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It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The So-So Gatsby Edition

Sunday morning began at ridiculous o’clock in the morning when the heavens opened up and poured water onto the Earth waking my bed companion cum arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor. Lex is my BFK’s puppy of some breed I don’t know the name of. Since she was off at the craptastic farm celebrating her in-law’s 50th anniversary, I was home with the arch-nemesis. You get that he’s my arch-nemesis because I have a Superman tattoo, right? Okay. After this weekend I have…

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With My Whole Entire Heart

If you are smart enough not to follow me on Twitter you really have no idea how annoying I was while listening to the audio version of Heart’s memoir Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll, lucky for you I will recreate that annoyingness right here for you in more than 140 characters. Let’s go. So yeah, Heart. If you’re of a certain age you probably think of the feather-y haired sister behind songs like…

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Literary Puffcorn

When I babysat my nephews, The Tibbles, a few weeks ago we were at the grocery store gathering supplies for our “make your own sandwiches” lunch. Make your own sandwiches is their favorite lunch, right after the local Chinese buffet. Tip: little boys like to be empowered when it comes to lunch options whether it involves all-you-can-drink chocolate milk and lo mein or a provolone black olive sandwich. As we were grocery shopping my nephew, Liam, 7, grabbed a bag…

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Woke Up Lonely

When you crack open Fiona Maazel’s Woke Up Lonely, strap in and just go with it. The more you give yourself over to Maazel’s dark satire the more you will enjoy your ride. Here’s where I exhort yourself to give in and don’t think about it too much. Because if you start the “but, really, is that even plausible?” you’ll just ruin everything and the ending of this book is so touching and sweet that it’s worth all the “hrmmm….

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Four More Years! Today is My Unemploymentaversary

Four years ago today I lost my last “real” job. I was a victim of the Epic Advertising Industry Fail of 2009. When I was laid off I said I would coast through the summer on savings and get a real job in the fall. That fall has yet to arrive. I had about 8 things I was going to say about the beauty of freelancing and sleeping until you want to get up and a cube-free life, but I…

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Twelve Down, 38 to Go

Just about twenty-four hours ago (as I type this), the Minnesota Senate passed a bill that would allow same sex couples to marry. We’re the 12th state in the nation to get our heads out of our collective asses and realize that all humans deserve the same rights regardless of their sexual orientation. In about forty-five minutes (as I type this), Governor Mark Dayton will sign that bill into law and then St. Paul will burst out in rainbows &…

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