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A Little Too Familiar

Posted on May 30, 2008 - Filed Under Privacy, Vent | 17 Comments

Dear Teeni LastName, as a valued customer…blah, blah, blah.
Dear Teeni, take advantage of this week’s amazing savngs…blah, blah, blah.
…can we count on you, Teeni, to blah, blah, blah.

Maybe it’s just me and my phobias, but there is something unnerving about the fact that so many automated services address me by name. When I […]

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Today I Saw A Turtle

Posted on May 29, 2008 - Filed Under Thoughts Out Loud | 21 Comments

in the middle of the road as I was on my way home from the gym. My car easily cleared it but it was a sizable guy so after thinking about it, I turned around and went back to get him out of the road. Before I could get there though, another four […]

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People Like to Give Me Things

Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Positive Attitude | 19 Comments

And I like to get things. Works out pretty good, right? I’m certainly not complaining - just making an observation. So I guess it’s okay that I lose things every so often. LOL. In addition to the lovely things my blog buddies have given me, here are a few stories about when people […]

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Colorful Favorites

Posted on May 25, 2008 - Filed Under Games, Photos, Positive Attitude | 21 Comments

I love this picture (click to biggify) because it has some of my favorite things in it - candy. But not just any candy - peanut m&ms! And a game, of course! This one is chinese checkers and is another example of positive thinking.
You see, I had mentioned to my parents that […]

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I Can Flare One Nostril - Amazing Human Tricks

Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under My Sick Humor | 26 Comments

Well, I can right now anyway. It’s not something I can usually do, I admit.
Today I had to go and, let’s just say, I had to get some work done on my mouth. This way I can spare you all the messy medical-type details. Now I actually have a very high tolerance […]

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The Adventures of Marie Cambridge - Story Game 4

Posted on May 20, 2008 - Filed Under Just for Fun, Story Game, Writing/Blogging | 17 Comments

Wow! This one seemed to give people a lot of trouble and I had to jump in myself a few times to try and bring things together so that they could be built on again. But I do think it turned out…interesting. Poor Marie. She has more troubles than I ever […]

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Mad Lib Game Results

Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Games, Just for Fun | 12 Comments

I was worried for a bit if this was going to happen when I was waiting for that last noun, but Annie saved the day! And in case any of you were wondering what the benefit of joining in my games was - well, there’s no big prize or anything but it’s easy and […]

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Mad Lib Game

Posted on May 17, 2008 - Filed Under Games, Just for Fun | 17 Comments

Hopefully by now most of you have realized that I love games, so let’s play another one! This one is to celebrate the fact that I learned how to put a number next to each comment in this theme’s style sheet. Woo-hoo (yes, I’m easily amused)!
If each of you commentator tots would write […]

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One of Those Days

Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under Positive Attitude, picture post | 17 Comments

Ever have one of “those” days? You know the ones I mean. The ones where you feel like you are getting the run around?

Balancing too many things?

Feel like you are jumping through hoops?

Still have so many household chores to do?

and phone calls to make?
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Sometimes I Lose Things

Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under I'm Not Perfect | 22 Comments

Yeah, I do. I don’t know how it happens. Sometimes I don’t even leave the general vicinity and suddenly things have gone missing. I don’t know if it’s aging, absent-mindedness, or chemo-induced fog brain, and as much as I’d like to be able to blame it on that last one, I really don’t think that […]

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