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You’re stoned if you think that’s an elephant.
When I pulled out of the driveway Friday morning, I had no idea where I was going, other than east. Which is SO unlike me. I’m a planner and I like to have an itinerary mapped out before I even start the ignition. Tara is very much a the journey is the destination type of…
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Are you shouting at me with your hands?
Every year, CheeseGov assigns mandatory training courses for all employees to complete. The 2025 batch of topics includes security awareness, public records law, and harassment and discrimination in the workplace. All important things to know. But it took me forever to get through the harassment/discrimination training yesterday. What should have taken 30 minutes instead took…
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Like a Front Range cowboy.
One recent morning at CheeseGov, I stepped onto the elevator, followed by a dude wearing a duster coat and fedora. If Neo from The Matrix and Indiana Jones had a baby, it would be that fella. It takes a certain kind of person to pull off that look, I thought. And that guy ain’t me.…
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Cue book, cue t-shirt, and make it rain!
“Anything fun in your day so far?” a friend asked me this morning. Well, let’s see. I dressed in black from head to toe, wearing a t-shirt that reads, Pay No Attention to My Browsing History, I’m a Writer, Not a Serial Killer to work. Appeared on camera and shamelessly plugged my novel, discussed my…
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Don’t forget the dongle!
Welp, winter was nice while it lasted. Last week started out with half a foot of snow on the ground and ended with a whole bunch o’ brown grass. I know we’re not out of the woods yet – we can and do get snow well into April – but Tara’s got her grow lights…
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That funky Monkey.
I follow a UK blogger named Deb. One of the things I find most charming about her writing is the constant use of words and phrases with which I am unfamiliar. She’s writing in English, mind you – but British English, which often differs quite a bit from American English. Case in point: she left…
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