Around my house, that’s when others choose to run the dishwasher. Before dinner, so I am guaranteed to have to open it for stuff I need. Why can’t they wait? I’ve asked. Over and over, I’ve asked. The smallest stuff is the hardest to turn over.

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If I were to suggest to you that the food industry combines sugar, fat and salt with the specific purpose of driving us to want to eat it’s products, even to excess, would you be surprised? Would this come as some cosmic revelation? I thought not. In truth, our grandmothers did the same to varying [...]

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Okay, so today I had to exchange some cable hardware again. This time at a different location because yesterday’s isn’t open on Saturday. This location is in a mall, right next to the Lindt Chocolate store. Once again, we have two women working. One, is one of us. The other, is naked. I just remark [...]

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We recently changed cable TV provider and I had to drop off some old hardware and pick up some gear at the local service center. No big deal. Behind the customer service counter were two CSRs (ladies) and a TV. The Food Network was on. I can always use that as an opening to talk [...]

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Oy. Actually, this story doesn’t start with Oy. It starts with an e-mail and an idea. An OA acquaintance (Now friend. Service does that sometimes.) got in touch with me a few months ago. Like me, she’s into getting the word out about OA. There was an event coming up which would attract lots of [...]

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