The Chocolate Orgy That Wasn’t
We decided to go out for dinner with a couple of friends on Saturday night. We were all in the mood for tapas, but we weren't in the mood to…
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An Open Letter to Scott Brown and His Fellow Republicans
Dear Senator Brown, I didn't vote for you, I voted for Martha Coakley. And I don't intend to ever vote for you if I can help it. Keeping that in…
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In Which I Rant Some More About Flood Insurance
This post uses quite a bit of "adult" language. Feel free to close it down now if you are morally opposed to F-Bombs. Or, possibly, if you're my mother. I…
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Where I’m At
It's been an odd week and I think I'm in a weird place right now. I'm at a point where my Grandfather's death hasn't reduced me to lying on the…
The Post I Wanted to Write
A couple of weeks ago, my physical therapist pronounced me to be, if not healed, at least something approaching healed. She said to try to run a little and that…
Surgery Update
Well, I survived the surgery with my gums (mostly) intact. It was a pleasant surprise that it wasn't as painful as I thought that it would be... at least until…
Finding Pollyanna
I feel like I've done a lot of complaining lately. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this feeling might have something to do with…
Bootylicious
The orthopedist called me Monday and said, "Good news! You don't have a stress fracture... but you do have an inflamed plantar fascia, achilles tendon and [another tendon whose name…