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As a public librarian, I'd like to add my two cents. Just because the paycheck had a different origin, doesn't make this idea "good." As a rule, librarians studiously fight for the privacy and...

Why, ctg, you just hit the nail on the head! You set limits, decide what you can reasonably do, and move forward. Yes, sometimes it feels really, really hard. But, you said it yourself, your dad...

Hi, Sylvia--
I loved the affirmations you posted above. I had issues with an absent father who didn't think daughters deserved to be human, and a mother so narcissistic that she hogged every...

And yet----

http://www.eudebtclock.org/

What was the point of shooting the pilots? It is just escalating a provocative act! Turkey could have paraded them around and said, "Look what we found! I told you so!" Killing them just p$#@es...

This just in--Turkey supposedly killed the bailed-out pilots!

This is crazy!

Thanks to SteveinMN for recovering and pasting the article. My thought is that there are troubling signs in Europe--again? Still? I'm just not sure anymore. Every time we have "good" news in this...

Reading one of my other blogs, and came upon this entry. Thoughts, anyone?

http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/11/swiss-banks-abs-hits-customers-with.html

Mish Shedlock is a bit of...

As a public librarian, I can respond as well. Privacy is of key importance a to librarian. We are a special breed, who will fight for patron's rights. The famous Patriot Act is a case in point. ...

Hi, everyone--
I get a LOT of cards from the various charities I send money to. Does anyone have any ideas what to do with them? There are Christmas cards and get well cards and sympathy...

I heard the term "gig economy" and thought of a friend who is still paying for school, doesn't own a car, and took public transportation to get to her three part-time jobs in three different towns. ...

I guess being a writer is something everyone dreams of! I, too, went through the trial by novel. I have three--one that just didn't quite work, one I wasn't ready to tackle yet, and the current one...

Meaning no disrespect, but isn't she an adult now? It took me a long time, when I was on my own, to find, and go to, a dentist I liked. Too many sadistic hygenists in my past. They liked blood!...

Gosh, so complicated! And here I used to only drown worms once in a while to get my fishy fix. Question: have you a freezer to store all that "free" meat? ;)
Susan

If you have that block on saying no, tell him you appreciate the offer, but you can no longer trust him to keep yourneeds/desires in mind, then remind him (growling) of how he destroyed your tree. I...

Oh, I know 120+ inches isn't much in the rural parts. I was born and raised in upstate NY where this is nothing. What was the hardest to handle with last winter was that ALL the snow dumped in over...

Hi, all--
Last year the Boston area (where I live) had over 120 inches of snow. Many of us are still reeling from pictures of snow up over our houses, and snowfalls of 2 feet or more in one night. ...

When my card was hacked, the card company called me (!). The guy on the line said the thieves will test out numbers until they get one. Stop busting yourself, it may have just been unhappy...

Tracfone is cheap ($100) per year, and is carried on AT&T. I've gotten and received calls in the Adirondacks, where Verizon can't reach. Clean, good reception.

Hi, CathyA,
I agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly. I, too, named my cars, and look back on them fondly. Intellectually, I knew they were mere inanimate objects, but they did have individual...

Once upon a time, I had charges like that on my credit card. Someone has your number! I strongly suggest you talk directly to your credit card company immediately! sSomeone, perhaps at the hotel,...

Yesterday I heard the "D" word mentioned on the radio, as pertains to Greece. Since 2008, I've scrutinized economic reports, watched and read foreign news reports, and still think we came as close...

Thank you all for your advice. I guess I was going through a midlife crisis. Instead of the shiny red torpedo that men seem to like (��), I wanted the bomber of my youth! Maybe some day I'll get a...

Hi, all,
I don't post very often, but I've been racking my brain. I wonder if you'll indulge me with your thoughts. I saw a 1996 Saturn SL on Craigslist. I've been looking for a while, mostly...

Hi, all-
I just got a peculiar phone call from my doctor's office, asking me to set up a pap smear appointment.

Now, I've never discussed a pap smear with my doctor, and the call particularly...