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Posted on August 22, 2009 Written by Diane

Several very large, very polite men from Jack Trux Moving are taking everything out of my current house and loading it on to a couple of trucks, which will then take it all to the new house, where we will live where the current house gets demolished … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: All About Moi, In which I give advice

Nail polish

Posted on August 19, 2009 Written by Diane

About a year ago, when I started to lose weight, I became very interested in how I looked, both in terms of my clothes and my accessories. I wore belts infrequently before a year ago, because I always wore jeans that didn't need them. They didn't … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Fashion

Modern terms for women

Posted on August 18, 2009 Written by Diane

This recent entry by Justine Musk reminded me of the not-especially-novel realization that words to describe women in a derogatory way are a)commonplace, b)much meaner than any similar terms used to describe men, and c)often used as shorthand for, as … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Language

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