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    It must be raining somewhere, right?!

    The only fold-up umbrella that hasn't collapsed on me after a few uses is my Tumi. It's $75, which I think is a lot to pay for an umbrella, but it's compact and reliable. It's vented so that it doesn't flip inside-out in a strong wind. It also has a push-button that folds it up. When I go...
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    Would you stop and listen?

    If I stopped to listen, I'd give him a tip.
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    Guys' Rules

    My rules... ...from having had several female roommates: The fact that my light is out and I am in bed means that I am not in the mood for a conversation. Instead of waking me up at midnight to let you in, why don't you take your house key with you? Please ask your relatives not to...
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    Guys' Rules

    Another Rule When mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
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    Fear of the feminine

    I was thinking more along the lines of the Chris/Pat skits on Saturday Night Live. Chris and Pat were getting married, and nobody knew who was the bride and who was the groom.
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    kodachrome

    People might be able to buy the chemicals and run it themselves, but what a pain! Yes, just shoot it up now.
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    As A Kid, What Were You Like?

    Serious and taciturn. I liked to read, draw and play with stuffed animals, tinker toys, dolls, toy appliances and toy cars. I liked gymnastics, too. I looked forward to having my own house and even drew up plans for one. I also liked period clothes and stories, and old movies and music. In...
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    health & Beauty

    I take this kind of thing with a grain of salt. To wit: The battle comes back to science. Research on chemicals in cosmetics is spotty. Many compounds have never been studied. Others are linked to cancer or birth defects in animals but not people -- or show a link to cancer, but at far higher...
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    kodachrome

    Keep it in the refrigerator and it will last longer.
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    Need some old movie names for Children/Teens

    Anne of Green Gables, shown on PBS I'd also recommend Milo and Otis.
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    Movies That Make You Smile

    Milo and Otis A Christmas Story Hitchcock movies--he used a bit of humor in all of his movies I've ever seen.
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    modern things you haven't experienced

    I don't think I could name one song that has been written in this century.
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    Dancing: Breaking out of Beginner Mode

    How to put this into practice There's a lot to learn and remember in dancing. But you don't have to keep everything in your thoughts while you dance. A few suggestions: Work on just one thing when you go out dancing or you have a practice session. It could be your frame, or thinking half a...
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    Some folks will bet on anything

    I saw Dancing with the Stars last night (I think they're down to about 6 couples). Most of the stars have learned how to move. They're a lot more smooth and graceful than they were even a few weeks ago, and they're capturing the moods of the dances. Even John Ratzenberger (Cliff from the TV show...
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    Shooting on Virginia Tech campus

    "A Real Gentleman" A Romanian news source reports that a Holocost survivor, Professor Liviu Librescu, used his body to block the door to his classroom, thus saving his students. Prof. Librescu was killed.
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    Women without hats

    I've never subscribed to the "no time" excuse. I have thick hair, and it takes me only 10 minutes to style it in the morning. It takes even less time if I just put it up. Women's lives were just as busy, if not more so, from the 20s to the 40s. In the winter, I put on a hat for warmth. One...
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    Shooting on Virginia Tech campus

    I haven't watched any of the news reports, either. Watching it won't do me or the victims or the families any good. I did happen to hear some psychologist on the TV say, "Someone who does this sort of thing has emotional problems," or words to that effect. What would we do without experts?
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    A Painless Classical Education

    I've been reading The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 by Paul Johnson. I was pleasantly surprised to find it a page-turner. I've read only about one-fourth of it, but what is surprising is how similar our time is to the early 19th century. A Congress in Vienna was trying...
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    US income tax return deadline

    According to a CPA... ShooShoo, I work at a large CPA firm and I put your question to a tax CPA. He says to complete your tax return if you know what the exact amounts are from your W-2 (maybe you can get a replacement from your employer). It'll probably be OK if you don't attached the W-2...
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    How we dress and what we drive

    I don't think I'd want to be in an accident in such a small car. I was hit broad side in a Civic in November and I'm still recovering. It's one reason I bought a bigger, heavier car instead of another smaller car. At this point, I'd never ride a motorcycle or drive a tiny little car in traffic.

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