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When Bullies Grow Up

So, who had (or will have) a 10-year high school reunion this year? I was a member of the class of 2000, a bit of trivia that was burned into my brain at a young age. I remember my kindergarten teacher telling us as a group that we were going to graduate in the year […]

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The Halloween House

There is a house in my parents’ neighborhood that was always decorated to the hilt for the holidays. It started with a small Christmas display, then grew from there to an entire Santa’s village. Then came Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving with lights, inflatables, and signs. Each year was more interesting than the last.

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Food

How I Learned To Stop BSing and Start Cooking

So, I’m a woman in possession of a fully-functioning brain. This sexy brain of mine had refused to acknowledge the activity of “cooking” for an extremely long time. Then, about six months ago, two things happened.

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What I Learned from My Crush

I used to have a friend I interacted with mainly by internet. The mode of discourse changed the way I engaged with the world. It started off with my usual social trickery, digging around for funny links and pulling out trivia to make myself seem well rounded and fun. Eventually, I developed a big fat […]

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We try it!

Preview of Minecraft Alpha

I know, I shouldn’t write a game review of a game not yet released, but Minecraft is simply sucking way too much of my time that I need to explain why. So here is a preview of Minecraft in its alpha stage. Because I can’t do a review of it yet…

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Work

Unemployed

My name is  Sally J and I’m unemployed.There. I said it.

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The Day My Mom Died

The day my mom died, it was beautiful outside.  The unbearable summer heat had started to break, the sun was shining and the sky was clear blue.  It was a Saturday, and I had all sorts of plans for things I was going to accomplish before I got The Call.