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Is it Just Me: March 2014
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Mar 10, 2014. Why, oh why, do good shows go bad? Is it peer group pressure? Are the mediocre and truly lousy shows roughing up the good shows in the back of the studio lots, sticking fingers in their chests and growling, "Yer makin' us look bad, raising the curve. So here's what yer gonna do.". In this case, I'm not just talking about a good. Show, but a great show. True Detective. For seven episodes this was some of the best TV ever. Matthew McConaughey. As the detectives. Michelle Monaghan. McConaughey...
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Is it Just Me: October 2012
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Oct 25, 2012. Do you get as much junk mail and as many catalogs as I do? I probably toss two pounds of former trees into the recycling every day. I'm not exaggerating. I get Country Curtains. And Luxury Home International. What could possibly be the common demographic between those catalogs? I get catalogs from companies I've never heard of. For that matter, I get catalogs for. And why do vegetables go bad in our crisper bins at the speed of light? You'll know I just opened the vegetable drawer and reali...
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Is it Just Me: April 2013
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Apr 19, 2013. Time For A Change. I just hit send on another petition for a left wing position. I have probably signed at least sixty petitions so far this year and it's only April. This is the equivalent of attending twenty demonstrations, isn't it? Do you receive all these requests to 'Sign the Petition' like I do? Maybe because this is just too darn easy. And not the least bit threatening. Do you think the petitions have any effect on politicians? Compared to them, I'm in diapers. They really know how ...
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Is it Just Me: May 2013
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May 16, 2013. The Poetry Feedback Loop. Besides being a blogger, I happen to be a poet. In January, I graduated from the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in writing. After two intensive years of reading and writing poetry, I suddenly found myself able to read whatever I wanted, from the trashy to the sublime. I immediately embarked on four months of reading novels and nonfiction. I read a lot of great books like Wild. By Cheryl Strayed, Unbroken. By Laura Hillenbrand, and Anna Karenina. By Dara W...
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Is it Just Me: July 2014
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Jul 21, 2014. Last night our neighbor's dogs barked for over an hour. Over an hour? I work from home. I love my home. My husband loves our home. But our home with a barking, whining, howling, baying soundtrack is a whole lot less enjoyable. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blogs and Sites I Like. Stuff White People Like. Twirlyword: Words in Motion. Cathy Barber is a humorist, poet, and teacher living in San Mateo, CA. View my complete profile. Subscribe to my RSS Blog Feed. What is an RSS Feed.
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Is it Just Me: Take 'Em Inside
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Jul 21, 2014. Last night our neighbor's dogs barked for over an hour. Over an hour? I work from home. I love my home. My husband loves our home. But our home with a barking, whining, howling, baying soundtrack is a whole lot less enjoyable. July 21, 2014 at 9:13 PM. You think thats bad? You think your dog-owning neighbors care? My neighbors poor dog once barked and yelped for four hours straight. And heres the best part: They were home the whole time! July 22, 2014 at 6:33 AM. Blogs and Sites I Like.
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Is it Just Me: September 2013
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Sep 30, 2013. I Feel Bad About My Neck. I feel bad about my neck…and my jaw and my temple and my shoulder. So bad that I have a physical therapist who periodically. Tries to ease my upper right quadrant into peaceful submission. I’ve had several appointments with her and recently she started pressing the idea that maybe, just maybe, there were things I. Could do that would prevent my body parts from freezing up in pain. Aren’t I the victim here? Was partially responsible for my pain. Well, I never! Then ...
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Is it Just Me: October 2013
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Oct 22, 2013. Of course, after a couple of days it was necessary to go out into the world again to buy provisions but those first three days were solid shutdown. Then it stretched on and on. And on. The fun parts were soon over, like when Michelle Bachman, who had just voted for the shutdown, thrust herself into the war memorial demonstration and declared, "You can't close America! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blogs and Sites I Like. Stuff White People Like. Twirlyword: Words in Motion. What is an RSS Feed.
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Is it Just Me: March 2013
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Mar 18, 2013. Is anyone out there getting older? My husband and I seem to be. We celebrated his sixtieth birthday this month and mine is rounding the corner in a couple of months. I'm wondering how we got to this point. Sixty? Isn't that an age other people are? People. People with canes and walkers and oxygen tanks, people wearing Depends and being followed by aides who mash their food into gummable textures. There may be tucking of bibs under chins and shouting of questions into ears. At twenty, say.
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Is it Just Me: February 2013
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Feb 26, 2013. Meet My New Friends. A while back I wrote to you about the many, many emails I received promising to make a certain body part, a body part that I don't happen to have, satisfy the ladies. The language was coarse, the promises spectacular and bizarre. Now my spam folder fills with emails about weight loss. Does this mean the spammers actually did their market research? Can they see the roll around my stomach? Are they watching me right now? I also receive emails ostensibly from. Celebrities ...
