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Full Of Topic Sentences

December 15, 2008

Ira Glass had a lot of wonderful things to say at the concert. But concert seems like the wrong word. It was a radio “show” based on some of his favorite stories. He started out on a dark stage and the first words he uttered were, “Now, the first thing you have to understand is [...]

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Mitten Strings For God

December 8, 2008

There is an adorable book out by Katrina Kenison titled “Mitten Strings For God” that is of particular interest to me lately. It’s wonderfully simplistic in it’s approach to making time for self and for family and cutting out all the hectic activities that make me forget as a mother that my primary job, my [...]

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Mallory Is A Rotten Child

December 6, 2008

The nice thing about taking my time with writing these days is that it leaves time to actually go to my job every day and do some special things like sleep between the hours of midnight and 5 am. Those times are normally reserved for shopping online and word has gotten out about that because [...]

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30-Second True Mom Confession

August 20, 2008

This probably isn’t a very good confession, but I’ll go ahead and admit it: for the last week and a half I have been late to work every single day. It’s because I stay up far too late and watch the Olympics and I tell myself, “Ok, go to bed after this event.” Forty minutes [...]

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Passing Gas

August 7, 2008

Sometimes when the phone rings you just have to answer it, you know? It might be a long lost friend inviting you over for cocktails and a cheese tray with that kind of cheese you’re too scared to buy at the grocery store because you think it might be the bad stinky kind of queso. [...]

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Time For A Giveaway, Yes?

July 29, 2008

Summer, in all its glory, is slipping through my fingertips. Sun rays slide down my window pane leaving me to wonder when is too soon to put away that tankini and those sarongs I’m so fond of wearing. Tomorrow is my first day back at work as Big Important Assistant Principal (I resisted the urge [...]

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Keep Your Acceptance Speeches Short

June 23, 2008

The votes are in and this was hard. Extremely hard. I had to run an extra 3 blocks just to sift through the information in my brain just to come up with the Primo Water Winners. Six, in particular, helped spur me to write but I finally wrote their names and picked from a hat. [...]

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Inspire Me And Win A Prize

June 19, 2008

I have spent much of today getting some writing done for three publications other than this place. Anyone who’s ever written for someone other than themselves knows this is a feat done best in the cliche cafe while wearing a beret and smoking French cigarettes. Mostly, though, I just listened to my iPod (which is [...]

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