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Shock and Awe
I’ve read the term “shock and awe” in more than one media outlet regarding the inauguration of Donnie, Mikey, the oligarchs, and the Republicans. (I need to come up with a clever abbreviation for this group.) According to Wikipedia, “shock
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Side Hustle
It used to be called a side job or a part-time job or a moonlighting job, and it’s been going on forever. A person has a full-time gig but for various reasons
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A Different Christmas
It’s an unusual Christmas this year. Yes, it’s cold; there is snow; restaurants are busy; holiday music is everywhere. And at our home, a Christmas tree is still involved. As is eggnog.
But this season, my family in Fargo and
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Misnamed
Today is December 21, traditionally called the shortest day in the year. But that’s a misnomer. Technically, all days of the year are approximately the same length: 24 hours divided into sixty minutes segments that are further divided into sixty
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Not My Imagination
A couple weeks ago I went to buy Christmas cards for my family. We’re a small family, and I wanted a meaningful card for each person. It was harder than I’d imagined.
Store #1 had no holiday cards at all.
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Ugly Sweaters
It’s a fashion statement I can’t embrace: the ugly sweater. But I seem to be in the minority. The internet is full of websites devoted to this seasonal costume.
Tipsy Elves, for instance, has 155 of them for sale. There’s
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Team Clean
More on cleaning our home. I say “Our,” because Earl, probably with the desire of saving money by not hiring an outside service, has offered to help as best he can. I’ve never met a man who’s actually offered before;
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Rocky Horror Show – The Musical
The Rocky Horror Show in its various iterations has been around since 1973 when it was a musical stage production with music, book, and lyrics by Richard O’Brien who wrote it to honor his love of science fiction and B
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Bombarded
Everywhere you go, especially on the internet, someone wants to pick your wallet. You make a reservation at a hotel and it wants you to upgrade your room choice for an extra $30 a night.
Big box stores send you
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Million Dollar Quartet
It’s been a busy twenty-four hours: the VP debate between Walz and Vance, an attack on Israel from its neighbor, and incredible devastation from Hurricane Helene. So you might wonder at the title of this blog. It’s about a musical
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