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Dear George
Dear George, English: President Barack Obama discusses the situation in Sudan with actor George Clooney during a meeting outside the Oval Office, Oct. 12, 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I read about your news in the papers today and was disappointed that you couldn’t find it in your heart to tell me yourself. I thought that…
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Is Shopping The Best Therapy For Middle-Aged Women?
It is with great sadness that I have to admit that I was forced to seek some therapy this weekend. Family Friendly (Photo credit: Jim Blob Blann) Kurt has been flipping the bird at the house rules again, (more of that in a later post), and I have been struggling to focus and get my…
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Parenting: That Special Father and Daughter Bond
kurt cobain and frances bean (Photo credit: seattlewhat) Sometimes, I admit that I give the old man a bit of a hard time about his parenting skills on this blog. Parenting doesn’t come naturally to anyone; it’s just that some people are better at faking it than others. The old man took some annual leave…
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6 Terrible Teenage Triggers
WEEK 2 OF THE SCHOOL/UNI HOLIDAYS IN DYSFUNCTIONALITY HOUSE (said in northern Big Brother accent). fridge surprise (Photo credit: Nestor’s Blurrylife) I am still alive. Barely. *Right eye twitching* So, I’m not normally one to go all ‘domestic’ on you, but the impact of having teenagers in my home PERMANENTLY over the past ten days…
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Women And Handbags: A Love Story
Rather like what they did to Star Wars, this post is the prequel to Women and Shoes: A Love Story and Women and Chocolate: A Huge fucking Love Story. You see I treated myself to a new handbag a few weeks ago. Obviously, I had to hide it in the concealment zone for ten days…
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The Selective Memory Issue That Is Tearing My Marriage Apart
It was a struggle going back to work today and having to think with clarity without that glass of wine in one hand and an Easter egg in the other. To Do List by Erin at http://www.flickr.com I farted around at my desk trying to achieve something for at least an hour before I decided…
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So, The Chocolate Diet’s Going Well
weigh in (Photo credit: jamelah) Thought I’d give myself a bit of a laugh this morning by stepping on the scales for the first time in a few weeks. Probably not the best choice of day for a weigh-in, admittedly. I heard the old man in the bathroom first, as he tiptoed on and off…
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Why Does Every Drink Come In A Jar These Days?
English: Photograph by ManekiNeko and released to the public domain. Two large jars of agua fresca in a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, Washington, USA. On the left is a jar of jamaica and on the right is a jar of horchata. Restaurant employees serve the drinks by ladling them from the jars into glasses. (Photo…
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‘Bringing Sexy Back’ Into Your Marriage
Real men go commando! So everyone knows that maintaining a level of intimacy in our relationships with teenagers around is even harder than when the kids were little. For lots of reasons, but mainly because they go to bed later, become aggressively interrogatory when doors are locked. If there is the mere suggestion that we…
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Tea With The Royals In Sydney
Wills and Kate (Photo credit: Scorpions and Centaurs) Some people just can’t take ‘no’ for an answer. I thought that when I migrated to the other side of the world I would escape my national debt to Royalty. But now they’ve turned up on my doorstep in Sydney. Kurt was very excited when he saw…
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The Objectification of Zac Efron: (Happy Easter, Ladies)
BREAKING NEWS: The actor, Zac Efron has been publicly objectified. The outrage happened at the MTV Movie Awards when Rita Ora ripped off his shirt after he won the award for best topless performance. Zac Efron has refused to comment but is said to be devastated by the public humiliation as well as the excessive…
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Do I Really Need The Blood Of The Easter Bunny On My Hands Too?
Can I Really Kill Of The Easter Bunny As Well? It came as a surprise when Kurt asked me casually the other day if the Easter Bunny was still coming on Sunday. I knew it was a test. You see, I thought that his childhood had been jettisoned out of the window some time ago;…
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