First of all, I want to assure everyone that I had an absolutely wonderful vacation visiting my family in New Mexico for the Christmas holiday and I plan at some point to muse over the events, observations and funny bits at some point, but I realize that I just cannot get past everything that has [...]
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by J. Lynne on December 13, 2007
in Life, Memes
As I prepare for my annual holiday vacation to New Mexico to see my parents and grandmother, I once again find there’s a lot of prep work to be done, especially with all of the new and improved security measures at the airports. I mean, a lot of thought has to be put into [...]
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According to NPR, the average American commutes an average of 25 minutes each way to work a day; that adds up to about 9 full days in the car each year.
When I heard that on the radio this morning, I thought how sad it was that Americans were wasting so much time trapped in their [...]
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