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2008 – the year that kicked my ass

I have been thinking a lot about this past year and was originally planning on doing a very self-punishing re-reading of everything I wrote since January so I could reflect on how happy I was when 2008 started, how miserable I was in the middle, and how disgustingly numb and jaded I am now; however, [...]

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Vacation is making me crazy

Man, I am in quite a funk.
I am assuming that it has to do with the fact that I have been off work for a week since I always tend to get in a funk when I’m off work for a few days in a row. And, hopefully, all will be better Wednesday because I [...]

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Gearing up for the election, or, why I’m even more pro-choice than ever

     I had an interesting discussion with my mother last week.
     I’ve written lots about my motehr before, but as we’re aging, she’s becoming the woman I always wanted her to be. Or maybe I’m becoming the woman she always wanted me to be. Whatever happened, something has changed and there are no longer fights, [...]

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Other people’s children

     Now that I have some time to devote to actually flipping through the pages as I write about it, I’d like to get back to “Freakonomics”, specifically my favorite chapter, “What Makes a Perfect Parent?”
     I don’t have any kids. But, going to school for education, taking a lot of psych classes, and working [...]

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Freakonomics

     I realize I’m a bit behind the times here, but I just finally started reading ‘Freakonomics’ and, let me just say, I think it’s brilliant.
     I read over 100 pages yesterday in about three hours. I’m not usually a non-fiction reader, but I have to say that I am glad I picked it up off [...]

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