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I’m swearing off serious posts for a while. Time to get the funny back. Therefore…For those who remember Tad and Fritz, the ducks in my pond, I have depressing news to report. Their attempts to conceive have come to naught. If you want to have a bit of fun, give some thought to the conceptContinueContinue reading “Back to the funny…”

Today’s blog is about books and authors – two very different authors from different genres, yet strangely connected.Last night, while I was watching a TIVO’d version of NCIS: Los Angeles, a bunch of terminology about Navy SEALs was bandied about. Coincidentally, I knew what Hell Week and swim buddy and BUD/S meant, because I’d literallyContinueContinue reading “From Navy SEALs to Alex Cross”

Who knew that a trip to Sam’s could spark so many random thoughts?Here’s a sample:>I’ve figured out why impulse buying at Sam’s Club is so much fun. Because odds are, you will eventually use what you buy, even if it takes you 2 years to work your way through 120 trash bags. Unlike clothing shopping,ContinueContinue reading “The first watermelon…and other musings”

It’s been a fairly dull weekend, and I was just beginning to sink into a bit of self-pity for the pathetic nature of my social life when the phone rang. It was my former Little Sister (of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program).Side note: If there are men reading this, you need to become a BigContinueContinue reading “Perspective”

It’s been an oddly quiet kind of weekend/early week, so far, with a few spices thrown in.9/11 hit me hard, as it always does, on Friday. I can, like so many, remember exactly what I was doing when I first heard, and the panic in our office as people tried to find friends and familyContinueContinue reading “Reflections on the last few days”