Skinny pizza? What's next, Mitt Romney riding a unicorn?

1/31/2012 3:22 PM

Not quite sure why Romney and unicorns came to my mind, but they did, so let's just move on.

Anyway, hey! Hope you're enjoying your day. And I hope you're ready ... 

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Meth dealers, Cabbage Patch Kids and Lance Bass' granddad

1/30/2012 7:30 AM

I loathe being photographed.

I'm sure there were times throughout my prepubescent childhood when I might've been happy to pose for the camera. Such was NOT the case ... 

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ABBA is coming back! Now, all we need is an IKEA and an H&M ...

1/26/2012 3:31 PM

Ever since I found my parents' eight-tracks of ABBA, the band famous for 'Dancing Queen' has been my favorite export from Sweden.

In fourth grade, when I recorded ... 

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'Tis tax season -- so here are 10 reminders from a local CPA

1/26/2012 7:30 AM

Sunday, April 15, is Eastern Orthodox Easter. Awesome! (And that's not a sarcastic exclamation point.)

Neither is the one following this statement: April 16 is Emancipation ... 

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'Being Dead is No Excuse' -- unless pimento cheese is involved

1/25/2012 7:30 AM

Funerals often bring out the best in people -- Southerners, at least.

It's not so much because we're on our best behavior out of respect for the deceased or those ... 

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"I'm concussed" is the new "My dog ate my homework"

1/24/2012 7:30 AM

Y'all know I'm a freak, right? So it should come as NO surprise that I've enjoyed being able to say, 'I'm concussed' since Friday the 13th.

For those not in the ... 

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Lagniappe: Good news and bad news on Friday the 13th

1/13/2012 4:12 PM

I don't consider myself a superstitious person -- at least, I didn't before I was in a car wreck this morning on the way to work.

Long story short, a driver ran ... 

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Serial killers in my attic, basket of kittens in my wallet

1/13/2012 7:30 AM

Love me some animals -- and I don't mean for eating. Not just, anyway.

Nothing can wring a tear from my dark-circled eye like that dang ASPCA commercial, with the ... 

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Lagniappe: Champagne wishes and black bean dreams

1/12/2012 5:40 PM

I'm not a big champagne drinker.

It's nice and all, but I still can't shake the memory of that horrendous headache I got two hours after downing two glasses at a ... 

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Pie that puts the 'fun' back in 'funeral'

1/11/2012 7:30 AM

A search for spicy pretzels offered me a near-death experience, of sorts. A really contrived 'sorts,' but still.

Before Christmas, I was looking through cookbooks ... 

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My 'accidental' fall from the 16th floor of the 'Incontinent' Building

1/10/2012 7:30 AM

Be especially careful of falling objects at the southeast corner of Fourth Street and Boston Avenue on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, at least through the end ... 

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Healthy pasta? Pass it! Like, now, preferably.

1/1/2012 7:00 AM

I weigh 259.8 pounds -- the heaviest I've ever been.

My doctor told me I was obese. And that conversation was 15 pounds ago.

I know, you're probably tired of ... 

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