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| Merry Christmas, everyone. We put up a quick Joe Show. |
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My husband is Joe Kowalski , an imaginative Gen X polymath and among the most talented people I know. I learned the term "polymath... -
So. We think we might have found a place, but it's been like almost two weeks and no word back about our application. I don't know ... -
Culture Club got so popular so fast that I needed to rouse myself from my summer of 2016 grim languor and actually do research. Billboard... -
So you know my last post, about latchkey kids ? I made the mistake of posting it to the Gen X subreddit, with a link back to the blog, witho... -
We're pretty much trapped in a sinister new pluto-theocracy where we willfully vote for bible-bangers and billionaires to dictate a... -
There has been some talk on Facebook and Reddit in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what ... -
Photo Credit: Freepik Not that I've been on it much lately, so me deleting my account won't mean anything to Pinterest. I created ... -
The top five contestants in the 4-6 year old group wait to be judged in the Little Miss Perfect contest. Look at their expres... -
When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
Well. The Olympics are on TV again. It's Day One. That means it's the 12th anniversary of my wholly unexpected, life-altering and re...
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Long ago in a galaxy we 40-somethings refer to as "childhood," we built a cherry Kool-Aid world with rad high tech toys like ... -
One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ... -
When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
There has been some talk on Facebook and Reddit in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what ... -
A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
No matter how much I try to stop ruminating, there come the thoughts again. Why didn't I do this, why did I pick that, why have I mad... -
When I was 24 years old, I found it necessary to retract and re-submit my * theory about musicians and just what the hell is their deal a... -
Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
Fifteen years and a whole bunch of copycats later, I still say that it's a miracle we ever heard of The Blair Witch Project . ...
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Alms For The Poor?
This is in case you appreciate any of this. $10 is all, don't go nuts with it.
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