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In my last post, I wrote about a dorky hat I wore in 6th grade, and its special water-carrying properties. I thought it was pretty cool that if a bunch of us were stranded at a campground, I could save the whole gang from dehydration by trekking to a lake or spring and hauling back life-restoring water in my chapeau.
Well, in the comments section, my sister had this to say: Read the rest of this entry »
For kids and other people in school, Labor Day Weekend is like New Year’s.
It’s a time of reinvention, when you start over with a clean slate, and make all kinds of outlandish promises about the “new you.” Read the rest of this entry »
Shiloh Jolie Pitt is stealing my look.
It’s true. Normally, we average people latch on to celebrity styles. But this “celeb tot,” as the magazines call them, is clearly following mine.
Shiloh is Brad and Angelina’s daughter, but, like I did at that age, she looks more like a son. Read the rest of this entry »
Do they still make Very Special Episodes and After School Specials?
I hope so. They were the cornerstone of my education in Things Not To Do, like drugs, drinking, drinking and driving, bingeing and puking, killing yourself, and getting molested by the nice man who owns the bicycle shop. (Poor Dudley.*)
Those TV shows served me well: I’ve never tangled with drugs, had a problem with the booze, or done any of those other things they have treatment programs for. But I have fallen prey to several addictions that, I think you’ll agree, are almost as ruinous. Which leaves me to ask:
My blog has no theme.
A theme would have been ideal – like Adorable Shit My Kid Says (don’t have kid, been done)
or All Things Smurf (I only owned around 12, so not qualified)
or Celebrities And TV Characters On Injectable Or Snortable Drugs (hmmm, not bad, actually).
I’m sure somewhere out there is the perfect organizing principle for this blog. So if you want to know why I put it up with zero theme, ask me how I feel about air conditioning. And ants.
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