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It’s December 18th, and I’m begging myself not to start knitting something.

December 17, 2009

Fact 1: I have not finished my Christmas shopping. Fact 1a: Full disclosure: I’m not even sure I’ve STARTED my …

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Columns You May Not Have Seen

December 16, 2009

I’m busy doing my Christmas shopping and begging myself not to start knitting something and I’m just minutes away from …

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“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea.”

December 14, 2009

I’m quoting Abe Lincoln here because I didn’t want to use a common paraphrase of one of his really famous …

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None of you won the pool.

December 12, 2009

….because none of you correctly guessed what the angry reader of this column keyed in on. That’s okay…I never would …

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Because when I come back…

December 11, 2009

…I really come back. This month’s column in the Ahwatukee Foothills News actually got me hate mail (or, to be …

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Eldrick, Eldrick burning bright…

December 11, 2009

There’s that story told about a little boy, apparently healthy, born to healthy parents, who wouldn’t talk. No matter what anyone …

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Ah, the memories. And the column!

October 2, 2008

When I was a kid, my brothers and sisters called me “Bess The Mess, The Big Fat Pest.” My mom, when …

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I swear, I thought this would be comedy gold.

September 10, 2008

When I started the No Sugar Initiative, I was certain that it would be comedy fodder for the next month. …

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That pesky little bugger sure causes a lot of trouble.

September 6, 2008

Who knew how much havoc 12 atoms of carbon, 22 of hydrogen, and 11 of oxygen could wreak? We’re almost …

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A spoonful of you-know-what helps the medicine go down…

September 5, 2008

It all started with this month’s Mom, Interrupted. I really do love my m&ms. But over time, I have become …

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