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September 1, 2009 In Uncategorized

I LOVERMONT

When I found out today was the day that gay couples could tie the knot legally in Vermont, I had planned on writing about it. (Ironically enough the day after I posted about Harvey Milk. It hadn’t even dawned on me.) There’s something else that makes this deal even sweeter. My home state liberal and delicious ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has done this in support of the passed law.
I am sitting here just tickled. I mean elated. Not only can my brother and lots of other people I love- like this big (Imagine HUGE arms out) actually marry someone they love of the same-sex now and have equal rights, but how totally incredible that such enormously-followed and wildly successful companies such as B & J’s continue to support causes for social justice and equality like this gay marriage law?
I think it’s perfectly appropriate to say here…Ben & Jerry’s- you are friggin’ awesome!!!
Of course there are always these people too- who just need to get a friggin’ life. Hey protesters!- Maybe if you ate a bite of Hubby Hubby you’d stop hating yourselves and everyone else so much. Perhaps then you could actually start worrying about real problems and issues. Come on. Try it. Peanut butter-cookie-dough-fudge-pretzely goodness? Go ahead and tell me you don’t want to lick every last ounce out of that Hubby Hubby pint.
Yeah, that’s what I thought. Even ignorant jerks like delicious gay ice cream. You are so busted.
Oh if you could see the mischievous little smile on my face.
Today, Tuesday September 1st, 2009. 
Giant steps. 
Thank you Vermont.
Thank you for making me proud to be from you and helping to make so many people who are normal and beautiful humans feel like actually really are.
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August 30, 2009 In Uncategorized

Good Dog

I was recently reading an article about some dogs who were able to detect cancer from specimen boxes that contain human breath samples. California’s Pine Street Foundation, that studies integrative medicine has been exploring whether dogs can reliably detect the disease. 

The dogs used in this study haven’t been bred to work in labs, but are regular family pets who’s owners volunteer them one or two days a week. Here is some video. 
Pretty amazing. Talk about giving a whole new meaning to mans best friend!
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August 28, 2009 In Uncategorized

Fridays At The Bay

I think this stuff tastes like crap. Most others I have asked think the same. Even thought it might not be the tastiest of brews, I have to give the old Bud Light Lime some props here. Without it and a certain interaction this summer, the past few months wouldn’t have been nearly as fun and awesome as they have been.

Cheers to you BLL. Thanks for at least looking icey-cold and refreshing.
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August 27, 2009 In Uncategorized

There Are No Coincidences

Last night a friend rolled into town late for a visit. We were channel flipping at around midnight while relaxing on the couch and catching up. As we laughed about the Post-it note episode and my post from yesterday, we realized we’d stopped on rerun of SATC and yep- you guessed it, that very episode. 

Yet another reason to believe that everything happens for a reason and things like roommate debacles, drama, adventure and all the rest of the madness in life is alllll supposed to happen.
Love it!
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August 26, 2009 In Uncategorized

I got dumped On A Post-it Note

(I hope you know this episode of Sex and the City. There was a note situation in my life this morning and a friend made reference to this episode. We thought it was funny so a perfect title to todays entry.)

I know that I write about a lot of TTAA (Things that are awesome) and I do think there are a lot of TTAA in general. What I would like to share right now are TTTS. (That stands for things that TOTALLY suck.)

#1 Having a roommate when you’re over the age of 22. Ok- so roommates are pretty annoying anytime unless you are going to marry them.
#2 Having a roommate that totally sucks, who screams at you and drinks all your beer.
Um, yeah. I think a; WTF?! and wow- that really sucks ass is appropriate right here. That and knowing that life will never cease to throw you curve balls. You know, I hate to be girly and go all feminist and stuff for a minute- but I sure am sick of dealing with grown men in work and life that turn out to be complete weirdos for NO reason. (Yes, there are bazillions of wonderful and non-weird men course. Thank god. Just seems there are a slew of weirdos too.) Maybe it is true that men and women just can’t be friends cause there’s always going to be some type of feelings or drama on either end. Hey people who can’t speak what’s on their mind…get over yourselves! Can we all grow the eff up and stop throwing sand in the sandbox?
Jesus pete.
The daily life human study- totally love it. 
Grown men who can’t speak up- so totally hate it.
It’s fantastic that all I have to do is wake up in the morning and take one step into the world to fill the bucket of great material I have for my book. At this point my bucket needs to be a storage warehouse. Thanks world- you sure do make for some good stories!
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August 25, 2009 In Uncategorized

I Spy!

Do you ever wonder if people think there is some magical force-field in their car windows or that they’re painted black or something?

I just went for a run. It never fails that about every third time I’m pounding the pavement there is a guy or gal sitting at a stop sign/light and just straight up picking their nose. Yes, I know it has to be done sometime and there’s often not a ton of time to run in a bathroom during a busy day or whatever but just going to town in broad daylight like that? Hello!
For those of you who could care less who sees- great. Good for you for not giving a hoot. For you other daylight pickers who’d be mortified if you you knew how clearly we can see you; They are called windows. It’s not 1988, you’re not in Daytona driving that dark tinted Z28. We can so totally see you hardcore digging for gold.
Just FYI.
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August 24, 2009 In Uncategorized

The Floodgates Are Open

Check it!

I know it’s taken me forever and a day, but I figured I’d wait till the perfect time.
I can’t lie, I’m pretty stoked to see whatever happened to Kenny so and so and that other weird kid that picked his nose a lot in 7th grade. It was also pretty cool that I found out Kate who used to be my old live out of our backpack soccer practice buddy (she had dropped off the earth the past 10 years. I mean- dropped) is now happily married with a bambino. 
Even better I hope that some of the incredible people I have had in my life/met in my travels will find this. Maybe I’ll get to connect with those random folks I haven’t seen in lots of years and we’ll both be able to say “Ahh- how did I know you’d be doing something like that?”
Love that stuff.
Let the games begin.
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August 21, 2009 In Uncategorized

Mixed Whites?

Why is it that no matter what kind food establishment you order a “mixed greens” salad at- it comes out with iceberg? 

Gross.
I mean, it just never seems to fail. I could be going through a Wendy’s drive up window, at an average mid-quality standard restaurant or the highest end spot. 90% of the time (even when I ask the server specifically about it) the as advertised mixed greens salad comes out with the tasteless, nutrition-less, white, iceberg staring me in the face. Not only that, but do you ever notice that for some reason salads are the one thing on a menu that restaurants seem to put the most random things on instead of what the menu actually reads? For example; the mixed greens salad with carrots, cucumbers, croutons and mixed cheeses often comes out as something like a pile of iceberg with mushrooms, onions and tomatoes. 
Huh?
What if you ordered a BLT on wheat bread and it came out as a turkey, lettuce and onion sandwich on rye?
I’m so confused restaurants of the world. What gives?
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