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Changing Habits One Vacation at a Time
Hey! We’re on vacation! It’s our last full day and it’s raining. Secretly, I’m sorta happy about the rain. I’m happy to have an excuse to sit around and be lazy and drink wine during the day and type things to all of you. Also, one of us (my youngest stepdaughter) probably has mono. Seriously.…
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I Didn’t Clean up for You
Hi. Welcome to my new blog design. It’s a mess. There’s stuff that’s broken. There’s stuff that looks WTF? But whatever. Here we are. Since my blog is sort of home for me, let’s pretend I just moved and you’re visiting me while my house is full of boxes. I’ll get to all of it…
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#MeToo — My Totally Ordinary No-Big-Deal Sexual Assault
During my sexual assault, I had a few minutes to think about how I wanted things to go. Sure, there was the distraction of the guy’s tongue in my mouth and his body pressing me against the wall … and the fact that one of his hands was on one of my boobs … but knowing…
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Apparently I Wrote a Book
I woke up this morning and saw a headline titled “50 Challenges You Can Start Today.” I wonder what sort of person reads that and goes “HELL YES, MOTHERFUCKER! Bring it ON!” I know those people exist. I am not one of them. The fact that I have to work today AND pick up kids…
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Farewell, fair circus
The circus is closing. THE circus. The big one. The biggest one there ever was. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. For a brief period in my 20s — about a year and a half — I was a promoter for Feld Entertainment, the company that owns Ringling, Disney on Ice, and several other…
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Movin’ Out
After a long silence, I’ve barfed up a long blog post for you. There are two sections to this one. I’m telling you this now so you can maximize your reading pleasure by only reading those sections that you feel like reading. I’m nice like that. Here’s what I’ll cover in each section: HolymotherofGod, we’re…