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mostly personal anecdotes where I sometimes try to be humorous

(maybe not always, Not everytime, but sometimes)

  • Writing Group

    Well, today is Writing Group day and after much foot dragging, I have my story. I got a little tripped up on the writing prompts, where were: 1. Your most memorable experience involving something inherently Mexican (a vacation, a meal, a game, a souvenier, a friend). (honoring Cinco de Mayo) 2. If you had the…

  • Dotopotamus!

    Don’t miss the the much anticipated return of Dotopotamus with its fresh new look and fresh new stories!  WELCOME BACK!!!!! (Unlike the Big Blue Mess, who is trying to think up stories and is attempting to write something new for my first writing group meeting.   This may quickly be followed by me being unceremoniously kicked-out of the group after much…

  • Post CCL Surgery: A Beagle’s Story

    Three months after Sam’s surgery for her torn CCL and I’m here to report that all involved survived.  Sam walks, runs, plays, hops and dances.  She may need to stretch a bit, before bounding out the door, but overall she is looking good. I’m basically going to evangelize a bit to those thinking about surgery for ligament tears,…

  • Wee vs. The Boards

    Dear Wee, After much grousing, a semblance of the boards has returned just for you.  Sure, evidence of your old charm is gone, but think of it as a new, fresh place to spread your message of big pulsing hearts and teddy bears – a bold new board. As a bonus, I bring you ads…

  • Jay & Seth

    No, this isn’t a story about Jay & Seth . I know, you saw a new post and were expecting some insight or maybe a comment on a commonality between the two.  Let’s see, ok, ummm… Seth once lived in a commune in Canada (there’s a Wiki about it, but see how this isn’t actually…

  • Beth, Where Are…

    The pictures? You were going to ask about the pictures, weren’t you? Well, *I* have them, but in making the changes to the new blog the links are broken. I understand how frustrating this is to lose the links to the acclaimed photos from the amazing photojournalist that is me. No really. You all have…

  • What Did You DO?!?!

    OMG!!! The blog changed. It’s no longer blue! The sidebars, the glorious sidebars… gone! Well, it was about time don’t you think? Dear ol’ me, with the help of dear ol’ Blogger caused my blog to explode last week. It wasn’t pretty. I had written a  heartfelt-ish post, threw a gigantic post Post pity party…

  • Bullies

    I’ve been following the Phoebe Prince story – the story of the 15-year-old girl who recently committed suicide after being bullied at school. Over the past week, I’ve found myself reading excerpts from various articles and books like Barbara Coloroso’s “The Bully, The Bullied and The Bystander” trying to wrap my head around the nature of bullying…

  • A Pulse

    There’s a little tool I use to view information on my website called Google Analytics. It allows me to get a tiny peek at the people who are peeking at this site – like Drew or that one person in London. Hi! When you look at it, it almost resembles an EKG reading. The kind…

  • Toast Masters: Recap

    Ok, so I lied to you. I promised a recap on Thursday and I didn’t deliver. Those of you who know me well enough probably weren’t actually looking. You are well trained! Let me start by saying I didn’t actually join on Wednesday. I discovered a loophole – a loophole that allowed me to attend…

  • Toastmasters

    I’m not a public speaker, which comes as no surprise to my friends and family. I prefer to be that anonymous non-speaking blob in meetings praying we don’t have to perform any icebreakers or group skits and repeating my name in my head so that I won’t forget it if I’m called on. A few…

  • “She” is Not Code for “Him”

    Sam came with her name, which is a fine name, but not necessarily a name I’d give a pet. If I’d actually had the opportunity to name Sam, she would have been given a name generally reserved for pets, hillbillies or very old people, and it wouldn’t have been anything like Sam or even Renee…

  • The Chronicles of Sam: Week Two – Milestones

    I know you’ve been waiting around all week hoping for the latest Sam update and you’re in luck. I know! How exciting! (We all know “shut up about the dog already” is actually just a thinly veiled plea for more beagle news. It’s “code”. I have it on the best authority. Mine.) This week Sam…

  • The Chronicles of Sam: Week 1

    This first week has been about establishing new routines and I’m very glad to be on the end of that week and not back at the beginning. Taking a dog that used to have the use of four legs and free range of the house and forcing her to become one who lives with a…

  • Worth It

    Sam just got home… if she could speak I’m sure it would be something like: you feed me, you betray me and now you have a camera – on a suck scale you’re rating a 10. Good job.

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