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It has been asked by several, how's the back and how much longer will I be in the backbrace? Hmmm... The back is endlessly annoying. It aches constantly, something I was hoping it would learn t...

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This is a test. In this test we shall see whether I am able to jump through the requisite hoops to post a picture on this site. The odds are never in my favour. Here goes the first, and I op...

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"That magic spray? What’s it called?" - gray tabby "Yes, pray tell the name…" - Marg "What is the name of this Blessing From God?" - bonnierose "But what happens you sit on the blue paisley c...

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I type this with a semi-mangled hand, courtesy of the righteous fangs of my sweet little Lucyfer. One day I'll forget I love her, react to the sight and sensation of her fangs in my flesh, and f...

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It is a beautiful day today. Sunshine pouring down from the clear blue and the temperature outside is 60F. In this bipolar winter we have going on here, this is a wonderful respite. The next f...

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Getting my journal off of the old site was an incredible pain. 178 months of writing and the site insisted on me pulling each month out one at a time, kicking me off as often as letting me succe...

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Through frustratingly long hours of ridiculous effort, I've been able to download my journal entries from 1999 to 2004. I've been locked out and / or kicked off so many times I couldn't care to ...

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"Did you manage toget your diary downloaded? If not, can I help at all?" - Bina To which I could only reply: ' No luck yet. The site is crashing every time I hit the download button, when ...

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So that didn't work. The laptop fired up fine but downloading the journal simply would not work. I tried six ways to Sunday, wasting near an hour of getting kicked off site every time I pressed ...

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Okay. I'm tired of being sick. (I'm also tired of being broken and older than I was and in debt and less than brilliant on a daily basis, and, and, and...) That being said, I have to get worki...

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I've been having trouble with my home insurance company for a while. With many / most (?) mortgages, home insurance is part of the deal, built into the mortgage payment to protect the lender in ...

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Huddled in the bed, socks on, big fleecy sweatshirt, flannel jammy pants - warm now under three quilts. It's cold outside, very cold for New Orleans, a few degrees below freezing and that cons...

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Being evicted is always hard and the longer you have been in a place, the more friends you have made and come to rely upon there, the more painful it is. But that is the way the world does work,...

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<article id="post-1181115" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> One down</header> Okay. Bad news, good news. Bad news. Still feel like trash. Can’t get over this ...

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<article id="post-1181114" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Funeral, present and future tense</header> Who came up with this idea of the open casket service? ...

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<header class="entry-header"> Sometimes the weather fits</header> My uncle died on Wednesday. It was an expected thing though earlier than predicted. He had ALS (Lou Gerhig’s dise...

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<article id="post-1181112" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> What have I done?</header> My year draws to a close, the year I start and end marking the day of m...

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<article id="post-1181111" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> The subject of money is infinitely mundane</header> Here is a life that trundles along, work to wo...

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<article id="post-1181110" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Between times are always awkward</header> I have another four hour layover tonight. Four hours bet...

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<article id="post-1181109" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> The good stuff</header> The good stuff when you’re feeling really bad: Comfort food-Chocolate chi...

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<article id="post-1181108" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Things not to do</header> Things not to do when you’re stuffy and snuffly and outnumbered by the c...

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<article id="post-1181107" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> The perks</header> There ought to be a law about job interviews. They ought to have to tell you t...

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<article id="post-1181106" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Here</header> Here is who I am… –Just myself.Alone.(Ian’s wife)(No one’s mother) Here is what I am...

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<article id="post-1181105" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Eleven days later</header> I am stuck. I can’t stop thinking about him. The whole night we spent t...

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<article id="post-1181104" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Earthbound</header> I am lying on my back, the surface beneath me is hard, cold. Concrete. What am...

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