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Perimenopausal, Pandemic Wardrobe Haul – Fall/Winter ’21 and ’22 @showmeshannon
I gained a few pounds over the last year or so. I’m perimenopausal and less active since the COVID lockdowns. I had to modify my wardrobe last season to accommodate the extra pounds. I donated several items to Goodwill or gave them away to acquaintances. I learned that it’s pretty expensive to replace a lot…
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I Knew I Was Right – Mid Continent Public Library
I worked for MCPL, Mid Continent Public Library from 2010 – early 2013. Upon separating from the organization I wrote a strongly worded e mail to the library director Steven Potter. I expressed my disappointment in the library’s hiring policies, lack of diversity in staff and materials. I pretty much told him that the organization…
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The Facade of the American Job Market
The American job market of 2022 is a pyramid scheme. You get a job and then you’re expected to work your way up if you want to have financial prosperity. But in any organization there are more workers than there are supervisors or managers. The job market is designed to uplift some and disenfranchise others.…
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Over the Limit
Over the weekend I watched the documentary “Over the Limit” about gold medal winning Olympic rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun. This is a good sports movie and I recommend it. It is in Russian with no subtitles or voice overs. The film is an hour and fourteen minutes long and I didn’t understand a word except…
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RIP Queen: The Death of Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA 2019
It was reported over the weekend that Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst jumped sixty stories to her death from a NYC sky scraper. I am still shocked and dismayed by this grim and disheartening news. I’ve never had a death of a high profile person affect me in such a way. Cheslie was living the…
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Popeyes Hottie Sauce: A Review
I tried Popeyes Hottie Sauce recently. It was good and I recommend you give it a try. I had the sauce on Popeyes chicken strips which were delicious. The Popeyes strips are some of the best strips I’ve ever had. The best way to describe Hottie Sauce is McDonald’s sweet and sour sour with hot…
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Winter Review: West Side Story
I recently saw Steven Spielberg’s retelling of the classic musical “West Side Story”. I enjoyed the love story a great deal. Spielberg and his cast and crew did a great job in this remake. I saw “West Side Story” with Natalie Wood many years ago on one of the cable classic movie channels and loved…
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