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May.08.2013
A few years ago, I caught a cold that wouldn’t go away. The runny nose left me dehydrated and exhausted and was accompanied by sneezes so powerful that my eyes would explode like volcanos of hot, mascara’ed saltiness while twin rivers of black gook oozed down my face.
“Are...
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Feb.06.2013
Noah Muthler took his first state standardized test in third grade at the Spring Cove Elementary School in Roaring Spring, Pa. It was a miserable experience, said his mother, Kathleen Muthler. He was a good student in a program for gifted children. But, Muthler said, “he was crying in my arms...
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Jul.27.2012
I got divorced 5 years ago—a bit of a surprise divorce situation—and worked my tail off to graduate with a Master of Arts in Teaching last June, just in time to join the thousands of other unemployed new teachers.
I’ve been wondering all along—in the course of the last five years--how I was...
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Apr.19.2012
Is there anything more exhausting than changing up your normal routine?
Oh, it's ok if you are embarking on a journey, or starting something new like a job or going to the gym, but none of those scenarios describe my exhaustion. No, mine is more mundane. I have spent the past four days...
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Sep.02.2011
This is a test. I'm learning to navigate the new Red Room. So far, I have gotten lost. I thought I had a compass to use, but alas - it functioned like Captain Jack Sparrow's. Then of all things, I created a post, previewed it, spotted a mistake (no, I did not copy and paste - grave error) I...
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Aug.13.2009
Once there was a boy.
There wasn’t anything particularly unusual about him when he was born, but his parents, like most parents, believed him to be the most perfect baby.
He was a rough-and-tumble child, as boys tend to be — active and talkative and social.
Somewhere along the way, he developed...
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Feb.02.2009
I spent some time last week downloading the new Windows Beta 7 ( http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/Windows7/Home ) with installation on Sunday. The download was an all–day affair. The installation required first that I burn the downloaded image to a DVD disc, then boot from the disc and install....
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