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This Used To Be My Playground

This blog, started in Novemeber of 2004 because I wanted to relocate to a haven where ubiquitous censoriousness was welcome, is still here. Amazing really. I did some weeding last year, but have little time for cultivation these days, and the productivity of this place is certainly low. I can’t …

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Happy Valentines Day

I don’t despise love, just the day….my contribution…. one of my favorite heart songs . Norah’s version of Cold Cold Heart.

Non Pink Ribbon-ing

why i don't go pink for breast cancer awareness month

WLON has been a proud non pink ribbon blog since 2007.

Lunch With Long Forgotten Friends

They eat chicken Caeser salads and complain of their (tall dark and poor, short blond and rich) boyfriend’s habits of waiting up for them at night, and leaving the toilet seat up. They talk of local politics, trips to the Caribbean, and of learning Italian. Anticipating with equal eagerness messages …

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Have Read (Seen, Listened To, Will Miss), Friday

How to Kill 11 Million People

….Is Back I’ve read (on Kindle) just today…. A good fast read. I recommend it as gift to friends and enemies. I’ve seen a video in which Penn Ji fucking lette does a good job justifying his stint as a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice. Then I remember that he used to …

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