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Once You Touch It, You Can’t Keep Your Hands Off It
Just moments after I wrote yesterday’s post, friends showed up with video games and a whole bunch of SNACKS. It was wonderful. If you have a Wii, and I know many of you do, then you owe it to yourself to try this game called Boom Blox. It doesn’t sound very awesome when you describe…
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Nom Nom Nom
Snack foods often come in pairs. Chips go with dip, nachos go with salsa, etc. I think these pairs are deliberately designed so that you can never buy them together in just the right amount. For example, you buy a bag of Tostitos and a jar of salsa, but by the time you’re done the…
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Good People
Let me share a story that raised my spirits today. The last two weeks or so, when I’m out for a walk with Willow, there’s a certain bush she’s obsessed with. When we’re near it, she’ll sniff at it like crazy and refuse to move on. She’ll ask to go outside, then when we go…

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