The Reluctant Grownup – Page 316 – Growing old gracelessly.

Travel

Snippets of Rio

A few snippets, and a few pictures, until I have time for a more proper update. I toddle and trip over a mile of mosaic cobblestone sidewalks to my metro…

March 8, 2012

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Took the Bait, Wants to Un-Take It

So, a kid I used to babysit for a thousand years ago is one of my friends on Facebook. Don’t ask – basically I accepted him as a friend because…

November 6, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

The Morning The weekend continued to be disgustingly glorious, with brisk and bracing mornings, sun-drenched and comfortable daytimes, and pleasantly chilly evenings. Patrick and I woke on Monday and…

June 30, 2008

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RG / September 25, 2006

I just found this on one of the Featured Spaces, and I liked the idea. · I Am . . . a few weeks from being married. · I Want . . .…

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Tips

RG / September 19, 2006

RG’s tips for new brides: Don’t start your diet too soon. You’ll get sick of it real quick and give your tailor fits when she has to let out what she just took…

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Ooog

RG / September 12, 2006

A couple of glasses of wine have done a bit of work to erase this crappy day. It was frenetic, frantic, frenzied, and other words starting with “fr. ” I sported a brand new cold. …

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Crocodile Tears

RG / September 5, 2006

Can anybody explain to me why I am so sad that Steve Irwin has died? This is not the only death on the news that has captivated me recently. I ate up the…

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Listen to this . . .

RG / August 22, 2006

. . . so my manly musclebound man manhandled the massive new all-in-one washer dryer into the house, without a handtruck, singlehandedly. I was there, wearing gloves, close toed shoes and a sports…

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