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What I'm Thankful For

• Laughing all the way by Pat Detmer
• November 26, 2008 · Add a comment

Sometimes we miss the basics in thankfulness ..
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We're Right Here, Right Next to You

• Laughing all the way by Pat Detmer
• November 22, 2008 · Add a comment

"Always give clear and precise directions to your holiday functions. It's the appropriate and polite thing to do." Miss Manners.
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Welcome to Vermont

• Showbiz Kid by Carol Starr Schneider
• November 20, 2008 · Add a comment

Out here in Sherman Oaks, there’s little evidence of a poetic time some folks call autumn, others fall. In the last week alone, temperatures soared into the ’90s, the winds kicked up and huge chunks of hillside, from Sylmar to Anaheim Hills, caught fire.
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ICU ASAP, OK?

• Laughing all the way by Pat Detmer
• November 17, 2008 · 3 Comments

I'm looking to add some Boomer content to the internet acronym lexicon. How about LSHTMPSO, or Laughing So Hard That My Pacemaker Shorted Out?
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“Wonderland”

• Rock 'n' Roll Grandma by Penny Valladares
• November 13, 2008 · Add a comment

I got an email from a friend last week with a very short message telling me to watch ‘Austin City Limits’ on Saturday night to see Carolyn Wonderland.
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Just in time

• Showbiz Kid by Carol Starr Schneider
• November 13, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just in time for the holidays, Sarah Palin has announced an exciting line of products, available exclusively through her hot new website: www.i’m-not-going-anywhere.com
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Don't Cross Me

• Laughing all the way by Pat Detmer
• November 12, 2008 · Add a comment

I see it all the time: Size Zero models and actresses who insist upon standing with their legs crossed when their pictures are taken. They look like underfed storks. I know why they do this.
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