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The time I was a security guard
A memory No, really. I’m not kidding. It was the summer of 1998, and the boys at the fraternity house down the street were working for a security company that needed hands for their upcoming Stevie Nix concert. Looking back, it’s hilarious that the boys decided to call the sorority house for “backup security” but…
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On bad public bathrooms
My brother decided to start an enlightening discussion on his blog recently about memorable places to, uhm, do your business. You can read all about that here if you want. As you will see in the comments, it got me thinking not about what goes on so much in the bathrooms but about the bathrooms…
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100 bottles of beer on the wall
My apologies for the blurriness of this photo, but considering it’s of a beer card and I took the photo at a bar after having a few of these beers, I think it’s appropriate. Artistic, even? Ha, I won’t go there… This isn’t my beer card; it’s Chris’. I’m not the one finishing the beer…
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“You work for a hotel? Hey, hook me up with a discount!”
So the great thing about having my best friend work for a hotel is a hotel discount is never too far away. Unfortunately for her, a lot of other people feel the same way and she’s constantly juggling phone calls from people wanting the hookup. She’s not-so-jokingly referred to herself many times as the “family…
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Dogs still inside, WWIII has not happened.
So, a week and a half later and the dogs are still inside and still alive, so all is well on this front … There have been very few issues, actually. One little bathroom mishap the first time I let the dogs in my home office, but I made sure to spray all kinds of…
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Swimming, biking, running, sunburn.
Ok, I know I talk about working out waaaay too much on this blog, but this weekend was an extraordinary one so I just have to mention it. The running First I raced a 10K with Kevin, who totally kicked my butt (by 10 minutes) as he probably will with all races in the future.…
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I may suck at writing poetry lately …
But my friends at poetry assignment are rockin it! Please remember to check out their work and give them some comment love. In the meantime and to try to get back into the spirit of things, I have been designing a poetry book of my work, hoping that looking at it will bring back my…
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Me vs. pickup: So glad it didn’t happen
My dog woke me up at 5 a.m. to go to the bathroom, which seems terrible but the silver lining was that my alarm was going to go off 40 minutes later (yes, 40 minutes is 40 minutes, but still) for my morning run. As I was already up before the moon even decided to…
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Dogs in the house Day 1
Anyone who knows Jeff probably thinks this is either April Fool’s Day or I’ve just completely revolted against his no-dogs-in-the-house policy. Neither of these are true. Seven years ago, when Jeff and I moved in together, we compromised regarding the dogs: I could have them, but they had to live outside. I agreed, as Breanna…
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It’s all about the proof
Call me vain, but it’s not enough just to run, but I want everyone to know when I run. Part of it is motivation – if you know when I’m running then you know when I’m not running (like this week, ugh). My brother Kevin blogged about a race in which there was no race…