Has ANYONE ever heard that? I know when I was growing up in the dark ages, I thought I had two choices, a teacher or a nurse. That was if I aimed high and went to college. The other options included clerical work if I went to business school, with secretaries being highly prized - I think exec
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03/05/2008
First let me define the title.Fiddlers ReStrung is a Saline, MI high school group of select musicians who perform under the guidance and regulations of Saline's Community Education department and Saline Area schools. Audition is mandatory and many do not make the cut. It is not a club, though a
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03/01/2008
The title of this piece is a quote from my husband, circa 1990, I'm guessing, when we were in such dire straits financially that we had 20 cents in our local savings account. I am not kidding. When the savings statement came from the bank, my husband looked at it, uttered those words, and conti
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02/29/2008
You know you have hit an all-time-low in real estate blogging when the topic is about your cat.This is not a regular cat. She wasn't even our cat until late last summer. She is a foreclosure cat. She has had to endure a lot.My daughter Sara had a dream. Specifically she dreamt that she would
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02/28/2008
What do you do with a BA in English'What is my life going to be?Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,Have earned me this useless degree. Lyrics from Broadway's Avenue Q Conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
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02/24/2008
In public English buildings, constructed in the days of yore when people were a foot or so shorter than modern folks, there are often signs over truncated doorways that read, "Mind Your Head." The sign itself forces the eye upward and the message immediately signals - DUCK!!!The semi-detached ho
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02/23/2008
We were once called the "family of sarcasm" by someone who knew members of our family in different capacities and therefore was SURE that what he was saying was exactly true. We weren't insulted. Sarcasm is a biting form of humor that some people get and others don't. We get it, we enjoy it -
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02/22/2008
Ever heard of the DISC personality profile? Recently our office had an event and we were asked to complete a questionaire. Though the creators of this profile system might shun my analysis, my cliff notes version of the letters signify: D, dominant or driving, I, interactive or extroverted, S,
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02/21/2008
My daughter is somewhere over the Atlantic right about now, February 18, 2008, if all is going well. Tonight she left for Paris for a 4 month study-abroad program via the University of Michigan.I remember the day she graduated from kindergarten and how I cried to another parent. I knew these ye
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02/20/2008
Today, between 4 and 5:30 PM, I showed three different properties to three different buyers, in three different townships. I dare anyone to beat that record!Actually, I showed those properties from about 4:20 to 5:30 because as simple as it seemed to find the first one, I circled around it numer
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02/19/2008