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It seems like everyone has skeletons in the closet. And when we can overcome these things we are really successful. Leighton Meester is one of those people. Star Magazine is reporting that Leighton was born in jail… [Leighton] was born while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Texas.

Tomorrow is our 11th wedding anniversary. Despite our lousy vacation luck, we're dropping the kids and the dog off with sitters, then we're headed here. Here is a forest, with a hillside lodge, lake, golf course, pool and many outdoor activities. While determining our excursions, we certainly know we won't be horseback riding.

jeff texted me while i was out with the kids this morning and said “sign into IM when you get home.” so i did. me: hey babe, what did you need? him: im working on some stuff and just want you at my beckon call. me: is that how you think that is spelled/said? him: it is sad i know. i am an illiterate wretch.

A few months ago, my husband started a new job. His office isn't particularly close to our house though. Because of that distance, and for various other reasons, I had never gone to visit his new digs with the kids. None of those reasons being that I was hoping to drop 20 pounds before meeting his new co-workers.

A news report that appeared in The Economist: “A battle of ideas is going on inside your mind.” That problem solving becomes easier when more minds are put to the task is no more than common sense. But the phenomenon goes further than that.

This is a very long article that I found very interesting and most of all, thought provoking."I once asked a journalist friend, who had been chained inside the courtroom every single day of the O.J. Simpson trial,... read more

Among our group of friends, I am lovingly referred to as a "one-upper". Someone tells a story, and I come back with something to top it. If you reflect on the time you were driving in a snowstorm, I will tell you a story about walking through a blizzard and not being able to see two feet in front of me.

With an average daily traffic currently reaching 421, including a visitor from Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan (Google Map) interested in my take on Randy Pausch, it's time for more Quick Hits... Gas Prices decline: If you were to look at my cell phone, you'd see a photo of the gas station prices at my local retailer near home (I have several dozen photos I neglect to transfer...

Dear Readers...if you were wondering whether I had passed on to the next world or not because of a couple of days without posting, then there is no need to wonder any longer! I am in Singapore and have either been too busy or too lazy to turn on the laptop and log in to write.

There are a number of benefits in having a spouse who also runs, we motivate each other, neither of us has to explain why we’re spending so much money on race fees or Clif SHOT Gels or running attire. We understand the eccentricities that come with running, the time spent analyzing splits, the carb loading, the time spent analyzing how clear one’s urine is.