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I don’t get it
Grump and I are looking for a way to take occasional vacations (we need time away a few times a year) and so I was researching rv finance when I got sidetracked (I think this is becoming typical of me). I saw an article dealing with certain web-celebs using ghost writers to update to Twitter [...]
Us vs. Them
In my longer-than-necessary quest to lose that last 15 pounds (no longer just 10, sadly) I’ve been researching the best fat burners that are also the safest. I have held off on using those as a nudge to get over that last little hump and have finally caved, I think. Doing a google search for [...]
Twitter-rama
When I was looking at diet pill reviews (for research purposes) I got severely distracted by what’s happening on Twitter. Apparently users can no longer see replies from those they are following to those they’re not. And this is causing quite the uproar in the Twittersphere.
I don’t really understand what the hoopla is all about [...]
Now I Understand
I was reading this post on BlogHer when I followed a link to an article about "death bloggers". I had never thought of something like Munchausen by Proxy could bleed into the Internet culture. But it makes perfect sense at the same time. There are examples of varying degrees of this sort of thing in [...]
Take A Deep Breath
A friend of my mother-in-law owned a few beach vacation rentals on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. This friend was, at the time, pretty wealthy (obviously) and generous toward her friends and their children. A few years ago she allowed my in-laws, Grump, me and the kids to stay in one of her rentals for [...]
Hashtag Drama
Whatever to things like diamond rings being big ol’ status symbols? You’d see a woman with a few big rocks on her fingers and you knew she was either rolling in the money or was hooked up with a man that was (I have a friend who still thinks diamonds = status, by the way). [...]
Heading to Prom
My daughter is looking is trying to find out how to get rid of acne before next weekend, so her face won’t be blotchy when she goes to Prom. this is her last year doing things like this and she’s really upset that she’s having a breakout. I don’t know what to do for her, [...]
