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Bill Paxton Is My Pimp
I wrote the following message to Bill Paxton. Dear Mr. Paxton, You are trustworthy, reliable, serious and devilishly handsome. These are all qualities that make an excellent husband. Please marry...
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NaBloWriMo Is Making My Thighs Cramp Up
I’m not running but I’m in a marathon. I know this because once upon a time I actually ran those distances; Halfs, 30 kilometers, Fulls. I ran them all so I know how the experience feels. The only...
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WordPress Won’t Return My Calls
On Saturday I published my hundredth blog post. It would seem that WordPress no longer loves me. Or maybe somewhere along the way I disappointed the website and WordPress doesn’t feel like cheering me...
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The South Americans Were Going To Have To Bunk In The Bathroom
Bad news. My Dad put the kibosh on “The Great Unwashed Anniversary” party. Sometime around when I asked him if the spare guest room could fit all my Armenian readers for the week, he shut the whole...
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Showing Some Electronic Love
Dear WordPress, I love you. Be my Valentine. I’d bring you electronic roses and candy hearts but I don’t know how to do that. I’m sure you do but in showing me how to bring your wonderful self said...
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Loss and Lost
Normally I do my best to create paragraphs that fit together and have a bit of humour added in. They’re written a safe distance from my true self, never venturing towards the rambling, disjointed,...
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Reeling
I’m still feeling lost. Although that’s not unexpected when you lose a part of yourself. My netbook held my work but it was also my connection to the world. The place where I could show my reality to...
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Goodbye Cruel World
Dear Readers, I had great intentions of writing a post today however that idea, along with brushing my hair and drying my shoes which were soaked by the torrential rain yesterday, fell by the wayside....
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Why Keep Writing?
Welcome to the sophomore slump. A year ago, or maybe two, three or four, you started your blog because you loved writing and wanted to share your work with the world. You were proud of what you did and...
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An Open Letter to Undergrads
Dear Young People, Based on the sheer number of you loitering about the university campus staring at your phones when you ought to be lying in bed nursing a hangover, I’m forced to conclude that the...
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The Great Unwashed, Coming to a Mailbox Near You -Travesty Tuesdays The Spam...
I recently came upon a collection of postcards. The images ran the gamut from Babysitter Club book covers, to remote locations in the US, to beautiful pieces of Italian art. Clearly when one comes upon...
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Five Things Friday- The Insults Just Keep Coming
Remember when your mom would subtly leave deodorant on your night stand when you were twelve? My husband totally did that. Only not with deodorant. He arrived home yesterday and brandished a drugstore...
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My Friend Tom : A Fan Letter That Foams At The Mouth
I have a new obsession. And for once it doesn’t involve these girls. Don’t worry ladies, I still adore you, I just think about other topics sometimes now. (Photo Credit people.com) Let’s just say his...
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No Excuses November
Three years ago, I completed the National Novel Writing Month challenge which involves writing 1,667 words a day for thirty days. It was unforgiving, creatively taxing, time consuming exercise. For a...
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If A Tree Falls In The Forest, Are You Still A Writer?
“No one reads your blog” my sister said sharply. Her words cut me, mostly because they were true. I had been reflecting on the sad state of my blog’s readership well before my sister stated the truth...
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I’ve written through a lot. I’ve written while moving across the country. I’ve while caring for a newborn full time. Heck I’ve even written while going to school full time, working part time and...
View ArticleAre You Stranger Than An Unwashed Hippie? It’s like the game “Are You Smarter...
I’m approaching my fifth blogiversary. With that milestone has come the realization that, I don’t really need the stats. That is not to say I don’t need readers- I do! I really do! And I thank you all...
View ArticleA Day In The Life of a Professional Writer
8:00 AM Drop offspring off at daycare. Feel excessively guilty when offspring cries because your job isn’t paid well, doesn’t have normal hours, or contribute anything concrete to humanity aside from...
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