Posted by Editormum on 20 December 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I’ve been enjoying most of the Christmas music being played on the local radio stations. I found a “new” one this year that plays some of the less-known, older, and more niche music, and most of it’s pretty good stuff. A darn sight better than the station that plays “Last Christmas” by Wham! at least […]
Tags: Christmas music, Entertainment, rant, singing
Posted by Editormum on 24 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I want to add a bit more to my post from yesterday about my experience with doctors. Please understand, I know that there are good, conscientious, respectful doctors out there. My brother is married to one. My headache specialist, chiropractor, and dentist are three more. My new internist, though her wait times are terrible, is […]
Tags: challenges, Diet, doctors, Low-Carb, medical issues, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, True Stories, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 5 December 2009 in Uncategorized |
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… and their owners. At least the irresponsible and inconsiderate ones. I’ve had a long day at the office with a lot of frustration and insanity. I was at work from 0800 to 1630 (with no lunch, but that’s another story), and then from 1900 to 2315. I’m tired. It’s cold. It’s dark. I’m finally […]
Tags: dogs, Family Life, fear, humour, pet-owners, pets, rant, scars, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 11 November 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Okay, I am really upset, and I am in a quandary. The lack of customer appreciation, communication, and service in even small companies these days is utterly bewildering and appalling to me. And this week’s experience is just another example of how bad — and how stupid — things can get. I love my eye-doctor. […]
Tags: challenges, character, customer service, Family Life, honesty, integrity, rant, respect, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 23 August 2009 in Uncategorized |
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A journal of my three-day exercise in frustration and futility, and how it all came out in the end. Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:00. Internet working normally. Closed browser but did not power-down computer. Friday, 21 August 2009 07:00 Opened browser window and received error message. Restarted computer. Error message. Cleared cache, and all history, […]
Tags: computers, customer service, Family Life, humour, internet, rant, tech support, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 10 July 2009 in Uncategorized |
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In honour of the appallingly frustrating afternoon that I had dealing with telecommunications customer service, I am posting a couple of rants I wrote in 2003, when I was having a difficult time with some IT tech support people. I’m still too mad to write about today’s insanity. Maybe tomorrow. ——————————————————————————————- 28 May 2003: Stop […]
Tags: computers, customer service, IT, rant, tech support, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 20 May 2008 in Uncategorized |
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I just need to rant for a minute here. For the record, not all fat people are out there scarfing down enough food at a single meal to feed a third-world country for a week. Not all of us are slobby couch-potatoes who watch our expanding waistlines with complacent tolerance. Not all of us are […]
Tags: Diet, fat, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 13 March 2007 in
Just Another Single Mother |
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It is impossible for the large-busted, well-endowed woman to find a comfortable, supportive bra to wear. I know. I’ve been amply endowed for ten years now, and I’ve tried every bra on the market. It’s even worse when you have the smaller proportions of a petite frame, as I do. Petite isn’t about size, it’s […]
Tags: clothes, obesity, rant
Posted by Editormum on 14 February 2007 in
Just Another Single Mother |
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Even when I was married, it sucked. In fact, to find a non-sucky V-day, I have to remember back to when I was about four. My mom always made V-day special at home, with cards, candy from the “fancy” candy store, a special dinner, etc. She still does, and the part of V-day that I […]
Tags: holidays, rant, Valentine's Day
Posted by Editormum on 1 February 2007 in
News Commentary |
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Three kids did a really dumb thing, and the grown-ups in their school are going way overboard in punishing them. The kids got the “bright” idea to set up a myspace account, impersonating a teacher at the school. They apparently managed to keep it up for three days, and, of course, word spread around school, […]
Tags: child-rearing, children, Education, news, parenting, rant, single parenting