From the monthly archives:

June 2009

My friend Brad, a public affairs office in the Air Force, was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, last week. He’s started a blog, “Blogging Iraq.” Brad wants the blog to be about “what life is REALLY like” there, and he’s succeeding.
Since he’s been there, he’s blogged about everything from his flight from his supply stop into [...]

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Here are the clothes I took for a 2 1/2 day trip to Kentucky for a media communications reunion, plus the groundbreaking for the new Center for Communication Arts at my alma mater:

That’s

4 shirts/blouses (5 counting the one I wore up there), plus one camisole “just in case”
2 pairs of slacks
2 pairs of shorts (3 [...]

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Yesterday, a certain couple announced they’re planning to divorce. (Good grief, the headlines, but that’s another post entirely, and one that will, most likely, go unwritten by me. I am conflicted enough about writing this one.)
I’ve watched Jon and Kate Plus 8 for almost two years. When I started hearing rumors that they were having [...]

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Remember the segment on “Sesame Street” where a resident of the Street (usually Bob) would go around meeting different folks?

I always LOVED this segment, and I’m still curious about such matters.
Today I’m particularly curious about the folks who are the people in my Internet neighborhood.
I get about 20 visits a day via Site Meter, mostly [...]

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For the last 6 1/2 years I’ve been seeing a therapist to help me deal with anxiety and depression issues. Last April, I “broke up” with the person who had been treating me and started seeing someone new.
Making the move was the right thing to do. I’ve made more progress in the last year than [...]

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Last August I weighed 140 pounds.
This is a photo taken of me right before my August 2008 Curves weigh in, which is when I got back on the exercise horse.

I wasn’t overweight by any stretch of the imagination, but I wasn’t feeling well, physically or emotionally, at that weight. In fact, I used that photo [...]

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