Archive for May, 2008

It’s time to put "Sex and the City" to bed

Friday, May 30th, 2008

After two and a half hours of watching what I hope will be my last tryst with "Sex and the City," I found myself facing the bathroom mirror, donning my non-brand bright pink digs and attempting to get my eyes lined ala Carrie Bradshaw. I haven't looked this trolloped up ...

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I’m ready for a good poking

Friday, May 30th, 2008

I’ve been psyching myself up for a new piercing for a few weeks now, and tomorrow is the big day. I'm heading to Bink's. Oh, yeah, I’m ready to get poked. Big time. My sister was trying to get me to divulge the top secret location of my next ...

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Do you really need an occasion for cupcakes?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Here’s the scoop. I was talking to the Data Desk Dudes about this crazy Wilton Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes Pan that was featured in the rail of yesterday’s Taste section. I asked the Dudes why anyone would want to assemble a fragile ice-cream-cone-shaped cupcake that would easily be ...

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How trashy are you?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Since moving to the house, which means recycling bins and the ability to compost, the boyfriend and I produce exactly two bags of trash a week. That’s one bag per person per week or 52 bags of trash a year per person. Hmmm. That’s not bad considering before we moved ...

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His pain was my gain

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

As you may have read, my brave colleague was successful in his quest to eat the Flamethrower pizza at Stevi B’s on Friday evening. After a little pre-eating chillaxin’ at my abode, Matt rubbed Superbun’s big thumpers for good luck and we were off to scorch his innards. Like ...

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Say what you will, but a little civility doesn’t hurt anyone

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Well, I’ll say this for the posters on Tallahassee.com: You certainly do test my long-held beliefs and principles. If you can come away from this job STILL believing that free speech is a divine and inalienable right, well, you must really, really believe.And I do, but you sure don’t make ...

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Removing the me from my parents house

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

There’s nothing like a visit home to remind you of exactly who you are and how much junk you still have sitting around at your parents house. That’s right; I spent my Memorial Day weekend with the folks. (Well, I spent Memorial Day at work but I spent the ...

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Note from family gatherings: Gas prices reaching dangerous levels

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

My son got married in West Virginia over the weekend, two weeks after he graduated from medical school at Marshall University. That means the family car made two trips up and down the highway, with many hours on Interstate 75 and too many dollars left at gas stations.It also means ...

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Revisiting high-school graduation 10 years later

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

As I sat in the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Saturday, watching my cousin give her salutatorian speech, I couldn’t help but think 10 years ago, this same month, I walked down that very same path, across that very same stage, and received my diploma from high school. That’s right, ...

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I’m the “West Virginia Goodwill Ambassador”

Monday, May 26th, 2008

Anyone who knows me, even casually, understands that there is one thing that will get me riled up more than anything else: knocking West Virginia.As a kid, the stereotypes that surrounded my home always puzzled me because they didn’t apply to me, my family or my friends.  Consider for example, ...

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