Bored of the Board

The Amaryllis is a South American bloom with big, showy flowers, like a hooker on high heels during Carneval. So, of course, it has become associated in this country with Christmas. Flower companies attribute its popularity to the fact the bulb is easy to force, and if purchased around October, can bloom big and impressive […]

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My husband likes to grow things. When we were seeking a house 15 years ago, he passed on many a lovely little place I was willing to buy because the yard was too small to allow for a “proper” amount of flower and vegetable growth. His gardening habits I viewed, originally, as odd but charming. […]

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Him: Did you ever find the necessary documents?
Me: No, you little jerk. I just sit in my office and write posts, I don’t actually do work.
Him: I think I can hire a lawyer to get you what you need.
Me: I am a lawyer. What I need is an employee who’s not an […]

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No, not about internet people with NPD. This morning’s New York Times and tons of other news outlets, reported on the Congressional testimony of Jim Comey, a well-known and respected Republican who served under John Ashcroft in the Attorney General’s Office. While Ashcroft lay in his hospital bed, Gonzalez attempted to get him to sign […]

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Today on Best of the Fray, someone posted a link to this article describing a tool called Edline which permits parents to see a child’s test scores and papers. The article is primarily about high schoolers and how their overinvolved parents have invaded the ability of those children to develop into adults […]

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