In Gratitude

Shortly after Christmas I started feeling a bit lonely. Now my husband and dog are very good company–the best company, in fact. But I had been sorely lacking for female interaction. Phone calls to my sister and mother weren’t cutting it. Then Victor moved in and I started to realise that having outsiders into my [...]

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Well That Sucks

I love having a Vanderbilt doctor. It’s the best patient care I’ve ever gotten from anyone. They call me within 2 hours if I ever have a question and I can email them 24 hours a day. I can also now view my records online thanks to MyHealthAtVanderbilt Dot Com. Since I went to the [...]

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One of Those

I want to write something but don’t necessarily feel like combing the web to find something that outrages me to the point of making a post about it. I just don’t feel outragingy right now, I guess. I joined the Arthritis Foundation’s web based support board which has a chat forum. I hate chat forums. [...]

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I Would Be Burned As A Witch

This morning when I woke up the sun was shining, the sky was blue and it looked for all the world like a perfect summer day. Except I had the excruciating pain in my spine, which always means that it is going to rain (if it isn’t already raining.) I told my dog that it [...]

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Pool Tables & Penis-Grabbing

Kat’s surefire way to gain, maintain and expand power and control Step 1–create a common enemy. Now, it’s okay to have this be a living being–say, Hitler– or a country of living beings–say, the USSR. But since those things can and do talk back it’s even better to make an inanimate object the targeted cause. [...]

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420 vs. Cinco de Mayo & St. Patrick’s Day

I wrote my earlier post on 420 and then I got to thinking about a) what a nerd I am and b) how much this next train of thought is going to really tick off my parents. Standard Paragraph for Parents, Siblings and fellow churchgoers: I neither drink nor smoke marijuana. But I am hampered [...]

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420

In honour of today I figured I’d do what any decent blogger would do and post some half-arsed bit of stuff really late in the day as though I were not able to be bothered with working. Then I realised that’s how I’ve been blogging for the last week and a half, so nothing special [...]

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Mini iPod Peeve

I should be clear. The peeve is about the iPod touch and iPhone. The size of the peeve is mini. I don’t think there IS a mini iPod. Anyway. If you have an app that is designed to promote a movie, it’s BALLS to charge any money for that app. Yeah, I’m cautiously intrigued by [...]

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Meg, Jo, Beth And Amy

I’m re-reading Little Women today, and it’s an interesting experience. Before Harry Potter and To Kill A Mockingbird, this was the book I read over and over. One year–the year I was nine–I read it an even dozen times. My mom, who had a policy about never telling us what we could and couldn’t read [...]

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My Dirty Little Secret

Now that tax day is over, I can share my dirty secret. I like to file taxes. I don’t like the concept of taxes, I don’t like the way they are presently handled. As I’ve said over and over again, I think there should be a tax bill system in place. Since there isn’t one, [...]

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