It’s All Maya!

Hand it to John McCain to bring a breath of fresh air into this stale political arena!!!  As a liberal independent woman voter who has been solidly sitting on the fence during this entire campaign, I am estatic to finally see someone who is not a staunch Washington politician!  I was very impressed with Alaska’s […]

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Thanks to all the rain that hurricane Faye dropped on the Atlantic  coast, I needed to call AAA for the first time and ask for roadside assistance.  After years of paying for their service and never using it (except to obtain an occasional road map) I told myself, finally my yearly fees would be somewhat reimbursed….so I thought!
The […]

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Yes, I’m an avid jazz enthusiast, but this post is not about jazz; nor is it about jazzing anything up.  Instead it’s about the Canadian airline called none other than Air Canada Jazz or ACJ.  This industrious thinking company has come up with a marvelous idea for saving fuel costs!  What is it?  Why, taking […]

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For Better or For Worse
A married couple is sitting in front of the television…
Husband: Are you going to tell me why you’re making such a long face ever since I’ve come home?
Wife:  You want to know!  Because it’s our 20th wedding anniversary and we’re sitting here like two asses in front of the TV!
Husband: Oh […]

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My nephew just got back to the States from Afghanistan and family members are on their way to see him.  No, unfortunately he’s not back for good, instead it’s a two week hiatus that is much needed.  He had a close call a few months back when the tank he was riding in was destroyed.  […]

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Who hasn’t heard about the feats and glory of Michael Phelps in the Beijing Olympics!?  It took 36 years for an athelete to surpass Mark Spitz’s incredible 7 gold medal win in 1972 at the Olympic Games in Munich!  (I just so happened to have been there!)  Michael Phelps not only won 8 gold medals, […]

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No!  One of them is not changing the White House to the Pink House for all of you who have pink as your favorite color!  I have to admit it did take some struggling to find ten reasons why Paris would make a good president, while I very easily found 15 reasons why Oprah should […]

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It’s coming down to the wire and a silent majority may still be trying to make up their mind (like me) on who they should vote for!  Give me another choice!  Please!!!  This very well could have been the first year that an independent third party could have made an impact by winning the presidential […]

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Wonderful news!  No more botox, no more lifts, tucks, nips or lipo; no more going under the knife!  All women over forty should pack their bags and head to China!  Apparently, the so-called fabled Fountain of Youth is not located in St. Augustine, Florida as many have written about the exploits of Ponce de León.  Nor […]

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I know, I know, there are serious wars going on in the world: Iraq and Afghanistan, the Russians invading Georgia, etc., so why is all the news around the world about Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi?  Or more importantly why is the world in an uproar over the Chinese decision to use pretty little Lin […]

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