Archive for the 'Memories' Category
Trick or treat.
I think I grew up in the perfect neighborhood for trick-or-treating, in a northwest suburb of Chicago. The houses were spaced nicely, with 1/4-1/2 acre lots, and everyone knew each other by name. We had our own urban legends, which made approaching certain houses a little bit of Halloween scary. (But we did it anyways.)
Our [...]
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Back-to-School nights.
What is the combination? WHAT is the combination? I don’t remember what the combination was, I haven’t had this locker in over twenty years, why should I remember the combination!?!
I should explain that I’m experiencing my annual “back-to-school” dreams. Or maybe they’d be considered nightmares. After all, I’m expected to remember the locker combination [...]
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Show and Tell: Bicentennial Baby
Aww, look at the cute baby Rachel. Hard to believe that I was ever the size my newborn nieces are now, isn’t it?
Ok, ok. That’s not what this show-and-tell is about. It’s that stuffed red-white-and-blue elephant in the corner with “76″ all over the freaking place, made by a family friend upon my birth in [...]
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What they say is true about BlogHer. You don’t want to try and go to a breakout session in every single time slot.
Other than the “speed dating” exercise at the opening session, I kept busy all of Friday attending Leadership: Owning Your Expertise (wrote about this over at Diabetes Daily), Identity/Passions: Lifeblogging Outside the Lines: [...]
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To those who live in the United States, Happy Independence Day!!
Why, yes, that would be me back on July 4, 1982!
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June 25, 2009 – A Very Bad Day?
I keep hearing and reading how June 25, 2009 was “a very bad day for Generation X” with the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.
While I would argue that days such as January 28, 1986 and April 19, 1995 and September 11, 2001 were the worst days for Generation X (and for many alive [...]
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After struggling to import all of our photos into iPhoto ‘09, I finally settled down to exploring Faces on Friday. And I’ve hardly stopped except for meals, exercise, that Bruce Springsteen concert (which I may or may not get around to writing about), and some sleep.
It’s interesting to how the algorithms of the program match [...]
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Washing the Newsprint off.
I’m somewhat ashamed to admit it. I haven’t subscribed to a newspaper in my adult life, except for a brief trial with the Boulder Daily Camera.
Newspapers were a part of my everyday life from a young age, thanks to my mother’s thirst for reading and politics. I read first for the comics, then [...]
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2008 in Review.
January found me back at my previous place of employment after a three-month hiatus. And I’m still there, through two rounds of layoffs and a whole lot of stress.
February and March found me struggling with tooth #19.
April was the most eventful of months, with my highest A1C yet and a lovely new piece of [...]
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The Morning After.
Snow outside.
Low carb breakfast of eggs and apple cider cured bacon because last night’s meal at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse hasn’t been too friendly on the blood sugars. Think venison chops with blackberry sauce for me, ribeye for him, with sides of bread, potatoes au gratin, and sauteed mushrooms. Think creme brulee for him and [...]
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