Tag: fun
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: carrie fisher threw down a gauntlet :
Not intentionally, and not for me personally, but my self-esteem felt threatened. I’d no choice but to accept the challenge and tilt at yet another windmill. That‘s my specialty, tilting at windmills. Everyone needs a hobby. I’d nothing against her. She was funny, wide open, unabashed, and very entertaining. What’s not to like, right? Well,…
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: resolutions for the underachiever :
Throughout our lifetimes, we’re offered many opportunities to fail. And you know me, I don’t skimp. I grabbed every single one — from giant flamers to dainty piffles — and gave it a fair shot. They mostly shot back, a phenomenon known as backfiring. Well, no more. Starting right here, right now, right out of the gate,…
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: oh, crap, the year is ending :
Mayday, mayday, abort the landing. Turn around, I want a do over. As harrowing as 2016 has been, and it was a stark, raving disaster, I’m scared to see it end. Right here is a good place, cocooned in a harmless limbo. The campaigning is over and the upheaval hasn’t begun, so this is a…
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: carpe noctem* :
Regardless of how old we get or how cynical we become, there is wonder in Christmas Eve. A vestigial, unshakable innocence held over from childhood. In the utter stillness beneath a sky glittering with stars, we marvel at the vast, infinite splendor of the universe. What’s out there? Who’s out there? What mysteries lie beyond the constellations…
the whirly girl 