tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172494952009-11-16T07:12:42.123-05:00Thoughts and musings about motherhood, culture, feminism, politics, beagles, writing, and anything else that enters my mind.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216365213708551330jmacadam@rcn.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17249495.post-69206496304539906192009-11-10T10:45:00.002-05:002009-11-11T05:58:31.537-05:00

I like books. I like how books feel. I like how they smell. I like how they look on my shelf. I don't like ereaders. I've seen most of them, even the Kindle, in person. I just don't see the point.Yes, they are portable, but so is a book and I don't have to worry about battery life in my books.Yes, you can take hundreds of books with you, but I've never wanted to do that. Yes, you can go on

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With thanks to Et in acaedia blog. where I found this.So cute, yet so wrong!

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It has started. Actually it started before Halloween. It? Christmas decorations in the stores.Now I have no trouble with Christmas (although I prefer Yule, but that's a different post). I have trouble when Christmas trumps Thanksgiving. Now Christmas has encroach upon Halloween, I must protest.Christmas decorating should start on Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving. This allows

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I've decided to reopen my blog. I'm not sure why I stopped, but I did miss it.So what have I been doing? First, I haven't been well. I've been averaging a surgery a year. Two years ago they removed my girly-parts, and last year I had knee surgery. Now it looks like they want my tonsils. The surgery I really want is the lap-band bariatric surgery, but I only get enough sick time from work for

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No this isn't one of those list-jokes.Well, yesterday I sat down to lunch and plopped my purse on the table. A co-worker looked into my purse and said, "Hey, is that hand cream?" and reached for something deep inside my shoulder bag. What she had spotted was, in fact, my reading glasses' case.But still, I looked with fear at what else she might pull out.Back in my twenties, I would have worried

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Today we see a world full of unhappy insanity. Between the Virginia Tech Massacre and the soliders killed daily in Iraq, everything seems insane. To make it even worse, the conservative bloggers and commentators have tried to turn the Virginia Tech Massacre into some sort of "pro-gun" thing.I so wanted to photoshop a pic of the killer with the NRA logo. But I didn't (yet). The part of me that

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In memory of the Virginia Tech shooting victims.

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This is an old post from February that I never put up on my blog.A purity ball.At which, young women pledge their virginity to their fathers. And fathers pledge to protect their daughter's purity. This is a copy of the father's pledge:The PledgeI, (DAUGHTER'S NAME)'S FATHER, CHOOSE BEFORE GOD TO COVER MY DAUGHTER AS HER AUTHORITY AND PROTECTION IN THE AREA OF PURITY. I WILL BE PURE IN MY OWN LIFE

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Miss Snark also posted on Internet addictions (hers is sudoku). Sudoku was one of mine for a while, but I'm past that now.

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I have a new Internet addiction. No, it isn't videos of kinky monkey sex. It is The sentence Game . It is an online version of Eat Poop You Cat. If you aren't familiar with that, it's a party game that is a cross between pictionary and Whisper Down the Alley:First player writes a sentence and passes it to the second player.Second player draws a picture to represent the sentence, then folds the

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This just cracked me up!Happy Goats

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No, it's been more than a month since I last blogged. I'm not sure why, other than I've been trying to get a short story into a contest that has a February 28 deadline. Is it done? No. But I'm off from work today because of the snow, so this is like a free dayAnd because I've not blogged in so long, I'll keep this short and just give you pictures. Here is Darling Daughter tubing in our

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Anyone who isn't aware, PublishAmerica runs one of the most distasteful writers' scams. If you Google PublishAmerica, you will find a multitude of former PA authors who have had their work hijacked.What does PA do that is so bad? They are a vanity press in reverse. They print your book, but make it next to impossible to get it onto bookshelves. There is no promotion, marketing, distribution, the

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This is the third year that Darling Daughter has done the polar bear plunge. Personally, I think it is insane, however cool.The air temperature was 59 and the water was 48. A rain squall hit about 20 minutes before the plunge was scheduled, so it felt much colder. Observers and participants were both soaked.My daughter, of course, was the last one out.Here are the pics. The quality is poor

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This is my absolute favorite Christmas Joke. I first heard it back in the early 80's, when it was faxed from office to office (pre-email days).December 14, 2006My dearest darling John:Who ever in the whole world would dream of getting a real Partridge in a Pear Tree? How can I ever express my pleasure. Thank you a hundred times for thinking of me this way.My love always,AgnesDecember 15,

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There are Christmas songs that I like. There are ones that I hate. And there are ones that are annoying.But there is only one song that I both love and hate, or course not at the same time.I'll be home for ChristmasYou can count on mePlease have snow and mistletoeand presents on the treeChristmas Eve will find meWhere the love light gleamsI'll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams Now look

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Your Political Profile:Overall: 10% Conservative, 90% LiberalSocial Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% LiberalPersonal Responsibility: 25% Conservative, 75% LiberalFiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% LiberalEthics: 0% Conservative, 100% LiberalDefense and Crime: 25% Conservative, 75% LiberalHow Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

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Depression is a funny thing. (see post below) My daughter told me not worry, because depression is all in my head (she was being serious). Then she said that maybe something good will happen today.And, of course, she was correct.I'm published.Not how I expected, but published is published. My first submission as a free lance writer was published today in one of the local newspapers. Hopefully

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Last year I posted about December 7th.Today would have been my 10th wedding anniversary, if in fact, my husband had lived. He died from Cancer 6 months after we were married, so I never had an anniversary.When I read my post from last year, I realized that I was depressed and morose when I wrote that. And a little bit angry too.This year I went through that on the anniversary of his death. Now

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Which RENT character are you?

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Now I'm not saying that I'm not at fault. Perhaps it really is my fault, but if it is, I just don't understand. Not that this would be anything new. I went through most of my school years not getting "it". I always felt that I had missed the memo that detailed fashion, music, behavior and slang that would have kept me from being out of synch, socially, with my peers.So maybe I missed the

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On black friday, darling daughter and her dearest sister went shopping. One of the items they bought was a gingerbread house kit. This is what they got:They were quite proud.

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You are The High PriestessScience, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you

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Anyone who lives on the east coast is aware of the Nor'easter that blew through. Here in Pennsy, we had some hellacious rain, but that was all.However, at my sister's house, in Ocean City, NJ, there was some serious flooding. By Thanksgiving, the storm had passed, but the flooding (always the fun part of nor'easters) was still there, as indicated in these pics: This is outside my sister's house.

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