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Sin Tax On Soda Pop?

March 9, 2010

The nightly news reported that Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York is encouraging lawmakers to place a penny-per-ounce tax on the sale of sodas sold in his state. Do what? While the news story focused on the fact that Americans are obese, and putting a tax on sugary drinks will help fight that [...]

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Twitter Support Is For The Birds

November 19, 2009

If you have a Twitter account, you’d better hope that nothing goes wrong with it, because you will be flying on your own. It all works great until you have a problem. Then you will find that Twitter support seems to be totally unreachable. Perhaps I shouldn’t complain, since the Twitter social [...]

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Christmas Card Controversy

December 7, 2008

There is a minor controversy brewing, along with the morning coffee, at the Tucker house. It’s over the issue of Christmas cards. Mr. Tucker wants to send them out. I do not.
You see, I think that the sending of Christmas cards needs to go the way of the dinosaur. [...]

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Bully For You

November 19, 2008

Would you be embarrassed to discover that your child was known as the class bully? I don’t know about y’all, but I would be mortified! I would hope that I could raise my children to be sensitive to the feelings of others.
Recently, a librarian friend asked me if I knew any stories about [...]

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Squat Diddly

November 7, 2008

Y’all, I know that I said I wasn’t going to be snarky on Only The Good Friday, but sometimes I just can’t stand oozing goodness out of every pore for a whole day. This is one of those times!
Whatever happened to the days when the wait staff at a restaurant stood respectfully at the [...]

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Advertising Is Not Rocket Science, BUT…

September 25, 2008

… if you are using a theme song, you should know the lyrics!
With the television on, just for the noise while I knitted, a commercial caught my attention. The advertisement was accompanied by a haunting song that is a favorite of mine. Originally it was performed by David Bowie; it’s called “Space Oddyssey.”
I [...]

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Raising Children Is Like Tending Roses

September 2, 2008

Raising children is no job for sissies. It is the most difficult task we ever take upon ourselves. When those tiny, fragile humans come into our care, they don’t come with instruction manuals. What a pity! It’s a job that needs a manual like no other.
Now, if y’all believe my newspaper, [...]

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I Love/Hate My Job

May 15, 2008

Yes, I’m having a “love-hate relationship” with my job right now. I bet most of y’all go through that, too. I am relieved that there are times that I love it, because I know there are some people who despise the work they do to make a living. I realize I’m fortunate, [...]

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Makes You Want To Turn Off Comments

April 29, 2008

Oh, children. Someone who calls him/her self “realist in Denton” commented on my post about the Denton Jazz festival. Do y’all ever get comments that make you want to twist someone’s head off? I just have to share with you. This is what the goofball had to say:
Either you haven’t been [...]

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Now They’ve Done It. Blogger Made Me Want To “Change My Tone”

April 2, 2008

I’m on a rant. Yes, I am. I’m so angry that I’m pounding the keyboard. I’m FURIOUS at Blogger.com. The IDIOTS.
Blogger does the same thing my Hoover vacuum cleaner does. Do I have to spell that out for you?
Here’s why:
So, I decided a couple of days ago to participate in [...]

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Here’s A Little Tip For You

March 16, 2008

“Hi! My name is Tiffany*, and I’ll be your server tonight,” the young woman gushes while flashing a megawatt smile. Her face indicates she is just thrilled to see us. “Can I start you off with something to drink? A glass of wine, maybe?”
“No thank you,” I answer sweetly. “We will [...]

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The Shape Of The Economy

March 9, 2008

I listened with half an ear to the news as an economist pretended he was “Chicken Little.” You know Chicken Little—the critter that went around chirping, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”
That fella said we are entering a recession (you need degrees and stuff to tell you that?). He said that [...]

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Foraging

March 5, 2008

“Despite their burdens, they [the women] foraged as they traveled, and so efficiently it hardly slowed them down. A patch of day lilies was quickly stripped of buds and flowers, and tender new roots exposed with a few strokes of the digging sticks…shoots and tender young leaves of clover, alfalfa, dandelion; thistles stripped of [...]

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Pierced Parcel Post Package

March 1, 2008

He shook his head as he handed me this package. I detected a mock woeful look upon the face of my local postmaster.
“Now, iss is whah ah tell people never ta use at parcel post. Probly whut happined wuz a fitty poun box fell smack dab inna middle a this. Mmm. Mmm. [...]

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Peek-A-Boo

February 21, 2008

Seems that my blog is playing games with me.
But, I’m not having fun!
Yesterday, Lola contacted me and asked if there was a problem with my blog. She said my blog had disappeared. She’s in Spain, so I thought there was just some “issue” going on with my blog trying to [...]

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An Insidious “ism”: Ageism

February 18, 2008

Yesterday, I said the only controversy bubbling at my house was over chili with beans or chili without (go vote, if you haven’t).
I lied.
Well, I didn’t actually lie, but I did a little blog hopping to some of my favorite places and found some more controversy to consider. I read this post [...]

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They Call Themselves “Apple Geniuses”

January 6, 2008

Have y’all ever gone through the fast food drive-thru, with a carload of kids squealing in the backseat? And, you ordered a bagful of burgers, fries and some chicken nuggets for Junior (because he’s been driving you nuts begging for them for thirty minutes)? And, you pay for your order and get back [...]

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Huh?

October 29, 2007

My local paper, The Denton Record Chronicle, has a section called “Names In The News,” where they publish stories that come over the Associated Press wires. I don’t know why I bother to read it, because I usually scratch my head and say, “Huh?” Sunday’s paper was no exception.
The headline read:
Church [...]

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The Clean Plate Club

October 26, 2007

Do y’all know a picky eater? I’ve never been a picky eater. Lordy, one look at me will tell you that! I’m a bona fide member of the Clean Plate Club. I’m happy to eat healthy vegetables and fruits, and I love my bacon, too! I’m not fond of “organ” [...]

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Raise Your Hand If You Hate The Technorati Monster

October 13, 2007

Don’t y’all just hate feeling like you are a kid in high school, and don’t get to sit at the “Cool Kid’s Table?” Technorati is the entity that decides if a blogger is “cool.” It counts the number of links to a blog and gives each blog an “authority” and a rank. [...]

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