Dame S. posted an article on
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Nov 22, 2010, 2:48 pm
Of all the odd things my boyfriend's ex-wife did, the oddest was discouraging him from going to see his mama. If he had told me nothing else about her, this would have convinced me of her general unfitness as a wife.
In my relationship with this same fella, "Go See Your Mama" is a mantra. A motto. A... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
My church participates in Operation Christmas Child. We fill shoe boxes with toys for children in the developing world. This year I decided to fill one shoe box for a boy aged 2-4 and one for a girl aged 5-9. On Sunday, after the special service praying over and blessing the shoe boxes of non-... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Newsflash #1: Man beheads his wife when he finds out she wants a divorce.
Newsflash #2: Man kidnaps woman and puts her in a diaper and chains and reads her passages from the Bible. Sometimes he tries to smother her with a blanket or pillow.
Newsflash #3: Woman who already has six kids has ... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Being "wired" to your friends, neighbors, and even scant acquaintances has its advantages.
For antisocial misanthropes like me, networking on the Internet (my tool of choice is Facebook) keeps me aware that there are, in fact, other people in the world. Who knew? In my own neighborhood, even.... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
If your most hated movie of all time is "Mary Poppins," what does this mean about you as a mother?
Nothing good, I imagine.
I detest that film with every fiber of my being. I always object to musicals with no decent songs, but this movie manages to sink lower than its music. The music is super... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
The short story "Liking Men," from Margaret Atwood's Simple Murders, begins: "It's time to start liking men again. Where shall we begin"? Atwood finally concludes that the feet of the sleeping man presently in her bed are kinda cute and, all in all, acceptable. She'll begin, by liking his fe... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I have a 14-year old daughter, size 6, who is convinced she is still a size 2. This is nothing unusual. This country is full of women in denial about their actual pants size, who routinely starve and stuff themselves into their former size—pre-pregnancy, pre-Thanksgiving, pre-audition for the ... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
My laundry pile was just proclaimed "Virginia's 27th Highest Peak" by Governor Kaine. A stack of dirty clothes and linens so high, I could climb to the top and yodel.
I'm no mathematician, but shouldn't there be less laundry in the summertime, with the children wearing only shorts, tank tops, and... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Men think they are tougher than women because they lead expeditions to the North Pole and climb Kilamanjaro and jazz like that. I scoff at such paltry, wussy “feats of endurance.” When the most grueling tests of human stamina are required, men chicken out and vamoose. I’m not talking about j... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I just finished last year's "green" bestseller, Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman, and I gotta tell you, I'm not optimistic about preventing this planet from beoming a seething oven by 2050. My grandkids are gonna need an awful lot of sunscreen, and probably filtration masks.
Short o... Comment - Like
Dame S. posted an article on
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Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I am a driver who is perpetually lost. I get lost going places I've been to dozens of times; to wit: last month I got lost going to my university, from which I drove home on the weekends for four years.
People say, "You know how to get here, right?"
Sheepish silence.
"Well, you've been here,... Comment - Like
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