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Time Machines and Emotional Roller Coasters

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  Have you ever thought back to some of the stupid things you’ve done in your past and wanted a do-over? Yeah, me too. If only there were such things as a time machine or even Doctor Who’s TARDIS.   But of course, there isn’t – it’s all fiction, even though I’d like to believe The Doctor is somewhere out there doing his whole wibbly wobbly timey-wimey thing. I’ve been in a stage of downsizing my material possessions and simplifying for the past few years – it’s just stuff after…

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Please (Don’t) Buy Me Flowers

Laura Bock, , , 3 Comments

  From the moment I entered into the double digits, I’ve been a hopeless romantic. This happened without reading sappy romance books in my teen years, as most of my female peers did. Most of the time I manage to hide my hopelessness under the guise of my hard-earned cynicism.   At times I view my hopeless romanticism as a character flaw; I feel it weakens my badass-don’t-mess-with-me cynical bitchiness.   I sometimes hate to admit that one of my guilty pleasures is to watch chick-flicks and romantic comedies; they are…

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Bittersweet Legacy

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  I’m feeling a bit of the bittersweet symphony of life today.    When I woke up today, I did what almost everyone nowadays does – I checked my phone as if it were the morning newspaper. I found that I had received a heartfelt thank you from a friends’ son; I had donated to his fraternity’s philanthropy project. Donating isn’t a big deal for me, as I always help out when it comes to things of that nature. I find it admirable when young adults get involved in helping out…

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