Posts from ‘August, 2007’

Aphra Behn Interviews Me: Part 4

This is Part 4 in a 5 part interview of me, by Aphra Behn.If you missed them, here are: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3. 4) Keanu Reeves - actor or eye candy? (With examples from at least four of his films, please!) Keanu Reeves, I'm sorry to say, does not have that [...]

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Aphra Behn Interviews Me: Part 3

This is Part 3 in a 5 part interview of me, by Aphra Behn.If you missed them, here are: Part 1 and Part 2. Ok, I'm pretty sure I have committed some kind of huge blogging faux pas by having: requested that Aphra Behn interview me, started to answer her questions, run off to a [...]

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Will the Following Individuals Please Report to Rehab Now?

In the original movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy's super power was menstrual cramps: she could detect the presence of vampires with them. I have my own super power (ok, it's one of many, but I haven't mentioned it specifically before): I am attracted to addicts. (Yes, I am! Go figure!) I date [...]

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Sorry Folks

No time for a real post tonight. I went to yoga, came home intending to sit down and write a fabulous, witty, insightful blog post for you all, one that would make you laugh and cry, one that would change your life forever, one that would cure diseases and house the homeless and end world [...]

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Check This Out!

Ok, Junky's Wife, you are not the only one who can inspire your real life friends to blog! My friend Megan is now blogging at Bourgeois Mom. I'll admit, I can't take total credit for this, Jay helped. Actually, Jay was probably the deciding factor. Megan has been lurking here on my blog since its [...]

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Night Off

We just got word that Mark's father is in the hospital and has been diagnosed with cancer. We don't know much, but I suspect it's not good. He's been in poor health for years, and given the abuse he's put his body through with alcoholism and chain smoking, I'm always surprised he's still with us. [...]

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Serizy Gets Her Wishes

On a recent post, Serizy commented that she wanted two things: "I want you to be selfish on more occasions: I just want to [have] you [write] about you, in particular your childhood." "I wish you could be discovered!" So, Serizy, way to nail me for my codependent habit of blogging about other people, and [...]

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Random Points of Order

I was never a legal/business type, so I don't even know if my own title makes sense. Man, I'm tired. The kids were up at 5 a.m. for no known earthly reason this morning. And I want to spend some time with my husband, whom I feel like I haven't seen in weeks. So, this [...]

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Vows

The day after my friend's wedding, his brand new wife was talking about watching the wedding video, which (this being the digital age and all) she had just seen that morning. She described the camera, panning across the assembled guests, as she and the groom walked back down the aisle together, married. She described their [...]

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My Body

The other night, Mark and I were sitting together after the kids had gone to sleep and I told him that recent comments on my blog were thrilling me. You see, you all have been stoking my personal vanity by complimenting me on one of my two favorite body parts. When I asked Mark what [...]

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