Monday Meme

Boosted from Tense, as per usual.
1. You have 10 dollars and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get?
Diet coke, Doritoes and perhaps something chocolate – a Snickers bar or Kit Kats, I think..
2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?
Something that nothing else [...]

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Happy Anniversary

My beloved and I celebrate 12 years of matrimony today.
I always find it interesting that I sometimes feel as if I’ve known Mr. Chili all my life – that we’ve never not been together – and sometimes I feel like our relationship is still brand new. We have a lovely dichotomy of settled and [...]

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HOW Is This Causing Such a FUSS?!

Seriously – watch this ad:

Isn’t that a RIOT?! Did you see the bit with the leg after the smooch?!
The first time I watched this, I was half convinced that the deli man was Robert DeNero (I’m still a little giddy over his performance in Stardust, I think). It’s a [...]

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F-F-Friday

Today’s a busy one for the Chili family. I’ve got a class to teach at 10:15, then the girls and I come home and prepare for our weekend. They are going to be staying overnight tonight with one of my former students (thanks, Jen!) and tomorrow night with a colleague of mine (thanks, [...]

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Thought for Thursday

Mr. Chili and I celebrate 12 years of marriage on Sunday. In honor of that milestone, I offer this Thought for Thursday, attributed to Freidrich Neitzsche:
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Are YOU lucky (or smart) enough to have married your best friend? What [...]

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We Are One

I found this over at Doc Leckridge’s site, Heroes Not Zombies.

As I watched it, I found myself actually welling up.
One of the essential truths of humanity is that, despite how very different we all are on the outside, there are essential parts of us that are EXACTLY the same. Joy. [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday

Ever peek into someone’s medicine cabinet? Oh, sure you have! Now, I don’t have a medicine cabinet per se, but I keep a lot of neat stuff under the sink. C’mon – you won’t even have to sneak…
1. Here we have some Noxzema. Mr. Chili loves this stuff, and I [...]

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Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, and Tits

Rest in peace, George Carlin. Thanks for calling shit when you saw it.

here are some of my favorites:
pro-life is anti-woman
Fuckin’ meow
the truth about education
baseball vs. football
The Ten Commandments
and, of course, stuff.

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Five Goals

I saw this somewhere – was it on your site, Ms. Teacher? – and I thought I’d do it here.  I’ll likely post one with professional goals on the teacher blog, too, later in the week.  I beg your indulgence while I get used to the new summer routine that includes the girls being home [...]

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The First Day of Summer

Even though yesterday marked the summer solstice, today is the first official day of the Mini Chili’s summer vacation. As far as we’re concerned, then, summer starts today.
Happy summer, Everyone! We’re spending the day with the Bowyer clan, eating burgers and chips, drinking rum-and-Cokes (well, the grown-ups, anyway) and generally being lazy. [...]

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