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Are You A Wuss?

I’d like to think I’m the kind of person who would rush into a burning building to save somebody’s cat.  But when it comes to scary or gory stuff?   I’m a total wuss. My friend Susie at Susie Lindau’s … Continue reading

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Playing Musical Blogs – Movies Teach Us

Thoughtsy from Thoughts Appear is traveling this week on businesswoman’s business, so she asked me to stop by her place and check on things while she was away.  I let myself in with the key I found under the “Wipe … Continue reading

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Google & The Bunny Bixler Obituary: A Cautionary Tale

If a doctor declares a patient dead, and they aren’t, is that malpractice?  What if a blogger does the same thing? I’ve noticed slightly more people than usual have been reading my blog in the last few days.  Nothing major, but still, an … Continue reading

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Where is the Life of the Future that Hollywood Promised? An Open Letter To The Scientific Community

Dear Mr. Science Geeks, I’ve got a bone to pick with you. It has been 50 years and more since TV shows and movies foretold a future filled with life-altering, laborsaving devices.  But none of them have materialized.  What have you … Continue reading

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R.I.P. “Bunny” Bixler

Friends and family today paid tribute to New York socialite Laura “Bunny” Bixler following her death at the age of 75 from complications of jaw surgery.  The cooking-oil heiress was perhaps best known for her expose of the country club … Continue reading

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