Is buying Halloween candy as daunting a proposition for anyone else as it is for me? It seems simple enough: go to the store, grab a few bags of chocolate, and toss it at the kids who show up at your door on October 31st. Child’s play. But the whole October candy free- for-all is [...]

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Here’s how you can tell this show has reached a new low: The best part of this week’s episode was the previews for next week’s episode.  Apparently next week we’ll finally learn about this seaon’s good vs. evil plotline, and hopefully we won’t feel like the last six episodes have been a total waste.  I’ve [...]

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When I announced to friends and family that I was pregnant for the first time at age 40, the responses were predictably jubilant. My father nearly dropped the phone, then yelled “Oh no! Oh YES! Dorothy!!!!” as he bellowed for my mom to join the conversation. My mother-in-law burst into happy tears. Our daughter’s birth [...]

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It’s the attack of the acronyms! But more to the point, it seems that November is the month that’s begging you embrace your inner-writer and let her run free. Not only is it National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but it’s also National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo).
Many people insist that the Great American Novel [...]

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After the metamorphosis of the girls, we said good-bye to Victoria, whose prickly disposition sealed her fate at panel. The girls turned into gargoyles last week, but Janet’s photo was stony so we said good-bye to her as well.
This week, we start with Ebony getting tired of getting grief in panel and Ambreal upset because [...]

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Along with Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October comes a large swell of pink-themed merchandise trotted out to raise funds for cancer research. If you’re interested in not only making a contribution, but also showing your support for the cause, these items may be just what you’re looking for.
Pink Ribbon Shop offers everything from golf [...]

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I am supposed to be writing about my distaste for being scared. I am supposed to be writing about how I don’t like being chased through corn mazes by actors with chainsaws or jumping out of my seat at some zombie hand reaching out of the darkness. It’s simple, you see. There are enough frightening [...]

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At this point in what is turning out to be an extremely mediocre season of Heroes, I’m thankful for the smallest of favors, like an episode with no Wonder Twins of Death. Still, it really doesn’t make up for the fact that we’re now almost a quarter of the way through the season, and there [...]

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It is that time of year again; time to get a flu shot. I’ll admit that until a few years ago, I never got flu shots. I figured that I was young and healthy so why bother? There are always rumors floating around the internet that a flu shot can actually give you the flu [...]

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In my lifetime I have watched a lot of Bob Barker. I have always liked to watch The Price is Right. I remember watching it with my mom when I was young – she would yell prices at the contestants (she still, to this day, secretly believes they can hear her, I’m [...]

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