Archive | December, 2005

mistletoe moment

December 30, 2005

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Wait, they always say it!  It’s a courtesy.  If he’s going to come and he doesn’t warn you, he might as well have asked you to go dutch for dinner.  I mean really, you just have to warn her; once…

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patience

December 29, 2005

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Last night, I went through a guided visualization exercise.  I had to picture in my mind a safe place.  I imagined the family room den from the house in which I was raised.  I was relaxing on the green sofa,…

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more or less

December 28, 2005

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We’ve been fighting a lot.  I don’t know what a lot means when compared to the average couple, but I presume we do it more because of how I am, because of how he is.  Debaters really.  Aries and Libra. …

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massive missive

December 21, 2005

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I was the recipient of mass by MID today.  Oh believe me, I’ve done it.  The mass-email is a hoax.  No one ever really hits ‘address to all contacts.’  Because do you really want to mass-email your dentist’s receptionist about…

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is there a gender difference when it comes to placing bets?

December 19, 2005

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is there a gender difference when it comes to placing bets?

Jack Franzen, one of the traders on the Merrill Lynch trading floor, was taking bets.  He was certain he could eat one of each from the contents of the vending machine on their floor, excluding the chewing gum.  Mints?  Did…

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i never

December 15, 2005

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I know "I never" as a drinking game, but on the whole, I try to avoid using the words never or always because we change.  I never forward those emails, the ones that tell you to, to not just one…

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tree style

December 13, 2005

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My favorite time of year was when the ornament box came up from the basement.  Our tree was old-school.  Soldiers.  Mice.  Wooden toys.  Sleds.  Very Nutcracker makes out with Santa’s workshop. My sister Lea and I each had our favorite…

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positively negative

December 11, 2005

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You piss me off with your enthusiasm.  I don’t want to be positive or force a smile because studies prove that belief follows behavior, and if your brain feels a smile, it will feel happy.  I don’t want to be…

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