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rants on various topics (Quote taken from The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon)

Gastric Surgery: Why I’m Against It

The thing that bothers me about gastric surgeries for weight loss is that, as best as I can tell from reading and research, it’s not that it changes your metabolism or body chemistry. It doesn’t change your hormonal balance. It … Continue reading

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Bike Lock Adventure

Please forgive this brief interruption in the series of Alaska recaps. We will return to the normally scheduled programming later tonight…I have most of Ketchikan and part of Victoria in the hopper.) So, as some of you may know, I … Continue reading

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Your kid is stupid.

I was reading my Village of Gurnee e-newsletter this morning, and the question of the week was, “What are the requirements for installing a swimming pool or hot tub?” Now, I have no inclination to install either device. It’s too … Continue reading

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Still not hungry

In the past 36 hours, I have eaten: * 3 marshmallow peeps (chocolate reindeer) * 1 southern chicken sandwich from McDonald’s * 4 holiday cookies And that’s it. Work has been so hectic that I’ve barely had time to pee, … Continue reading

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A Test Of Your Deductive Skills

Now, first, what can you deduce from this sign? ANSWER (highlight to the right of this to see): The floor is frequently slippery. If you got it right, congratulations on your skills of deduction. I guess if you can’t make … Continue reading

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My boys are sickly :(

Those who follow my tweeting may have seen that the two most important males in my life, DH and Pancake, are both in need of surgery. For DH, he is getting a bullectomy. I’d love to link you to a … Continue reading

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I’m a Fake Life Master!

I have over 300 masterpoints! Yay! And, I got my fake Life Master (fLM) in the best way: with fake points. You see, the ACBL instituted a really stupid rule the year before I joined. The rank of Life Master … Continue reading

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Potential Silence

I just wanted to generally give a heads’ up that we may go into a period of silence (or very rare posting) on the blog over the next few months. Twitter will probably get updated more often, just because I … Continue reading

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Time Travel

As many of you have noticed, the blog has gone back in time to catch up on posts from our (very awesome, wanna go back NOW) Disney trip. As such, I skipped over quite a few events that would normally … Continue reading

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Twas the night before the night before the night before Christmas…

I don’t normally Twitter-ship, but it’s the best way to blog this: about 10 hours ago from digsby: 5-starred Don’t Speak and Underneath It All on Hard…singing & guitar simultaneously. Only 4 stars on expert tho’ about 8 hours ago … Continue reading

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