that tacky storm door the builder installed 50 years ago.  The new steel door has a doorknob lock — key lock on the garage side and tab [...]

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The Green Truth #1

7 January 2009 Green Living

Myth: Recycling wastes more energy than it saves.

Truth: Typically, this myth comes at you in the form of “Sending out trucks all over town to pick up bottles and cans takes more energy than you’ll save by recycling.”  It sounds compelling, but it’s wrong.  For example, recycling aluminum cans cuts energy use and greenhouse gases [...]

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Best Toy Ever

2 January 2009 Cat Scratchings

I bought the cats a feeder that auto-feeds them 1/2 cup twice a day at selected times.  Actually, I could change the amount dispensed, can set it to dispense one to three times a day, and can set the times of day it should dispense.
However, the dog was way more fascinated by the new gadget [...]

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The Rock, The Hard Place, & The Boat

2 January 2009 Life

This afternoon I find myself caught in that proverbial place between the mythical rock and the theoretical hard place.  I have been speculating of late that perhaps I’ve been a bit drawing too much negative attention to myself lately with all of my boat rocking.  To think the Director once complained that I was too [...]

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The 2009 To Do List

1 January 2009 Book Talk

About 40% of folks who make New Year’s Resolutions abandon all hope before the end of February.  Those that make it beyond that are generally only still working on their primary Resolution which is probably something along the lines of losing weight, exercising more, drinking less, quiting smoking, make new friends, or cut out caffeine.  [...]

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What Do Howler-Monkeys, Murdered Goldfish, & Obama Have To Do With Each Other?

30 December 2008 Politicking

I kept my mouth and fingers pretty quiet during the primaries and election because I was pretty tired of all the finger-pointing and in-party squabling.  I couldn’t go anywhere to ask a question about a candidate without being attacked by a supporter and accused of being an anti-supporter; really I just wanted information and mostly [...]

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Recycle Your Holiday Cards & Benefit St. Jude’s

29 December 2008 Green Living

Don’t know what to do with all of those holiday cards you received now that the holiday season is coming to an end?  Have a drawer full of old Christmas cards from people you can’t even remember meeting?  Have a bunch of cards left in the box that you didn’t get around to sending this [...]

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Things I Learned in 2008

28 December 2008 Life

There are only so many times you can drop a laptop before performance is affected.
The weekend is never as long as you think it is.
You’re never know as much as you think you do.
The inner-workings of a Pug’s mind is a very complex thing.
Hope and stupidity, while not mutually inclusive, are contagious, especially where politics [...]

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The Year In Review — Dave Barry

28 December 2008 Recommended Reading

The Year In Review (Dave Barry):
How weird a year was it? Here’s how weird:

O.J. actually got convicted of something.
Gasoline hit $4 a gallon — and those were the good times.
On several occasions, “Saturday Night Live” was funny.
There were a few days there in October when you could not [...]

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