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        <title>Joseph at 15</title>   
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    It is hard to believe.  Yesterday Ethan (my son who died in infancy) would have been 17...and Joe is fixin&#39; to start his sophomore year.  Ben no longer lives at home.  And Johnny starts culinary school in a few short weeks.  I feel time falling a...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Back to Brown</title>   
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        <published>2009-07-23T14:41:03Z</published>
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   I went back to brown last winter.....and got the inverted bob...the kate gosselin look. I took this photo on lifeframe last night to update facebook, which is where I mostly spend my time.  But now that I write fulltime I realize I need my blog.  ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Crankypants</title>   
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        <published>2009-03-19T22:54:57Z</published>
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      I am feeling really crabby this week....been boozing too much and not getting enough sleep and scraping plates at the Scottish Rite...and having to tell the boys over and over I have no money for whatever it is they are mewling for.  I started ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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    A couple of weekends ago two of my girlfriends asked me to go see a Swedish vampire movie.  Of course I went, but only because it was them and we have a way of having memorable outings. The movie was stark, lyrical and beautiful...tho at the begi...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>On the dole baby, and luvin it</title>   
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        <published>2009-03-13T16:14:39Z</published>
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    Unemployment is really not so bad.   I have settled in to sleeping late, drinking coffee every morning with the dogs, working out and writing fulltime.  I do talk to them and myself sometimes, or holler at the TV, but overall I have never been a ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Vignette No. 1</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-25T17:21:12Z</published>
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     OPENING SCENE: So on our way up to Ladyparts, WI last weekend we stopped in Eau Claire (where my third son is interred) to pay our respects at the mausoleum. When we got there I realized I was ill-prepared...I had not picked up any flowers for h...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Tatt Ho</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-25T14:52:54Z</published>
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          Am recovering from quite a weekend. In the last six months I have been working with a non-profit started by a woman in my community whose daughter was murdered by her abusive boyfriend. (If you want to read more pick up this month&#39;s issue o...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Back from the Abyss</title>   
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        <published>2008-06-17T21:06:54Z</published>
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        I have not posted in eons...thot I would wander back and say Howdy Neighbors. My life has changed a bit and getting through that required a lot of my energy. Another divorce folks. Yes me and the Numister hit the skids last Fall. He became pr...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Shrink wrapped</title>   
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        <published>2007-08-28T18:52:50Z</published>
        <updated>2007-08-30T01:00:43Z</updated>
    
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     Hey everyone! I took a hiatus this summer basically because I could not think of a darn thing to say. At least that would be at all interesting. And in fact, still cannot. Who knew dealing with all my issues would leave me so....boring? Or at le...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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