I have big plans this weekend — I’m going to clean my desk out. Okay, you can quit laughing and feeling sorry for me now. 😎 Seriously, though, it’s a core that needs to be done. Whenever I’m writing, I just let papers pile up on my desk. And since I’m taking a couple weeks off from writing, it’s time →

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And I, for one, am glad. Maybe now the media will talk about something other than politics. You know, other important things that are happening in the world, along with arts and books and movies and music. A girl can dream anyway … :rolleyes:

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Because you have the wonderful freedom to. Because folks have died and sacrificed so much so we can have this right. Because people in other countries don’t have this choice. And because you’ve got no right to bitch about things if you don’t. :joecool:

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So tomorrow is Halloween. It’s never been a holiday that’s excited me all that much. Probably because when I was a kid, I wore the same costume every single year — a black witch’s hat, a black cape, and a plastic orange pumpkin for collecting all that sugary goodness. Seriously. I never remember going as anything else. (My mom didn’t have →

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I was wondering how deep we’d get into October/November before I had to break out the many, many layers of clothes I have to wear in order to keep warm in my icebox of an office. The answer: Oct. 27. Layers worn: 4. And what did I see on my way to work yesterday morning? Snow! Seriously. Little hard pellets of →

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