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Language Decoder Part II

Language Decoder – Part II I wrote a while back about real estate agent double speak. You know, the kind where you read about a house

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Mediocre Moms?…

A friend forwarded me an interesting opinion piece from Canada’s The Globe and Mail called “Motherhood:the new oppression?”  The author argues that the current crop

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Baby Shrek

The latest installment of the Shrek movies is predictably number one at the box office for the past coupla weeks but I have no inkling

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Drugs

JJ and I must be on the same wavelength today, cause we both ended up blogging about drugs, he about the legalization of Marijuana and

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Liveblogging the Oscars

4:00 pm The Oscars are about to start in an hour. Let’s see if everything is in place. Phone ringer off? CHECK Popocorn on? CHECK

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Smoking

In the middle of the onslaught of horrendous news from around the world, the earthquake from Chile, Senator Bunning’s filibustering, Toyota’s blood profits, TV’s Bachelor

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Going Commando

SweetPea is finally going Commando!  No, not like Brooke Shields in those Calvin Klein ads (remember, nothing comes between me and my Calvins?)  Rather, he

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Potty Mouth!

Have you ever wondered if, behind the cherubic face of your little angel, lurks the evil mind of Baby Stewie, of Family Guy fame?  I

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Super Mario Scandal

Another three women have come forward claiming they have done more than just “8 levels” with Legendary Sports Star and International Celebrity Super Mario, of

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It takes a village…

I was reading in L.A. Times that Congress is considering expanding the Elder Justice Act and other provisions affecting seniors and long-term care.  The various

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Iran, a reflection: Names

This blog is in response to Ms. Nazy Kaviani’s blog asking people to contribute writings with the theme “Iran, a reflection” and starting with the

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Summer is upon us :o)

For some reason, the month of May turned out to be  one of the worst months I have experienced.  A dear uncle was injured in a

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Spoiled brats

I’ve been so busy dealing with the tantrumtastic ways of my toddler lately that I have failed to notice, for the most part, the spoiled

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Terrible Twos

Lately, something as simple as grocery shopping has turned into Mission Impossible.  The Sweet Pea is going through the “terrible twos” stage, which means he

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Rerun

I am re-posting a satire I wrote a while back about Ahmadinejad and his wife.  So this is old news, not “featured blog” material. But

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Oscars, fashion and movies

The Oscars ceremony will be broadcast this Sunday and as usual, most people’s attention will be focused on the fashions instead of the films. Not

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My favorite chick flicks

Many film critics argue that Hollywood churns out “escapist” films during times of great economic strife or war, because that’s what the public demands. For

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