Tag: living
group name: amusingmusings
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March 09, 2006 07:06 PM EST --
I took my German Shepard to the vet today and when no one was looking I hopped on the dog scale. I thought for sure I had gained a few pounds, but was surprised to see I lost 4 pounds! While driving home . . .
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April 30, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
1. I was born dead. When my heart stopped beating during delivery, they knocked my mom out, removed me with forceps and spent 2 minutes reviving me. The jury is still out as to if there . . .
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April 02, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I call to my two cats, Mao and Cheddar. And they come running.
I called "Baby Fooooood." Sure, they know the words, "Baby Food." They're cats. . . .
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April 05, 2006 11:20 AM EDT --
Clutching my seventy-five cent deli corn dog, my body hanging precariously in mid air, I realized that time had stopped – which was convenient because it gave me both the opportunity to reflect on . . .
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April 29, 2006 09:45 PM EDT --
Two Decembers ago, it was 65 degrees and my crocuses and tulips bloomed.
They trusted. They trusted their instinct that the time to bloom was at that moment.
It doesn't matter they were wrong. They . . .
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March 16, 2006 09:10 PM EST --
While wondering through the aisles of the grocery store I noticed a display case in the pharmacy area. In the case were yellow bottles with a grinning monkey, giving a thumbs up. His butt is very large . . .
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May 04, 2006 09:06 PM EDT --
When I was in college, when I felt self-indulgent and wanted to write, I would say 'I'm feeling mossy.'
It was an oblique reference to Walt Whitman. More mundanely, I was feeling creative. . . .
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June 19, 2009 01:21 PM EDT --
I'm totally grossed out from an errand I ran this morning. I went to the Wal-Mart Superstore by my house to return an item I bought last week. Now I realize this is a store for the masses and I shouldn't . . .
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April 10, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
I am seeing the cycles in my life. On the phone as usual with my daughter, discussing ironing and the need for casual sex (for her, not me!), I realized I hadn't fed the animals. I tossed some kibble . . .
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May 09, 2006 03:24 AM EDT --
"Hey, you there – don't jump."
A short, balding man with a twinkle in his eye and appearing to be ageless, yet elderly, caught the younger man by the arm, and stopped him . . .
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June 12, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
I Wish You a Wedding to Forget
by
Aileen Fish
Originally published in the Newhall (CA) Signal, March 9, 1989.
I can't believe my brother wants to get married this June. It's not the normal . . .
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July 06, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
5:30 am: I wake up too early again today, just like every other day in recent memory. How can this job of mine take over my life like this so thoroughly? "It's not fair!" . . .
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April 29, 2006 10:02 AM EDT --
I was sitting in traffic, two cars away from the left turn lane I needed to get on the freeway and go home for the weekend. It was rainy. Everyone was in as big a hurry as I was. I don't know . . .
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February 15, 2006 04:33 PM EST --
This is an update in my ongoing adventure - the imminent wedding for my eldest daughter. If you would like to get read some of the developments so far please see my previous posts "Why I Will . . .
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April 04, 2006 07:04 PM EDT --
It has recently come to my attention that children obtain most of their social cues and even some of their learning by observing their parents. For some reason I was either not given that information or . . .
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March 14, 2006 11:48 PM EST --
While I take the time to feed a colony of perfectly sane feral cats - I've noticed that the wild strays are oddly free of neurotic behaviors.
This leads me to believe that our cats pick up all their . . .
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May 12, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
Last night I was out with friends. Four of them are conservatives, one of them is an uber liberal, and I like to think for myself as a moderate. Just kidding, but I am about as middle of the road as one . . .
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May 28, 2009 10:08 PM EDT --
5/28/09
It is now 3 years and exactly 3 months since we first laid eyes on George at LAX that rainy night. George the Cat is now known as George of the Tundra. He rules . . .
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March 24, 2006 04:49 PM EST --
Dear Bryan, I have to tell you the truth, as I see it. I'm a bunny. A Honey Bunny to be exact. I'm no run-of –the-mill bunny either. You see, I'm an actress. . . .
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May 02, 2006 02:59 AM EDT --
Breathing is life.
It is involuntary.
We cannot will ourselves to stop.
But we can will ourselves to breathe faster or slower.
But even this feat cannot last forever.
In the end, we must trust enough . . .
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