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ArchivesDecember, 2007
20DecDear Santa,
This year, when you’re making your list and checking it twice, and finding out who is naughty and nice, you might also want to find out who had to go through chemo, who lost their hair and who had to endure months of nausea, and adjust your gifts accordingly. If not, Santa, the ASPCA might Continue Reading
12DecJaneglish [6]
MOM: I don’t understand your Thanksgiving card. ME: Okaaaay. Can you remind me what it says? MOM: Well there’s a bunch of people sitting around the table praying and the caption says something about trypto-something. ME: Tryptophan. And what part of that do you not understand? MOM: What does trypto-whatever have to do with praying Continue Reading
08DecMeet My Killer New Boyfriend
You know the unbridled powers of attraction and chemistry and voodoo or whatever have completely taken over when you’re attracted to a mop-topped sociopath who goes around killing people with a cattle stun gun. And yet after seeing “No Country for Old Men,” not a day has gone by that my thoughts haven’t been drenched Continue Reading
02DecA tired poem
Jet lag What a drag My lids they sag Can’t lift my bag Foggy, blurry, Yawny and slow I try to work But have nothing to show Woke up at 11 Two hours ahead The day half gone My brain half dead The nap, he taunts me Pulls at my limbs I shrug him off Continue Reading
01DecGoodbye Paddy
How many dogs has my family had? Two that I can recall while we were still all living together: Sandy and Tuck. After my parents got divorced there was Puppers and then there was Paddy. Paddy was a rescue dog. She spent much of her time tied to a stake in her owner’s backyard. He Continue Reading
