Category Archives: family time

Serving size: 1 sleeve

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

It’s Girl Scout Cookie time! It’s that time of year when boxes of cookies are airlifted into the workplace by parents of Girl Scouts who have strong-armed every person they know into buying cookies to support the most wholesome and … Continue reading →

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What a rotten thing to wake up to

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Uh-oh! Someone forgot to buy coffee! What a rotten thing to wake up to. We had always lived under the delusion in our home that coffee wasn’t really a “staple” like sugar, flour or rice, that it really wasn’t a … Continue reading →

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SOS: Same old S@%t

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Our meal of boiled hot dogs and strong barley wine seemed appropriate for last night’s State of the Union address. We gathered in front of the television. The steam from our meal spiraled visibly into the air—a common occurrence these … Continue reading →

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Deadly cold

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

While the appearance of thousands of dead birds in Arkansas on New Year’s eve is turning out to be a real head-scratcher for authorities, I believe I know the cause: the fearsome cold wave that has gripped portions of the … Continue reading →

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