Monthly Archives: December 2005

Year in Review – 2005

I found this “Year in Review” meme over at Steph’s blog Following Flidhais. Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that’s your “Year … Continue reading Continue reading

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Is It Over Yet?

As much as I hate to say it, I am finished with this holiday season. I have never had to deal with so many unpleasant customers in all the years I have worked retail. There are complaints about prices and … Continue reading Continue reading

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‘Tis the Season to Spend Money

Yesterday I got two concrete examples of why I’m so very, very tired of the commercialism of this time of year. First, there was a lady looking to buy a gift for her hard-to-buy-for sister-in-law. She wasn’t looking to spend … Continue reading Continue reading

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Was that “i” before “e”?

Regardless of how often I manage to mangle it, I love the English language. We have so many words (over half a million at last count) that we can use to express ourselves perfectly. I’m pretty sure, though, that few … Continue reading Continue reading

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