Tag: random musings
member name: Diane Danielson
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March 30, 2007 09:15 PM EDT --
Recently my son and I watched Miracle, the Disney movie about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team’s victory over the Russians. That game was a defining moment of my youth: the ultimate David and Goliath . . .
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March 02, 2007 09:54 AM EST --
It’s awards season. Which means in addition to ogling George Clooney in a tux, we face that same old question, “Exactly what is it that makes for greatness when it comes to acting?” Is . . .
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September 28, 2007 11:18 PM EDT --
This summer I attempted to pacify my son’s ongoing quest for a dog by hosting my friend’s Labradoodle for a week. (Labrador + Poodle = less spastic, supposedly smarter, hypo-allergenic . . .
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January 14, 2006 09:18 AM EST --
When this column first launched three years ago, I wrote about my difficulties adjusting to working from home. It took me a few weeks, but eventually I began to enjoy it. Until this spring, . . .
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January 05, 2007 08:56 AM EST --
At the end of one of the warmest Decembers on record, I’m amazed that it was only two years ago where, after five snow days in a row, it was difficult to refrain from whacking the next person who . . .
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January 27, 2007 12:41 PM EST --
One of the rules of blogging is "don't say it if you wouldn't want to read it in a Letter to the Editor." Well, here's my Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe (published . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:11 PM EST --
"Mommy, Mommy," my excited 5-year old yelled as he raced around the corner, "The man on TV says he can solve all your sleep problems!" Curious, I followed him to the living room and . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:20 PM EST --
Being a bit of a Francophile, I couldn't resist the latest spate of books about French women. Apparently, French Women Don't Get Fat; they are the Essence of Style; and we all need to Find Our . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:22 PM EST --
One would think that someone with a pretty decent track record in business could put together a measly little yard sale. After all, isn't it all about marketing, sales incentives, pricing and strategy? . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:26 PM EST --
There it was. At first, I glanced right over it as an innocent reference at the end of a better than average daily horoscope. But on a second, much closer read I noticed something a bit off. There, in . . .
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October 31, 2006 10:54 PM EST --
(with apologies to the great poet John Keats)
THOU still unfulfilled space of emptiness
Thou foster-child of Suburbia and slow Time,
Urban historian, who canst thus express,
A parking . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:16 PM EST --
"Have you seen Mommy's favorite sunglasses?"
"You mean these?" My 5-year old son steps into the hall wearing my regular glasses, his shirt and no pants.
"No, Honey, the pink . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:30 PM EST --
Welcome to Shopaholic Nation. Where 13-year olds have Prada bags and the race is on to acquire the latest and greatest new gadget, outfit, or "it" bag. What's more disturbing than the out-of-control . . .
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February 16, 2006 10:32 PM EST --
Does it really matter who the winner is when you're an award-show junkie like me? From the red carpet rollout through the Fashion Police shakedown and Vanity Fair party photos, I love it all. And, . . .
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January 18, 2007 08:23 PM EST --
Previously, if you asked me about the greatest innovation in thumbs, I would have given the textbook answer: “opposable thumbs allow us to grasp tools.” Or, I might have thought . . .
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October 31, 2006 10:43 PM EST --
Perfection is for people with plenty of free time and personal assistants. At least that's what I tell myself these days. You see, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to be one . . .
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