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Thursday was quite a day for little Allison Kate! She had to opportunity to be in a back-to-school fashion show on Fox channel 5, here in San Diego. We had to arrive early-well, 7:30-which is extremely early since we have been on summer break! The back-to-school fashion show segment did not air until 8:30. I had no trouble getting my little ( Read more... )

It was 1994 and I turned twenty-one in June that year. I was working at Red Lobster, which my co-workers affectionately called the Red Dumpster. For my twenty-first birthday, the girls I worked with promised to rock my world with a wild birthday celebration. They teased me for weeks about how my birthday present would have batteries and in my ( Read more... )

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Over the weekend, while listening to talk radio, Mr. Bear and I heard this story from Illinois and could not stop laughing over the irony.

The last name of Rich Whitney, Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate, was misspelled on electronic-voting machines in two dozen wards, as “Whitey.” This error was made in 23 total wards, half of ( Read more... )

My dad has always been a bullshitter. Actually, we come from a long line of bullshitters, but that is neither here nor there. When I was little, my dad used to screw with the three of us kids. He would open the front door and the conversation would go something like this:

Dad: Hey Laura! The pink elephants are marching down the street again!
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I was awarded a bloggy award from one of my newest bloggy friends, Mandy of I Am Java Mama. We met through the NaBloMoPo and I have really been enjoying her blog! She takes beautiful pictures and has committed herself to the 365 Project (a photo everyday for 365 days).


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You know you want to throw a shoe at Bush:

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I came across this cartoon today and had to share!

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We had a fabulous day with our friends at the horse races! It was rather last minute (uhh, less than a week’s notice is spontaneous for us ;-) ), but a great time! Allie had so much fun ( Read more... )