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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” Mark Twain

August 31, 2013by girldetective1 1 Comment

Well, it will probably surprise no one that I have become this person. The kind of person who attends city council meetings and argues with elected officials about the sanctity […]

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“From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.” Winston Churchill

August 20, 2013by girldetective1 Leave a comment

This is relatively old news by now, but I can’t get over it. I literally can’t get over it. The Oxford English Dictionary has just updated the definition of “literally” […]

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Crybaby, Getting it off my chest, Random

“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” Saul Bellow Part II

December 11, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

In the past hour, I have had 5 people text me asking “was that post about me?” and one awesome friend text me with “I know that’s about me but […]

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“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” Saul Bellow

December 11, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

Hey, here’s some advice from me – I don’t really want your advice. Thanks. I’m not sure what it is about me that invites confidences or makes people feel like […]

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Forgive me this diversion…

November 27, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

Open questions to the writers of Homeland after this week’s episode: Why did Jessica bring a sexy negligee to a CIA safe house? (get it, girl!) Who is paying Carrie’s […]

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“The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.” Oscar Wilde

November 7, 2012by librocubicultarist 1 Comment

Have we all lost our minds? Is civility dead? Yesterday at work I went into the bathroom and there was someone talking in the stall.  At first I assumed there […]

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“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” Marilyn Monroe

November 2, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

YEAH, what Marilyn said!  I certainly find that anger is the easiest emotion of grief, so I’m in a pretty good mood today because of that!  Yesterday I felt a […]

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“Life is not whatnot, and it’s none of your business” Molly Ringwald

October 8, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

–        Shockingly, I was not able to fix the frigging toilet, but I did manage to make a very impressive mess of the whole thing.  Plumber comes at 5 and […]

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“Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.” Dianne Feinstein

September 28, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

This football season has been bananas.  It is only week 4 and I’m looking at a loser pool.  There are so many people out of my suicide pool that he […]

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“Loneliness leads to nothing good, only detachment.” Joss Whedon

September 23, 2012by librocubicultarist Leave a comment

One of my friends asked me yesterday why I started a blog.  I gave him the short answer, low level narcissism, but it’s certainly more complex than that.  It’s about […]

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