Tag: living
group name: notestoself
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December 30, 2007 03:31 PM EST --
I'm keeping up with my Chicago Bears and Chicago Bulls who beat NY today. My Bulls are going to be up there in the end.
My plan of the day
1. Back up my music on an external hard drive.
2. . . .
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December 29, 2007 11:30 PM EST --
My Response to Election Fear Mongering
We haven't hit the election season full stride yet and the fear mongering has begun in earnest. What's fear mongering? Spreading unsubstantiated rumors . . .
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March 27, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
Apparently, photographs to chronicle and commemorate one's surgical procedures are standard fare these days. Oh yes, printed on a glossy sheet of photo paper, my ovaries and abdominal cavity . . .
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February 08, 2008 07:04 PM EST --
Just got word that I made bonus again for the 2nd straight year. Going into December was border line but things went well and pushed me over budget expectations for 2007. I never really worry about . . .
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December 18, 2008 11:56 PM EST --
(Changed the name; content is the same)
A good week for animal stories :
1. From T he Week Magazine
An English piglet that was scared of mud has gotten over her fears, after being equipped . . .
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February 05, 2008 06:23 PM EST --
I usually get alerts on scams so here is the latest one I'm passing on my Gather buddies. As many know in Gatherland I deal with scammers for 40 hrs a week for the most part.
FBI IDENTIFIES . . .
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January 07, 2009 02:14 AM EST --
I'm sitting here, at after one in the AM, because my legs won't stop killing me, my shoulder and neck are reeking havoc upon my pain threshold, and I have this stupid bag to contend with, still. . . .
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May 26, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
This Monday the Humor Gang slowed down a little probably because it's
Memorial Day and a holiday — and possibly because I didn't remind them. We are . . .
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October 19, 2008 11:45 PM EDT --
Don’t take life too seriously , or so they say. What if you got to Heaven and found yourself in a comedy competition with ten other candidates? The rules: the humor has to be true; losers . . .
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October 28, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
(I published this column in 2006. This year there’s another pumpkin shortage in certain areas and I thought this might be appropriate reading this week.)
Good grief, Charlie Brown, there’s . . .
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January 23, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
Life can seem long, but it's not. One bad diagnosis and it can get short in a hurry. Then what do you do?
In their new movie, "The Bucket List," when Jack Nicholson and Morgan . . .
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February 10, 2008 01:10 AM EST --
My sister-in-law, a truck driver, had decided to get a dog for protection.
As she inspected a likely candidate, the trainer told her, "He doesn't like men."
"Perfect," . . .
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February 14, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
When I returned home from college for a break, I noticed a paper posted on the refrigerator. It listed some goals my dad had set for himself: Help wife more; lose weight; be more productive at work. . . .
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March 29, 2008 05:08 PM EDT --
I just got in from my first bike ride of the 2008 season in the Chicago area and it was a blast. I took a ride though the local historic house district, a little over 10 miles round trip. Bike riding is . . .
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February 28, 2008 06:55 PM EST --
Tomorrow is February 29th.
Tell the truth. You forgot, didn't you?
That's OK. It means you have a free day with no plans.
If you get really stuck, here's an idea:
Broaden . . .
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May 19, 2008 10:40 AM EDT --
The rich aside, it's not an easy time out there, economically, for Americans today.
Recession, insecurity, and inflation hit everyone but thirty-something journalist Nan Mooney sees a generational . . .
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July 14, 2008 05:07 PM EDT --
I spied this at a garage sale in Portland, Ore. This 1930s Westinghouse Refrigerator has been painted over many times; it's missing one of the metal interior shelves, and both of the remaining . . .
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November 23, 2008 11:47 PM EST --
I don’t know how your innocence died but for me it happened in stages. The Easter Bunny was the first fatality, just after my fifth birthday. This wasn’t such a shock. We didn’t have a TV then so I . . .
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December 11, 2008 11:58 PM EST --
Friday Giggles is an attempt to cast off the week doldrums and get into a happy mood for the weekend. (People who work weekends should read this during the week.)
When posted (may not be weekly . . .
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December 21, 2008 11:55 PM EST --
It’s Christmas and that means presents under the tree — some clearly wrapped by Martha Stewart’s elves and the rest apparently by a pygmy tribe with a central nervous system disorder. But . . .
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