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Category Archives: Life
A Lesson in ‘Crastination
At the tender of age of five, I was sitting in the doctor’s waiting room as my mother completed the elaborate registration form that would result in me getting a lollipop. I glanced over her shoulder to make sure she … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life, Uncategorized
Tagged crastination, procrastinate, procrastination, procrastinator, recrastination
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For Your Convenience
Just for fun, I was recently reviewing bank accounts to analyze my spending habits. So like a kid with Monopoly money, I used Mint.com to color-code my expenses by category, create a fancy chart of my monthly withdrawal patterns, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Food, Home, Humor, Life
Tagged convenience, facials, opportunity cost, valet
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Marathon Training for Winos, Lazies, and People Who Hate to Run
My best friend Shannon has this frustratingly positive effect on me. Following her lead, I’ve adopted some annoying and time consuming habits over the years – flossing nightly, wearing SPF bazillion sunscreen even indoors and worst of all…running. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fitness, Friends, Health, Humor, Life, Travel
Tagged disney, Disneyland, half, marathon, running, Tinkerbell, training, wine
22 Comments
The Name Game
The other day I came across an experience I knew I might have only once in a lifetime – I ran into someone under the age of 20 named Tiffany. All of us 80s babies know that we have mega-eternal-exclusive … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Commentary, Family, Friends, Humor, Life, Nostalgia
Tagged baby names, name game
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A Free Tour of Trader Joe’s
Going to the grocery store is one of my favorite simple pleasures (second only to visiting Target). I love wandering the aisles sans list and tossing random treats into the cart without anyone shaking their head at my eight varieties … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family, Fitness, Food, Friends, Health, Home, Humor, Life
Tagged Charles Shaw, grocery, shopping, TJ's, trader joes, two-buck Chuck
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Modern Tourism
When I was a kid, my parents took me on a week-long road trip from Chicago to Boston. It was disguised as a learning experience, but I’m pretty sure my dad just wanted to play golf across half the country. … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Commentary, Family, Food, Friends, Humor, Life, Mobile, Nostalgia, Phone, School, Social Media, Travel, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged Boston, technology, tourism, tourist, vacation
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Don’t Make Me Think
When I moved from the Chicago suburbs to a small town outside of Phoenix in 2004, I lived in a brand new house, but the rest of the neighborhood was still being developed. So for about six months I did … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Food, Home, Humor, Life, Social Media, Uncategorized
Tagged cheese cake factory, decisions, freedom of choice, in-n-out
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How to Seem Super Smart
In sixth grade, I won the class spelling bee because my esteemed rival tossed a “c” at the beginning of the word “kindergarten.” My victory proved once and for all that I was the smartest kid in the entire class … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Commentary, Friends, Humor, Life, Nostalgia, School, Work
Tagged faking smarts, faux, intelligence, spelling bee, wisdom
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Don’t Know Much About History
I just returned from a long weekend in the Chicago suburbs to celebrate my cousin’s high school graduation. As I listened to the bittersweet speeches from students and faculty and watched the pride in parents’ faces as their child’s name … Continue reading
Posted in 80s, Family, Food, Humor, Life, Life Lessons, Nostalgia, School, Uncategorized
Tagged class, classroom, graduation, gym class, high school, history, math, science
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White Elephant in the Room 
10 Reasons I Ignored Your Dating Profile
I’ve dabbled in online dating over the years – a few good runs on Match, a brief stint on eHarmony, an excruciating six hours on Plenty of Fish – and after much trial and error, I’ve had some killer dates … Continue reading →