I’m really starting to feel like a minority in my homeland.  Why?
I am proud to be an Irish Dutch German African Nordic Scottish Italian French English Swedish Native American (et al) American. Geez, what a mouthful! And I guess, there’s more, but I haven’t uncovered the other ancestors yet.
I am the epitome of the American [...]

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My buzzword for today was “optimistic.”
Determined to put the past few stress-filled days behind me, I started my morning optimistic that the day would progress uneventfully. That was at 8:15am. By 9:00am - although determined to maintain a degree of optimism - things were already starting to go awry. Just little things. [...]

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In the continuing marvel of the evolution of man, we women stop to ponder - why do men sit/sleep with a hand stuffed down their pants, (aka the “Al Bundy Effect”)?
I offer up for exhibit this compelling picture, taken straight from the family album, that demonstrates - beyond a shadow of a doubt - it [...]

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Do you remember Janice from Friends? Well, apparently her twin was shopping at Target the other day. We heard her before we saw her. “Ohhhh!…”
Gary and I looked at each other in disbelief. No, she wasn’t going to say it. Gar laughed and uttered, “Oh! my! God!”
Then we hear ‘Janice’ (very [...]

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