Category Archives: Crazy Me

Recipe Madness

Posted on 04/18/2008 by chick

Over the years I’ve noticed that we almost never follow recipes exactly. For example, one of our Mexican recipes calls for black beans cooked until done, the cooking liquid, and green bell pepper. I always substitute those ingredients with canned … Continue reading →

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Signs of Thought

Posted on 04/17/2008 by chick

While I was learning sign language in college, I practiced fingerspelling by spelling out my thoughts, letter by letter, any time my mind was drifting. The habit became so ingrained that I still do it now, like when I’m shopping … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on 04/13/2008 by chick

I have two nail clippers: one for fingers and one for toes. Why is it that no matter which one I’m looking for I find the other first? And while we’re thinking about such things, since a pothole can form … Continue reading →

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Resolutions Revisited

Posted on 01/21/2008 by chick

Some people say that it takes three weeks to form a new habit. If that’s true, then today is the magical day by which my New Year’s resolutions ought to have stuck if they were going to stick. So let’s … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought

Posted on 01/10/2008 by chick

Blue cheese is one of the most disgusting foods ever invented. Oh, I love the taste of it. I really do, but I can’t stand to look at the weeping green veins of mold, so I always buy it precrumbled.

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Winter Salad

Posted on 01/08/2008 by chick

For weeks, it was too cold for me to be easily lured outside, but today was beautiful. I decided to run some quick errands, including a stop at the grocery store to pick up some fresh produce. The grocery store … Continue reading →

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Just Do Something!

Posted on 01/04/2008 by chick

One day, years ago, I realized that I wasn’t pursuing any of the many ideas I had. I remember saying, “If I did half of what I thought about doing, I’d be twice as successful in life.” It sounded wise, … Continue reading →

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Euphemistically Speaking

Posted on 01/03/2008 by chick

If you had visited this site just minutes ago, you would have seen a post with a “newly-minted” euphemism. I thought it was my word. Then I looked it up and though it’s not in any conventional dictionary, it is … Continue reading →

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Background Music

Posted on 12/23/2007 by chick

It’s Christmastime and that means constant bombardment with some of the most annoying songs ever written, like the one about the Italian Christmas donkey. That horrid little tune gets so thoroughly stuck in my head that I walk around the … Continue reading →

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Not Bread

Posted on 12/04/2007 by chick

Bread sausage. Yum. There are things inside That are not bread. Chewy things, tough things That are not bread. Um. I eat it anyway.

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