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Joseph at 15

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:21:10 -0700

It is hard to believe. Yesterday Ethan (my son who died in infancy) would have been 17...and Joe is fixin' 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...

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Back to Brown

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:41:03 -0700

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. ...

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Crankypants

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:54:57 -0700

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 ...

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Let the Right One In

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:38:15 -0700

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...

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On the dole baby, and luvin it

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:14:39 -0700

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 ...

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Vignette No. 1

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:21:12 -0700

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...

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Tatt Ho

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:52:54 -0700

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's issue o...

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Back from the Abyss

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:06:54 -0700

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...

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Shrink wrapped

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:52:50 -0700

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...

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Do these pants make my labia look fat?

nobody@vox.com(thebitterlinguist) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:36:16 -0700

If you weren't completely depressed before this rant...please read on to feel the urge to open not one, but every vein in your arm. As if the plastic boob epidemic were not enough...we now have women going under the knife for designer vaginas (I...

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