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In Defense of the Marching Band

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The marching band is a running joke.  It’s supposedly where the freaks, geeks, and other assorted losers hang out.   Mention it and you’ll likely get NSWF quotes from the American Pie movie series. Full disclosure- I didn’t march myself when I was a kid.  My high school band director hated marching when he was a kid and swore he wouldn’t… Read more »

Dictionary Day

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Today is a wordy one- it’s Dictionary Day! One might think in the era of Google dictionaries are irrelevant.  But you would be wrong. They are the best and most reliable source of the history of a language. They document the changes in a language.  Did you know on average there are 1000 new words added to dictionaries every year?… Read more »

Silence of the Happily Coupled

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Have you ever been out to eat or anywhere else in a public setting and saw a couple sitting silently, both using their phones?  I’m sure you have, and you probably felt sorry for them and assumed their relationship was in trouble.    That is certainly possible, but it’s also possible that their relationship is rock solid. My husband and… Read more »

3 Ways to Make Your Mornings Better (and the 2 I Actually Do)

I am not a morning person.  Never have been, never will be.  For around 18 months I had a job that required me to be at the office at 6am and I had about a 35 minute commute.  Everyone told me I would get used to it.  Nope.  I just got used to feeling like crap every day. Fast forward… Read more »