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Take this quiz, then grow increasingly frustrated at the ones you miss. Insert slapping forehead and saying ‘I SOOO knew that.’

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This sucks. I can almost hear the stampede of mice rushing to take shelter from the cold in our house. It became very evident when I found myself on a chair in the middle of the kitchen using a broom to take halting swings at one of the aforementioned rodents.

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Dear 305ers and 905ers,
Hi. My name is Nicole Swan, and my cell phone number is eerily similar to the national number for the Marriott. I am asking that, in the future, you take greater care in dialing when you are trying to reach the Marriott. I do not take reservations, I cannot […]

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I have way too many shoes. This picture is only a portion of my shoes — and this is after I threw away four pairs and designated another eight pair to be given away, tossed, sold, whatever.
The official tally of shoes:
3 pairs of boots
8 pairs of flip-flops
8 pairs of heels
4 pairs of running shoes
5 […]

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At best I now have marginal will to live after spending a greater part of last night on the daunting, tangled web that is Compaq Technical Support. Two hours worth of options and rerouting and an unknown number of countries later, I had been disconnected many times. Right when I was teetering on […]

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Last night I polished off yet another episode of I Love the 80s Strikes Back. Ok, let’s not kid ourselves. It was two episodes — 1989 and 1980 — and I had already seen 1980 twice before. In an effort to find more worthless TV to consume, I came across VH1 Classic. […]

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Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been in somewhat of a distemperate mood lately. My last two posts were a little less than the congenial, witty banter you’ve grown accustomed to.
I’ve been in the proverbial dumps. This whole being-unemployed-wondering-why-I-tried-so-hard-in-college thing is keeping me down. It stems from a conversation I […]

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