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Reading through the newspaper over the last few days, I’ve come to a couple of conclusions. One is that liberals and conservatives...
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Ah, the joys of running a newspaper. Alert readers probably noticed something a wee bit amiss with last Saturday’s newspaper. If you...
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I think we will just wrap this past Christmas up in a box and hide it somewhere in the attic, never to be remembered. The intent was...
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Ever have one of those days when you walk into your home and you know something isn’t right with the cosmos? Happened to me the other...
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“Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d ? Not tho’ the soldier knew Some one had...
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(The Little Black Dress has taken over the column today) Sometimes a woman’s gotta do what a woman’s gotta do. Okay, what...
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One of the most agonizing feelings any parent goes through is seeing one’s child in pain. This is more so when you know there is...
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People collect different things. Stamps, baseball cards, coins, scars, strep throat. I collect wise words. My favorites usually come...
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I was on vacation a few days last week, so here’s something from the archives. And yes, I’ll be writing about our latest adventures...
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Something a little different today – a combination editorial and column buttressed by yet another column. Based on the Sound...
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The other day I got a note from my dad. It was, shall we say, old school. Not an email or text message, but rather a handwritten...
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“I know Latin.” The first words spoken to me when I came home from work the other day. Youngest SON of Thunder, who made that...
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A day late, sorry about that. I consider myself, for the most part, a fairly calm person. By that I mean there’s not a lot that fazes...
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Youngest SON of Thunder has taken to the couch a lot lately. He is, to put it simply, a walking petri dish of Streptococcal...
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bedroom at 6 a.m. Yes, it’s the LBD’s bedroom. I just sleep there — that is, after I remove the countless pillows and other decor...
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With school back in session, I am waiting for the big science project to be assigned. I am not worried, the Little Black Dress is a...
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“You’re talking to yourself again,” the Little Black Dress admonished me the other day. “No, I’m not.” “Yes you are,” she replied....
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On the night preceding the first day of high school, I spent more time figuring out what I was going to wear than I did sleeping....
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It is impossible to describe in words the full impact of the moment when someone tells you that they have nothing. In a world where...
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It is proportionally more quiet around our house this week. I take that back in part. Let us say it was proportionally more quiet for...
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As I get older, sometimes I think about those simple things that no longer exist, at least in their simple forms. We grow up, get...
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Not long ago, I visited a local playground. The exact location will remain anonymous to protect the fun-crushers. It had the latest...
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In a way, I’m beginning to feel sorry for all those people deep in the bowels of the National Security Administration. Armed with...
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There are certain rules that should apply when one’s significant other is away for more than, say, five days. Namely, if the...
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Yeah, like you’ve never been there There’s something to be said for those “quickie” do-it-yourself home projects. Namely, there...
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