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Hesitantly, I responded: “I work in computer support.” The transition to silence was immediate. All eyes suddenly turned to me, raised eyebrows all around. If you hadn’t heard my response, judging from everyone’s reaction you might think I said something...
Debo says Happy Thanksgiving! Well that’s my interpretation, anyway. I thought I might have a “me day” but instead I was up early enough and realized that maybe spending the day on my own might not have been the best...
In her book, An Alphabet for Gourmets, the late M.F.K. Fisher wrote that “dining alone” has its place, however unpopular. “This misanthropic attitude is one I am not proud of,” she writes, “but it is firmly there, based on my...
I have seen much about this out there, but a user submitted a photo to The Consumerist of Nordstrom’s opposition to Christmas Creep (wiki definition). At Nordstrom, we won’t be decking our halls until Friday, November 23rd. Why? Well, we...
I’m rather stuffed and docile at the moment, but suffice to say tonight’s dinner was a rousing success. I’ll just finish off this wine and try to walk in about an hour or so. Turkey with forty cloves of garlic,...
Ok it’s dead here in the office today, really really really dead. There’s just three of the team in and we’ve been rarely troubled with any actual work. It’s good to have a day to catch up and/or slack off,...
The last time I was alone for Thanksgiving, I was living on my own in Alexandria. I had very little money, nearly no vacation time from work and catsitting duties down the road. I made cookies that morning, watched a...
Been a pretty standard Sunday so far. I went into the office, but couldn’t do anything ‘cos I was locked out of my account, so I came back home. Worked on laundry, made a snack, watching Food TV now. It’s...
