Is it Spring Yet?
Really, any time now, folks.
Free Hugs
On Thursday night I was walking home from work downtown when I saw a woman on the corner of Washington and State holding up a Free Hugs sign. I’d already seen the original Free Hugs video on YouTube, so I had a little shot of happiness at seeing somebody out in Chicago doing the same
Man, I Hope I Get That Interview…
… or I’m going to need to get a weekend gig at Starbucks.
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"Girlfriend in a Coma, I Know/I Know – It’s Serious"*
I have been trying to write up a post about writing and trauma for the last hour, inspired by this post. I guess I’m still in a bad enough place that I don’t feel like I can talk about it. Of course, much of my reluctance is that so much of the current situation would
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The Mounting Cost of Living
I received a bill in the mail today for $1617.73. This is the amount of money I owe to COBRA if I’d like to have continuing medical coverage through March. I have paid $360 of that, which leaves me to come up with roughly $1250 by March 10th or forfeit my ability to be insured
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Lessons
You can give it all you got, and squeeze blood from stones, and you can give a little more after that.
Writing Down the Bones
One of the things I’ve tried very hard to do with my adult life is to be a strong woman. I took it for granted that I was nominally intelligent: I could put a sentence together and pass a test without homework and I didn’t put my hand on the stove just to see what
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