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S is for Social Media and Surprises
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is S. Social media in general sort of surprises me. People are reading this blog that didn’t really exist until a few weeks ago. That’s kind of cool. My Instagram account has a bunch of artsy-fartsy pictures of shopping carts. It’s…
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R is for Rules of Travel
Before I had an iPod or a phone that stored thousands of songs, I kept about a dozen CDs at the office and just kept them in rotation. Roseanne Cash’s Rules of Travel was in heavier rotation than the others. Now that I do have a phone that stores most…
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Q is for Quarter Lights that Open
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is Q. When I started driving, seat belts had just been made mandatory, “regular” gas had lead in it, rear-wheel drive was the norm, and those triangular windows at the fronts of the front doors (and sometimes the backs of…
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P is for Pest Control
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is P. I have a squirrel in the attic. Which sounds like it should be a euphemism for something, like bats in the belfry. But it’s not. I just have a squirrel in the attic. Something no one tells you when…
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O is for Opting Out
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is O. For a few years I’ve been receiving emails from people trying to sell me contact lists. Ironically, I don’t need contact lists, and yet, there I am, on one, probably many, lists of people who do. Generally, I just…
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N is for Netflix
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is N. Saturday night – looking for something to watch on Netflix. Among the current Top Picks for Stephen: Little Dead Riding Hood – She suffered a violent and bloody death. Now she’s back sporting the same pointy teeth and deadly claws…
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M is for Muddy Buddies
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is M. I was in Target earlier with my daughter; we saw Chex muddy buddies and decided to make our own. Because we needed 9 cups of muddy buddies. Muddy buddies ingredients: 9 cups Rice Chex™, Corn Chex™ or Chocolate Chex™ cereal (or combination) we…
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L is for Listening
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is L. I don’t remember the context or even if he was speaking to me directly at the time, but at some point when I was a young teenager, I heard my father say something to the effect of “You’re not going to learn…
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K is for…so many things…
Blogging A to Z. Today is K. Election predictions at this point are no more accurate than kephalonomancy, or keraunoscopia.
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J is for Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, and the Jayhawks
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is J. The names in the title are three of my go-to Pandora choices when I need to get work done. By no means a comprehensive list, but they conveniently begin with J. And of course, it’s those artists and artists like…
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