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Category: This is my life
I have 2 rules
OK, I have more than two rules, but these two are relevant to this week. Learn them: Rule No. 1: Do not call and try to sell me things. When I say no the first time, I mean it. When I say no the third time, I am getting angry and will dodge your future… Continue reading I have 2 rules
You don’t own me
A friend invited me to add an application to my often neglected MySpace page. Using Own Your Friends you can: Buy and sell your friends as ‘pets’. Make your ‘pets’ hug, punch, and poke each other. Change your pets’ status messages to whatever you want. Find out how much your friends think you are worth!… Continue reading You don’t own me
Ew, ew, ew
The news report conversation that just took place between MSNBC’s Tamaran Hall, left, and Stephanie Stanton, right,: HALL: Here we go. China has pulled ahead of the U.S. in the medal count. Now China now has 9 gold medals compared to just 3 for the U.S. NBC’s Stephanie Stanton live in Beijing. So Stephanie, is… Continue reading Ew, ew, ew
Summer of hope
Four years ago, I was living in the Extended Stay Hotel in Merrillville, Ind., waiting to close on the house I was buying in Crown Point and working at The Times of Northwest Indiana — my second tour of duty there. And I was watching the Olympics in Athens on TV and listening to Barack… Continue reading Summer of hope