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A Stranger to Change Starts a New Chapter

I’ll come right out and admit it. I’m not a big fan of change. I like what I like. I get comfortable. Maybe complacent. I’d like to call it “committed.” I’ll let you decide which definition of that term that you feel best suits me. Read the rest of this entry

D-Day: Time to Plan Our Divorce Party!

Source: someecards

So this is it. 16 years. 7 years of marriage. Lots of ups. A few downs. And a whole heck of a lot of confusion…by everyone but us.

Here are some of the comments we’ve heard in recent days:

  • “Why are you guys getting divorced? It seems so amicable.”
  • “What’s the deal? Why such a cheerful divorce?”
  • “Oh no! What happened? You guys seem to be so great together!”
  • “Wait, am I reading Facebook correctly? Are you guys getting a divorce?!?!”

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My life is a sit-com

…Starring Fran Drescher. Seriously.

My friend Claire sent me this link the other day, with just one line of email: “Just when you think you’re all alone, they make a tv show about your problems in life…”

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Have you Google+ed yet?

OMG I got a Google+ invite. Look, I know that it might not become that big. I got an invite to Google Wave once upon a time too. And I’ve seen what’s happened to Buzz. But even still, I do love trying out cool new technologies. As a fairly avid user of Facebook and Twitter, I question whether I really need yet another social network – My online identity is littered with the relics of failed experiments: Identica, FriendFeed, MySpace, Friendster and more. Why not try yet another one?

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Damn you, Fox

I’m in mourning. Frankly, I should know better, but inevitably, the optimistic side of me takes hold, I fall prey to the same behavior over and over again. I am in the midst of an incredibly unhealthy relationship.What is it that they call doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result? Oh right, insanity.

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Office Prank

My colleague John turned 50 on Friday, and he made the huge mistake of working from home the day before. Tee hee. :-) Read the rest of this entry

Gratitude – October 10, 2010

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to start a Gratitude Journal. You can read the explanation and the first entry here. So here is this week:

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Bon Voyage, Viva and Peter

Tonight, I wished my friends Viva and Peter well as they begin their new life as a married couple, driving cross-country to their new Oregon home and a fantastic new job.

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A New Chapter – Life Changes

Things change. Sometimes they change a lot. I alluded to that in my blog post back in May (Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes), and it’s never been more true than now.

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