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Things I’ve gotten angry at today just because I have PMS: 1. The woman with the screaming baby walking at the lake this morning. I couldn’t rush away fast enough. 2. The two people who wouldn’t pull their dogs back on the leash, so that they managed to take up the entire width of the walking path, forcing me to ...

Notes from the Mall, Volume 1. 1. Sometimes I manage to convince myself that going to the Mall of America is a really good idea. Today, the justification was twofold: first, it’s swimming-pool humid outside. Usually that’s not a problem when I take my morning walk around 8 or 9, but I got home at 5:30am, which meant the walk ...

Dear Laura: You said this is how you keep up with my life, so this one goes out to you (cue lounge-act wink and point). Well, I’ve been home for a little over a week now, and I’m pretty much back to my regular routine. I spent last week going out with friends, talking and telling stories until even I ...

Hey, remember me? I’m back. I’m glad to be home. And I had an incredible trip. I’m working on a travel journal. Right now it’s in analog format. My laptop was less communication device, more ballast in the trunk on my trip. Which was fine, really. I didn’t have much time to do anything but download photos from the camera. ...