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Your Thanksgiving Scolding, Get It While It's Hot

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:40:05 -0500

I've been reading articles all week about how to "cope" with Thanksgiving. I don't get it. This is by far the coolest --and warmest-- holiday of the year.

Thanksgiving is a paid day (or two) off from work and school. It's secular, non-dressy, no gifts are even involved.

The whole… Read full post »

UNAIDS/WHO 2009 report summary

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:29:33 -0500

The news is generally not good and won't be for quite a long time, but there is hope for a world without HIV/AIDS, someday. Here are some bits from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Health Organization (WHO) 2009 global report sorted by geographic region.

Sub-Saharan Africa… Read full post »

President Declares Friday National Day of Leftovers

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:28:19 -0500

CAMP DAVID, Md. President Barack Obama declared Friday a National Day of Leftovers after a pre-Thanksgiving Day Dinner that included a dish prepared by Marian Robinson, his mother-in-law, that he pushed around on his plate and did not finish.

"What exactly is this?"

"Our… Read full post »

Another Day in the Life of Pediatric Bone Marrow Tranplant

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:56:52 -0500

Ya know, the easiest way to navigate this Childhood Cancer road would be to stick my head in the sand, plug my ears and sing *lalalalalalalalala*. It would. I'm not wired that way, though. Today is our offical nine month diagnosiversery. Gregory was admitted on February 23rd a… Read full post »

When your Nemesis dies

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:23:53 -0500

[This is a re-post in remembrance of my former boss, who left us a year ago today.]

What to you do if your nemesis dies? Besides feel the appropriate grief and conflict?

I worked for D. for 5 years. For 5 years she was my supervisor. At the risk of sounding… Read full post »

Final Episode of My Series! Last Straw

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:25:55 -0500

AMENDMENT; Below is the next installment I did on writing your own book. I have since changed the title (and I'm removing all previous parts and discontinuing future parts–by the way, there really wasn't 18 parts to come) because the the blogger who wrote the original post which this was… Read full post »

Are We Happy Yet?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:22:16 -0500

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Cat For Sale: $12,000

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:17:59 -0500

When my younger sister and I were acting up one day, my mother had had enough. She would say it just like that: “I’ve had enough!” As if up to that point, she hadn’t had quite enough.

And of course we kept right on doing whatever evilness two… Read full post »

Congratulations, It's an Osmond

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:39:57 -0500

Dancing With the Stars Season 9 finalists Donny Osmond, Mya and Kelly Osbourne learn their fate on Tuesday night's show.

Dancing With the Stars' coveted mirror ball trophy was awarded Tuesday night to Donny Osmond, a surprise outcome at the end of the ninth season of the hit ABC… Read full post »

A Turkey Tale: Seven in the City

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:45:52 -0500

I hate to put anyone off their feed for Thanksgiving, but it seems the right time to share the heartwarming tale of a wild turkey family of seven that lives in our neighborhood. Warning: Baby turkey videos ahead that may melt your heart!

We live in a… Read full post »