From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Michael Jackson’s Death Is Tearing Our Family Apart

July 7, 2009

Michael Jackson’s death is tearing our family apart. My daughter took the news hard. “You know, Michael Jackson died,” she told me a few minutes after she saw a breaking news bulletin. “I know,” I said. “Do you know who he is?” Because ten year olds are funny. Like my daughter had no idea who […]

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Remedial Blog School: So, You Started a Blog!

July 6, 2009

Welcome to Our First Official Session! (You may want to refresh yourself with the introductory post, which consists of my referring you to excellent bloggers that discuss the techniques of blogging and other useful tips.) So, you started a blog–Congratulations. You have lots of ideas of what you’ll write about, a Swiss bank account where […]

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uPhone

July 5, 2009

John got an iPhone last week and our relationship is in deep peril. As is the future of our country. He keeps forwarding email crap to me and I’m sure that the only reason that he does it is so that the ridiculous legend at the bottom, “sent from my iPhone”, can mock me. He […]

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July 5, 2009

My stepson’s mother passed away this weekend. She has been ill for a while, terminally ill and although we knew that this day would be here, it still transformed me. I lay awake last night, thinking about her. I remember the first time that I met her. I was so nervous to meet my husband’s […]

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What a Week

July 3, 2009

Normally I wouldn’t post so soon after my last post, but I am leaving for the weekend to an internet-unfriendly place, and Blogger has been unfriendly about posting my scheduled posts. I assume it’s because Blogger is in deep mourning about Michael Jackson and Farrah, but who knows, could be latent anti-semitism. So here I […]

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If My Twitter Updates Were Protected

July 2, 2009

So one of life’s mysteries to me is when someone on Twitter follows you and you go to check them out and follow them back and it says that their updates are protected and that you have to seek the person’s permission to follow them. Ok. So, how does that work exactly? “OMG, your Twitter […]

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