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daughterofireland
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Indiana, USA
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Mother, business woman, observer of people, collector of the absurd

MY RECENT POSTS

  • A Stroll Down Memory Lane...The Good Old Days
    August 01, 2010 09:16AM

  • 2010, The Never Ending Year???
    July 24, 2010 10:54AM

  • I TRIED TO HIDE BUT FACEBOOK FOUND ME
    June 12, 2010 04:45PM

  • Tea Baggers Rule, You Gotta Be Kidding
    May 22, 2010 10:49AM

  • Maybe This Boomer is Still Hip
    April 24, 2010 12:57PM

MY RECENT COMMENTS

  • “Sheer genius-love it! Wish I knew you-we could use thinkers like you in Indiana.”
    September 10, 2011 09:04AM

  • “Surly, dahling, you have such a way with words. You have captured the essence of…”
    September 10, 2011 08:55AM

  • “It's time for us all to grow up and get over the something for nothing idea that…”
    September 18, 2010 05:33PM

  • “So my peeves are the person in the grocery line who doesn't have a debit card and…”
    August 20, 2010 08:52AM

  • “I also find it interesting that so many of the "family values" that we…”
    August 02, 2010 07:25AM

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September 10, 2011 09:04AM
“Sheer genius-love it! Wish I knew you-we could use thinkers like you in Indiana.”
About: Rick Perry's Redneck Guide to Fixin' the Gov'mint
September 10, 2011 08:55AM
“Surly, dahling, you have such a way with words. You have captured the essence of the bedside vigil and the grief that accompanies-one minute being ber…”
About: You Can Never Have Too Many Dress Rehearsals For A Swan Song
September 18, 2010 05:33PM
“It's time for us all to grow up and get over the something for nothing idea that we all seem to have acquired in the 80's and 90's. Getting used to f…”
About: September 10th and its Aftermath: Waking from a Dream
August 20, 2010 08:52AM
“So my peeves are the person in the grocery line who doesn't have a debit card and waits to begin writing their check when they have the total. I mean r…”
About: Peeves & Other Idiotic Annoyances
August 02, 2010 07:25AM
“I also find it interesting that so many of the "family values" that we cherish harken back to this time. Family values that force people into…”
About: A Stroll Down Memory Lane...The Good Old Days
August 01, 2010 04:29PM
“If any of the tea baggers have read 1984 (and I would assume some have-they can't all be lacking in education) I would guess they wouldn't recognize th…”
About: A Stroll Down Memory Lane...The Good Old Days
August 01, 2010 09:29AM
“Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong....”
About: A Stroll Down Memory Lane...The Good Old Days
August 01, 2010 07:32AM
“Glad you stopped by WK. I have missed you this summer. I am finding Facebook to be a very limiting format. Do you realize they only give you so many…”
About: I TRIED TO HIDE BUT FACEBOOK FOUND ME
July 31, 2010 08:47AM
“Just a suggestion but you might consider looking at higher education. While I know universities are struggling they are also competing for Federal Gra…”
About: The Workless World of 9-5
July 31, 2010 08:40AM
“When I was growing up in the fifties and sixties everyone smoked. Even in the eighties I remember going to bars to listen to music and came away reeki…”
About: This post could be hazardous to your health
July 31, 2010 08:32AM
“Takes me back to those same days....And, like you, hitting late July and August implies a sort of sadness. Maybe it's the light that tells us that the…”
About: Deep Pockets of Summer
July 25, 2010 09:07AM
“Captain! Captain! The heat theron semi nuclear shields can't hold! She's going ta blow!”
About: Reheat and Serve: Saturday Night Fun on OS!
July 25, 2010 08:45AM
“Yuck! Velveeta, how cloy in the throat boring (and I was about to generalize unfairly as are the people who eat it-I am sure there are some interesting…”
About: Halfway There: What You've Lost Along the Way to Middle Age
July 24, 2010 12:32PM
“Thank you for stopping by Fantade. I find that a lot of my friends have had a not so good year this year too. As I said, the planets obviously are no…”
About: 2010, The Never Ending Year???
July 24, 2010 12:30PM
“Tell them you are from Brooklyn...that ought to keep them guessing. And then watch them as they try to figure it out. I always go for the cheap laugh.…”
About: Thanks...from Italy!
July 24, 2010 11:09AM
“A crisp fall day might sweeten my mood.”
About: 2010, The Never Ending Year???
July 24, 2010 08:35AM
“Very good post which does not necessarily negate the points that CrazeCzar is making. Unfortunately the party of no is doing everything it can to undo…”
About: Hey Boomers, the party is OVER.....
July 18, 2010 09:14AM
“I had a dog that gave me his unsolicited opinion about everything. He grumbled, rummbled and growled about everything, his meals, walk times, who was…”
About: Conversations with a Dog
July 18, 2010 09:06AM
“Wonderful post! Did you marry the boyfriend? He sounds like a fabulous human being. I'd like one of him. I look forward to reading more.”
About: You aren't the first, and you won't be the last
July 11, 2010 08:42AM
“I never went to Woodstock either (though if I could have figured out how to get there I would have) but I too saw Bobby Kennedy. I was sixteen and work…”
About: I Never Went to Woodstock
June 19, 2010 09:12AM
“This is beautiful. And the ability to never hear "no" as an adult will take him on many fabulous enriching adventurers. Your son will truel…”
About: Yup - Got 'er Done!
June 15, 2010 06:57PM
“Hi Owl, yes in many ways Facebook is very inane. But I do enjoy the back and forth with people who's sense of humor I value.”
About: I TRIED TO HIDE BUT FACEBOOK FOUND ME
June 14, 2010 06:49AM
“Who knew 1984 would come in 2010? And yes, VG, you can be my friend.”
About: I TRIED TO HIDE BUT FACEBOOK FOUND ME
June 12, 2010 09:28PM
“You are asking people to think, which an awful lot of us are too indifferent, or overwhelmed to do. I don't know if it is apathy or too many people ar…”
About: Football, The World Cup, John Goodman and January Jones
June 12, 2010 09:15PM
“Taking back the news of a baby is exceedingly difficult. I had to do it twice. Like you I have two beautiful daughters who wouldn't be had the other…”
About: Women's History: Saturday Re-post
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