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We Stayed Between the Lines
I apologize for the long absence from blogging. I could blame the holidays, but really, there was lots of sitting-on-my-ass time. Like all day yesterday. I’ve been feeling under the weather a bit and haven’t had a lot of energy to do much, other than fret over what disease I might have. When you write…
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Have Yourself a Mini Little Christmas
I had my annual review at work a few days ago. Things went well. My boss told me how much he appreciated my hard work and effort, gave me a new title (Senior Content Specialist…has a nice ring to it, huh?), more money, and a person to supervise. This is all very exciting. Career-wise, I haven’t…
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All Aboard the Hot Tamale Express!
Today I had the crazy notion that I should make tamales. This was a crazy notion for two reasons: I guess I associate tamales with December because I was once married to somebody who was awfully damn Hispanic, and her family would never dream of graduating from Christmas without making a huge batch of homemade…
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Hakuna Matata
In the past few days, the kitchen counter in the office where I work has been buried in a mountain of sweets. It started innocently enough, with a few cookies on Monday morning. By Monday afternoon, “a few” became “a lot,” and a pie was thrown into the mix. Tuesday saw the addition of pastries, and…
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Murder, He Wrote
You know you’ve been watching too much Dateline when a coworker is late and you automatically assume he has been murdered. Granted, I wasn’t thinking this at 8:05. But by the time 10:30 rolled around and there was still no sign of Jake – a guy who is normally punctual to a fault – and calls to…
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I Invented the Smoothie!
I was eating a banana today, and started thinking about a snack I used to enjoy growing up. I would slice a banana into a bowl, pour orange juice over the banana slices, and eat them with a spoon. Holy crap. I was one weird kid. And yet, I remember how good it tasted. Plus,…
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