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I love to watch cooking shows.  I usually watch them while I am in the kitchen making dinner. But Giada De Laurentiis is really pissing me off. I’ve gotten some good ideas from her.  But I’m just about to the point where I can’t listen to her anymore.  I find the fact that she has to say

When I was little, there was a guy named Paul who lived in my town and worked at the grocery store bagging groceries. My parents knew his parents, and so he knew me by name.  Every time we went to the store he would say hello to me. Well, he was mentally retarded.  Or special

Let me begin by saying I think Girl Scouts of Connecticut is a wonderful organization. And then let me follow by saying that I hated almost every second I was involved in it. I really wanted to like it. I started off feeling enthusiastic about being a leader of Number 4’s troop.  I envisioned myself with Number

About 2 months ago I wrote about the sad state of my office (here’s the link if you haven’t  read it (http://nyam.wpengine.com/?p=739). Someone recently asked about my progress.  I bet you thought I hadn’t made any. But I’ve been waiting for someone to say something.  I knew the moment would arrive, and I didn’t want to

It’s a good thing I’ve been training for this triathalon. Last night I went to Shoprite.  As I was pushing the cart back to my car, I passed a husband and wife who were unloading their groceries into their car. They had two shopping carts.  One of their carts was the kind with a truck