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Election Day

On November 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In in the news, nablopomo, politics

I told myself weeks ago that I didn’t care as much as I have in the past about the outcome of the presidential election.

Still, I find myself parked on the couch tonight, laptop in my lap, with Brian Williams on TV giving me up-to-the-minute news on the results. And I am anxious.

I […]

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Sandy’s Come and Gone

On October 30, 2012 · 2 Comments · In in the news

On Monday, we were bracing for Superstorm Sandy to come roaring through here like, well, a hurricane.

As it turns out, we were lucky. Things didn’t get nearly as bad as the experts were saying it could have been—not here, at least. We had crazy wind and rain for several hours last night, and […]

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Sandy

On October 28, 2012 · 2 Comments · In in the news

It sounds like we’ll be meeting a not-so-lovely storm named Sandy over the next couple of days.

I’m not sure how worried I’m supposed to be about this.

Part of me is in the holy-crap-do-we-have-what-we-need camp. And another part of me is in the I-bet-this-won’t-be-nearly-as-bad-as-they-say camp. Because you know, the weather guys (and gals) don’t […]

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Les Mis

On October 2, 2012 · 16 Comments · In in the news

When I was 12 or 13 years old, my mom took me to New York City. We went for just a day—a quick trip in from New Jersey, where we were visiting my mom’s best friend, Susan, and her family. The four of us girls (my mom, Susan, her daughter Nina, and myself) left the […]

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Rapture

On March 6, 2012 · 15 Comments · In in the news

This made me chuckle.

Disclaimer: I’ve never actually seen an episode of Jersey Shore. But unfortunately, I do know who Snooki is, and I know enough to realize that this is funny. Ha!

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