Category: Random
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What Goes Wrong Where I Work
Of course the first comment on my last post asked me, “So, where YOU work, what is likely to go wrong?” I should have anticipated that this question might come up. I was basically asking for it. But I still have avoided writing this blog post because in order to say what goes wrong where…
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The Great Thrift Store Haul
I miss making videos, so I decided to make one. This is Jenny and I chatting about our recent thrift store hauls.
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Why Personality Tests Always Misdiagnose Me
I struggled through years of taking personality tests that gave me absurd results. They told me I was an ENFP, a Sanguine, a 9 on the Enneagram, and then I’d read the description for what “I was” and it never sounded anything like me. “Don’t overthink it. Go with your gut,” people told me. So…
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The Fall and Rise of “LOL”
When acronyms became “cool” for texting and instant messaging, I was relatively unimpressed. We’d used acronyms in my house for years. “MIHAPOB” for “may I have a piece of bread,” “YNTM” for “you’re not the mom,” “TCB” for “then come back,” etc etc. I suppose the first time I realized acronyms were entering the popular…
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Fame, and idolatry, and Zayn Malik, and God, and me.
Today when I got on twitter I saw that the BIG NEWS of the moment was that Zayn Malik, one of the members of the popular boy band One Direction, was quitting the band. Big deal, right? I’ve often wondered how someone with any musical integrity at all could be in a band that is…
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Oh Grrrrrrrrrrrrandmothers
(Not to insult any grandmothers out there. That is just one of my favorite catchphrases, along with “oh my bunnyslippers,” “blast,” and the newly acquired “oh grape.”) I don’t know what I am going to say. I was going to talk about things I learned in health class, like how non-fat I am, but to…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 