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Mr. Spock Knows How to Pronounce “Exacerbate”
In addition to our ability to make memorably embarrassing comments, we all manage to mangle the pronunciation of the English language to such a degree that outsiders assume that we are first generation Norwegians and Poles, as opposed to third.
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Tagged computers, elephant, literal, middle age, middle aged, Netflix, Norwegian, Pictionary, Polish, Socrates, Spock, Star Trek
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Taxation with Way Too Much Representation
At the library itself, the librarians rarely swipe anyone’s card, preferring instead to enter names from memory. One librarian mentioned that people frequently stopped her in the grocery store, asking her if they had any books overdue.
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Tagged grocery store, Halloween, library, middle age, middle aged, taxation, taxes, Village People
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Not All Chicken Attacks Happen on Farms
I am an aggressive, assertive opinionated dynamo who frequently plows ahead without thought or foresight, and who, if I do not curb my natural inclinations, will push and pull circumstances to mold to my dictation.
Does this sound like the definition of a patient person?
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Tagged chick flick, chickens, courtesy, impatience, knitting, middle age, middle aged, Norwegian, patience
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Black Tea with Milk Tastes So Much Better Than Boiled Persimmons
the tea was smokey, vegetal, herbaceous, or malty and it produced a bright finish with pungent overtones, or its liquor, smoothly sweet, led to a smooth and full-bodied cup. The terminology I have picked up enables me to walk into a winery, coffee emporium, or chocalatier’s and sound educated and informed. Continue reading
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Tagged middle age, middle aged, Norwegian, persimmon, Polish, tea, wine
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Noisy, Messy, Demanding People and Why We Need Them
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Tagged baby, broken dishes, businessman, middle age, middle aged, teenagers, tiger, toddler
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Dear Emily: What Is the Appropriate Thing to Say upon Hitting One’s Thumb with a Hammer?
Understandably, everyone exclaims when they hit their thumb with a hammer, and, in most cases, it probably sounds like a chicken by-product. Some words just pop out more readily than others, and Goodness Gracious Sakes Alive Dear Mamma is just too long for most people. Continue reading
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Tagged courtesy, four-letter word, gentleman, knitting, lady, language, middle aged, Norwegian
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The Wandering Norwegian and His Breakfast Escapades
Another motel set aside an actual hallway complete with tables, chairs, blaring television, and a guard. Oh, he moved napkins around here and there, but mostly he stood in the doorway, making sure that no one escaped with a spotty banana.
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Tagged artist, breakfast, Continental, middle age, middle aged, motel, Norwegian, teenagers
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Obsessive Frugality and When a Man Should Stop Wearing Itty Bitty Swim Trunks
Surely I was getting a little obsessive here. The thought was in the Norwegian Artist’s sexy blue eyes, but 27 years of marriage has taught him a few things about thinking things in his head and actually saying those things out in the air.
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Tagged artist, frugal, middle age, middle aged, Norwegian, obsessive, quilting, sewing
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The Issue of “Choice”
In the potluck table of life, we’re allowed one pass through, with some people’s options stopping shortly after they have picked up the plastic cutlery, and others wending through all the way to the desserts — not much choice in that aspect. None of us really know if we’ll be called off the planet just as we’re deciding between the scalloped potatos with the cheese, or the dish that features ham but no cheese.
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Tagged career, choice, homemaker, Mommy Wars, office, potluck
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