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- Lauren Bielski
- Username: Astoriagrrrl
- In response to: "What's the one thing you're never gonna give up?" Certain novels that I care about: stuff by AS Byatt, Jane Smiley, Charles Baxter, and Antonya Nelson.
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- I miss this
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This time of year? The smell of spring. It's about two months away and I'll feel those weeks of cold in every middle-aged bone. Winter can be lovely of course, but nothing feels as good as warmish air and french blue sky.
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- My first job: insurance
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My first job as a college grad was proofreading forms for a life insurance company. I have pale memories of squinting a lot at very small type,…
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- If anyone's outworn their welcome, it's Michael Lohan
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Who's obnoxious? I'll tell you who...
Michael Lohan, who, among other minor crimes against humanity, rides on his talented daughter's coattails. She may have some issues, but with a papa that messed up, can you blame her?
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- In defense of my coffee vice
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A word or two about my coffee habit.
Coffee is my vice. I started in 8th grade when I was dancing (ballet, modern, and jazz) 2 to 3 hours most nights and needed a little jolt to stay vertical and thin. I will never quit. Everything about the coffee experience is delicious, delectable, and well, innocent ... especially as compared to other vices a woman of a certain age could have. There's no "war on coffee" for example. (Unless Stumptown's invasion of NYC counts.) Nobody dies for coffee. (Well if they do, somebody needs to clue me in, okay? Because I'm not clear about it.) Coffee keeps me vertical long after the days events might have left me prostrate and sniveling instead. Coffee gives me oomph in my kick boxing class so I can slay imagined beasts and beasties. Now, cut back? Sure. Quit? Never.
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- Getting their attention and keeping it
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I used to be a bit of a brat—just bound on in to somebody's office (for instance) and ask for what I needed. I didn't intentionally do this to be rude, I just didn't think about how the interruption would effect them. Well, now that I'm older and wiser I'm here to tell you it WAS rude. So now, I email them to make an appt. and I try to be mindful. Ooops... I know, I'm being preachy. Sorry!
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- Boy, we've got a lot of news to share. First things first:We've got a new nameWhile Plinky is still the name of our beloved…
