Act Your Age!

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I take quite a bit of pride in not looking my age (I’m 38). I am partly blessed with good genes in that area- my mom doesn’t look her age and my grandmother didn’t either. The fact that I am “big boned” helps keep wrinkles at bay as well. But I do have a cluttered bathroom and shower full of… Read more »

Can I Be Happy Now?

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This question is more than just the title of the song Bon Jovi opened their April 7th show in St. Paul with. It’s a question that I am posing to the world. All around me there are lots of bad things going on. People I care about are fighting cancer and other serious illnesses. My sister has been trying to… Read more »

What is a star?

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No, not the heavenly bodies- I am pondering the word “star” in the sense of “famous” or”celebrity”. Specifically- when did anyone who can get on TV for any reason be called a star? I am embarrassed to admit that I have gotten sucked into the latest season of the TV show Dancing with the Star. It’s mostly because of my… Read more »

Privacy please?

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I am not a big fan of conspiracy theorists. Quite frankly I don’t think our government is capable of pulling off a huge hoax so that shoots a hole in the vast majority of the crazy tales I hear.   That being said I do think it’s true that we do have much less privacy than we did even 10… Read more »

Now what?

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I am experiencing a post- Olympic let down this week. I wasn’t even planning on watching much of the Games but I got sucked in about day two and watched it all- skiing, skating, even curling! The only thing I didn’t watch was hockey because that really bores me (and yet I watched curling? Yes, I admit that makes less… Read more »