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Mom asks me one night if I want to go car shopping. Not being able to think of anything better to do, I agree to. “Remember,” she says, “looking doesn’t have to mean buying.” This coming from the queen of impulse buying. “I know,” I reply. So we walk on the lot and don’t see… Read more

“You could move.” ~Abigail Van Buren, “Dear Abby,” in response to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood Read more

You know how good things can come from bad things? Well, this little note is about just that. For years, I’ve had rules of life that I try to live by. Someday I’ll post them on here too. I may write a book about them first though. Who knows? But aside from that little tangent,… Read more

Yesterday Allison Toney’s Facebook update read: Allison: update on JennyCook…baby is here on 2/11, Rosalie Mildred, 9lbs 5.9oz…she doesn’t have internet access right now. This is our conversation that followed: 8:31pm Melissa So your status update makes it seem like the kid doesn’t have internet access yet 8:32pm Allison She doesn’t. Her computer died two… Read more