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Slightly Off-Calendar
“Have a good weekend!” she said. “Thanks,” I said. After a while, you get tired of correcting people. I work the weekends. My days off are Mondays and Tuesdays. I miss the festivals, the farmers markets, and apparently every possible opportunity to have a freakin’ date. It’s kind of a weird feeling, because I’m always…
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Nuts in the Family Tree
Everybody has ‘em. The black sheep of the family. The crazies. The ignorant. The racists, the hopelessly old-fashioned, the loud and obnoxious, the politically idiotic, the holier than thou. The one person you’d never spend time with if you weren’t swimming in the same gene pool. Admit it. You know exactly who I’m talking about.…
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Working on Holidays
I love that more and more people are refusing to shop on the holidays in order to pressure companies to not force their staff to spend those days at work. And I love it when I hear of a company that chooses to do the right thing and close during those periods. I will always…
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Mandated Joy
For those of us who struggle with depression, the holidays can be a particularly challenging time of year. In any other season, the thick blanket of painful sadness, when it descends, seems almost like a natural, albeit unwelcome part of the life cycle. Friends and family find it easier to avert their gaze, and we…
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Make up a Holiday Day
Yesterday was International Women’s Day and I should have written about it. I’m a bad blogger. Bad! I really should stay on top of these things. These types of holidays are prime opportunities to create awareness about various topics. I’m sure I could have spoken in depth about the fact that 90 percent of the…
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Christmas Baby Syndrome
If, like mine, your birthday falls between now and New Year’s Day, let me offer you my profound condolences. Invariably, you will be asked if your birthday celebration can be combined with the family’s Christmas gathering, because, well, it’s such a busy time of year after all. Your special day won’t even be acknowledged at…