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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Thriller

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Today I made it into Doodles’s classroom to help with pumpkin carving. Luckily most of the class was back–for the past week most kids have been out sick. Well, maybe not most, but half. Literally (and we know I don’t mess around with the word “literally”). Out of 18 kids and 2 teachers, yesterday 9 [...]

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8 Annoyed People

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

So I had jury duty. My civic duty. (Duty! I said, “Doodie! Ha ha ha ha ha!”) I received the notice and thought indignantly, “They can’t call me! I already served!” And then I checked my files and noticed that I had served 3 years and 10 days ago. You can be called every 3 [...]

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TV for the Tweens-to-Be

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Courtesy of Adam:Mylie Cyrus/Hannah Montana – checkBeyonce – checkProject Runway – checkMama Mia – check Next time you catch Pie singing “Single Ladies,” you’ll know she’s right in step with the rest of American little girls.

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Got a Fever Burning Inside of (Not) Me

Thursday, October 22, 2009

I’ve been getting grief from my father (hi, Peter!) for not blogging. I’m not completely sure why I’m not blogging, but I haven’t. Part of it is that I am writing, just not for you. I’ve been working steadily away on my novel. I’m at a rough place in it at the moment, not sure [...]

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Ladies First! Ladies First!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

We’ve begun to conquer Pie’s separation anxiety. First we tried sending her to school with a tape recorder that had a message from me. Then we tried a letter from me. She took a book with her. Next we tried her stuffed hippo. Then, finally, we found what works and has worked all week: She [...]

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I Can’t Get No Respect

Thursday, October 1, 2009

We played Two Truths and a Lie at dinner tonight. We were having a nice dinner, as the day actually wasn’t bad at all. For my turn: Me: Today I saw M.’s mom at the YMCA when I went to workout; today I went to Starbucks to have coffee because no one made me any [...]

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