It's a Dilemma When:...

Fri Dec 2, 2011 12:03 PM EST

It’s a dilemma when: You technically have the right-of-way but the engine block of the vehicle turning in front of you weighs as much as your car. The weather didn’t look THAT bad from the window. You and your spouse live in a one-bed/one-bath apartment and you both g …

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VBS Day Three: Something Smells Fishy About This

Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:41 PM EDT

Day three of Vacation Bible School and the kiddos are some kids are swearing they're awake in spite of the slumber parties they had the night before.

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Thank You for Volunteering but There Won't Actually be any Human Sacrifices at VBS this Week

Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:17 PM EDT

Day two of my traditional vacation week is half done and I find myself sitting back and laughing. Any sane person taking a week's holiday from work would use that time to relax, sleep in, catch some sun and maybe putz around to a light activity or two. And then there's me.

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Kids at Church

Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:14 PM EST

No matter how many weeks I go, it seems like I always forget from one week to the next that attending church does have its moments of levity. The denomination I belong to makes a point of having (usually before the "grown-up" sermon) a Children's Sermon or Children's Message.

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Trick-or-Treating with Auntie Gremlin and her Monsters (or How to Make Kids go to Bed after Halloween Fun)

Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:48 PM EDT

Let me begin by saying that I am not yet a parent. I am merely the auntie who has spent a good portion of her (and their) life babysitting, supervising and generally being a dictator of all manner of chores and vegetable consumption. Normally I am not the regular babysitter.

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Senators question $1 million pay for charity's CEO

Seeded on Fri Mar 12, 2010 10:19 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press Writer – 36 mins ago WASHINGTON – A group of Republican senators is questioning high salaries and expensive travel bills for executives at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, raising issues th …

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Wrong Number Miracle

Seeded on Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:46 PM EST (www.nbcsandiego.com)

Virginia Saenz could hear the desperation in the voice of the telephone message. It was 5 a.m.

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Let Them Eat Dog

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:23 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

By JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Despite the fact that it's perfectly legal in 44 states, eating "man's best friend" is as taboo as a man eating his best friend. Even the most enthusiastic carnivores won't eat dogs.

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