Category: Blog
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The HP Has a Heart
I have a vanity plate on my car. For those of you who don’t subscribe to such frivolity, allow me to educate you: you must also pay for a “regular” tag – the kind with the combination of letters and numbers that are impossible to memorize – and keep it (up to date) and in…
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Taste bud-less
I’ve lost thirty pounds (confirmed by physician) since April. My BMI has dropped four full points, and I was cautioned by my doctor that if I lose another point and a half, I’ll be considered medically underweight. I nearly laughed out loud. Those words – THAT word – underweight – and I have never shared…
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SOONER
Well, here we are. Let me introduce myself. Let’s get this party started. I’m Katie. (My full name is actually along the lines of Katherine Elizabeth Victoria von Snoot (not really, but close), but we’ll leave it at Katie.) I’m a fifth generation Oklahoman, and it’s rumored that Generation 1, my great-great grandfather, who came…
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Starting to Write
20 August 2019 4:56 am So. Well. Here we are. I signed up for a class at my local career tech a year ago – a short little course – on blogging. I was going to learn how to (a) blog, (b) monetize it, (c) retire early, and (d) buy a ski chalet outside Vail…
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Expectations – Reality = Suffering^2
I’m not a Buddhist, but my long time therapist is, and she has explained to me (multiple times) the concept that when we feel suffering, it’s because the reality of a situation does not match the expectations with which we enter the situation. I must continuously stare at her dumbly, so she illustrates it thusly:…
Half Maverick 