Posts from ‘November, 2009’

I Think I Fixed It

I think comments and feed are working again now. Let me know if you have problems. Of course, now I've brought back the problem I was trying to fix in the first place, but I will have to work on that another time!

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Ok, I Broke Something…

Image credit: Photo by splorp Licensed under Creative Commons Apparently, I know just enough about coding to be dangerous.  In trying to fix a problem with WordPress turning all of my straight quotes into curly quotes, I made some changes to my blog that fixed that problem, but seem to have completely broken my feed [...]

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Introducing the Just For Today Challenge

Image credit: Photo by catdancing on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 2.0 If there is one thing I know about making changes in my life, it's that I can't do it alone.  Those of you who have been clicking over to the Second Road know that I've instituted a day of spirituality and rest [...]

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One of Those Days

Image credit: Photo by k a t m Licensed under Creative Commons I sort of want to write a post today, but I sort of want to curl up under a blanket and watch the leaves fall more. Of course, I say that, all romantic, with this great image of myself curled up with a [...]

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My First Sabbath

Image credit: Photo by Saad.Akhtar Licensed under Creative Commons Last week, oddly inspired by the humorous book The Year of Living Biblically, I decided I wanted to try to add a little Sabbath into my own life.  Couldn't I use a day of rest once a week, even if I didn't have an organized religion [...]

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If You Only Knew

"What am I going to say to people? I mean, they're going to ask, 'What are you doing these days?' and what am I supposed to do? I don't know how to make small talk anymore, let alone tell them what's been going on," I told my friend Jess after she met me at the [...]

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My Son Leaves for School on an Autumn Morning

Dry leaves whispering, my breath hangs white in the air as I wave goodbye.

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Al-Anon: The Made-for-TV Movie

A few days ago, The Junky's Wife sent me an e-mail with the subject line "Lois Movie!" (Yes, I am shamelessly piggybacking on JW's superior recovery research skills and pop culture knowledge.) Now for most people, that might imply that a new Superman film is coming out. After all, in spite of the fact that [...]

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When Yelling Works

Image credit: Photo by Scream 101 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons There's a reason I'm not a journalist. It's one of those jobs you always think about, if you're one of those people (like me) who has considered careers in writing.  But I always saw two problems with it: 1) I need to let [...]

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Background Noise

Image credit: Photo by fd on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons "The level of sexual imagery in modern life is astounding. I knew intuitively this was true, but when you tune into it, you just can't believe it. I click on the Yahoo! finance page, and there's this blond model in a low-cut dress looking [...]

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