My Dog is Chelsea

The debate last night was as predictably useless as every other. Sarah Palin performed nearly exactly as I was expecting: she was charming, personable, friendly, vague and well-spoken (relative to recent performances), and she of course dodged nearly every difficult question. Joe Biden was surprisingly direct, clear, composed, succinct and charming—and definitively emerged as the [...]

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The Pope led Mass at Yankee Stadium. And before that, at the Nationals’ stadium. And then he ate dinner. And then he said a prayer. And then he gave a speech. And then he breathed. And then he blinked. I’m sorry, is there really not enough newsworthy items to report on these days? It’s been [...]

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My iPod wasn’t working. So I called this phone number: 1-800-MY-APPLE. Do you see that? “My Apple.” That’s important, because: The tech support guy on the other end of the line was very nice and I did appreciate his help. HOWEVER. At one point, he said, “Go to the Help menu and—no wait. That’s for [...]

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I’m sorry, but I need to vent. I got a call from the “I don’t have the oral surgeon’s fax number” lady this morning telling that she’d faxed in the referral and I could now call to schedule an appointment. Great! I thought. Why don’t I call to schedule an appointment? Well, I just tried [...]

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…my dentist’s office. Not that I want to revisit the topic of my health issues, but I have one more story to add to the mix. As most of you know, it all started when my dentist discovered the lump in my mouth that is most likely no big deal but needs to be looked [...]

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