Book Review #1: John Steinbeck “Travels with Charley” into Despair, Again

While in high school, I read The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. My teenage self was completely depressed by the sepia-toned trudge through despair depicted in both books. I have not read another Steinbeck book since. A few months ago, my golf partner Lisa told me that it was …

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I Am Outta Here!

I have bored myself to tears in this blog, so you all must be cried out. So after 336 posts, racking up more than 3,000 followers (24 of whom are actual people),  and being Freshly Pressed deux fois; I'm leaving Misc. Maggie behind except for my reading list which I will update because I love …

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Blog Stuff Because I Can’t Even Think of a Title

It's me. The absent blogger. I've been meaning to blog very important things but I'm too lazy. I think I'm lazy because I really can't stand my job. It is so frustrating to be gone from home where I could be getting things done to be in an office doing nothing. Sure it's fun for …

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I Like That You Liked My Comment….So Hilarious!!! :)

GREAT to hear from you. You always make me smile with your posts!!! laughed so hard I have to stay at my desk, peed my pants a little It must have been cold there in my shadow Downtown Abbey is back! that's hilarious, OMG, right? great story Hey, Aaron, your guys wear green jerseys. Try …

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Bloggomunications

I am surprised at how much I have learned from blogging. Obviously writing more and writing regularly has honed my technical skills. I am far more conscientious about word choice and sentence formation, hopefully grammar but I ain't fer sure on that. I have learned about  food and customs and people from around the world, …

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What Can I Doooo???

I couldn't think of anything to write yesterday. In a few months, I will turn 48 which is two years away from 50. I went to a good university so I can do math just like that, in my head...Bam! 48 + 2 = 50.  Yeah, I did that. I looked on-line for lists of …

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Civil Discourse

Thank you all for reading my blog yesterday and giving me the biggest day of views I have had since I started this project in January. Here's a little something about me (because who could ever get tired of knowing more about me), I was raised in a family where we were trained debaters, discussion …

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Back to My Roots

I reposted my original Weigh In Wednesday post this morning. Back in January I started my diet, knowing I needed to lose 20-30 pounds. I lost 11. I weighed myself this morning and I've gained back 7 so if I divide the number of pounds by the number of months dieting and factor in daily …

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I Guess This is Eventually

I am back. Not writing creatively but I am back. As I wrote last month, my kids had a near miss in the ocean. Brigid, who is 13 and not a big talker, just went through five days of what the doctors we saw on Tuesday called post-traumatic stress. There is nothing worse than watching …

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Only One Left

Here are my captions so far: “You had me at dijonnaise” “Kids! Sing the Sandwich Song!” ” I love back bacon eh!” “Truly, I could mount this sandwich.” “oh yeah, I’m gonna need a butt plug.” “Yo WordPress, Freshly Press this…in your ass.” “This tastes like Chris DeVoss.” “This _____ is making me ______ and …

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Help! I Need Somebody!

I am competing for a spot on Le Clown's Magnificent Blog Roll and I need your help, this is arduous work. Today's contest is coming up with captions for the photo shown below. I am no good at captioning things so HELP! Le Clown is Magnificent, he is artistic and smart and rude. He has …

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