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Hiding from myself

2008-06-11T04:57:33Z

I have a story to write - a story that needs to be written. But I'm afraid to write it. I have serious block going on, and every time I sit down to write anything on it or even work on it at all, I just can't do it. I'm just... scared. The st...

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QotD: Oh Sorry, Did I Offend You?

2008-05-17T15:10:20Z

Who was the last person you offended? Submitted by May. I think the last person I offended was my youngest daughter. She's almost a teenager. I told her she couldn't have a piece of cake before breakfast, so she stormed off and ignored me for ...

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Retirement Plans

2008-05-13T02:33:47Z

I'm going to retire to the Irish countryside, and when I do, I'll have a little cottage with pane-glass windows and a wooden door. The cottage will be filled with books, and there will be a fireplace in which a real fire will crackle many months o...

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QotD: Sensitivity Chip

2008-05-09T19:38:07Z

What are you most sensitive about? This was a hard one for me to answer and I don't know that I have the full answer still but at the moment, I'd have to say I'm most sensitive about my children and my writing. Obviously, I would say most moth...

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Official Grade Report

2008-05-08T16:13:41Z

Last night I logged onto the university website to check my grades on the off-chance that they were posted. (They weren't supposed to post until today.) They were, and here's how I did: Oral Communications (A) PreCalculus/College Algebra (A) Anat...

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Library Visit

2008-05-08T16:05:04Z

I went to the local library recently to see if they had Blood Meridian and Modern Baptists from my summer reading list. While both of those books were checked out, I did find some other good ones to tide me over until they are returned. I got: V...

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QotD: Step into My Closet

2008-05-08T15:51:07Z

How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year? Submitted by fightinggale. I had to go count, not because I have *that* many pair of shoes, but because I don't have very many and actual...

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Blah Blah Blah

2008-05-07T18:44:23Z

Ever had a day where your brain felt fried for no reason? That's me, today. No reason. I don't like it.

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Driftwood

2008-05-06T03:49:14Z

I've been drifting since the day of my last final. This past semester was very heavy for me, with 16 hours. I carried five courses thinking that two of them would be 'crip' courses, but much to my chagrin, one definitely was not. I was talking ...

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QotD: My First Car

2008-05-05T20:10:48Z

What was your first car? My first car was actually a pick-up truck. I bought it for $1100. It was a 1970 Dodge D100, and 22 years old when I bought it. That was the year I turned 18, and it gave me a great deal of freedom. It was near the en...

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