BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT EVER!

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Saturday December 31, 2011 · 9:53 PM PST

2011/12/31 · 21:53

I love my family and friends. We don't always agree, we no longer live as close as we used to, and connect mostly via the internet. And so, I turned to my facebook page to see many wonderful greetings by people who thought about me on Friday, my birthday.

There was a call from my cousin in Colorado; there was even a message from a formerly close friend who found me on Linked In. That was a major surprise.

Of course there was an online BOGO coupon for a DQ Blizzard. Sweet -- I'll have the French Silk Pie, please.

More good things below the squig.

mideedah

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Monday May 30, 2011 · 9:20 PM PDT

2011/05/30 · 21:20

So I got the word in late April...I was chosen for a new assignment at my company with a $3 an hour raise, and I will be going from part-time (25 hours a week) to 40 hours a week. I was told it would start "in two-to-three months."

OK, it's not a glamorous position...I clean offices for a living. But a new contract secured by my company will put me at a GM plant here in Flint, MI. I am not sure of exactly what areas I'll be cleaning, but I was told the work might be a little more difficult than the basic dump-the-trash, dust, clean toilets, clean windows, and vacuuming that I do now. Something about having to move pallets or something. Believe me, for $11 an hour, I can do that.

mideedah

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Thursday February 10, 2011 · 12:19 PM PST

2011/02/10 · 12:19

If you are looking for an earth-shaking diary, move on. But I just had to express these thoughts after President Obama spoke in Marquette, Michigan today.

I ate lunch at my computer today, as I do every day, in my cozy but somehwat messy little office. But I did a lot more than eat lunch.

mideedah

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Thursday November 04, 2010 · 2:53 PM PDT

2010/11/04 · 14:53

Sparky Anderson, who managed the Cincinnati Reds to two World Championships and the Detroit Tigers to another, has passed away from complications of dementia.

Some of my fellow fans of the Tigers were a little quick to criticize him when he pulled a starting pitcher, maybe a little too early (earning him the nickname "Captain Hook"). And he did manage some not-so-good teams. But through it all, he always seemed so friendly and grandfatherly.

His baseball conversations rambled. The syntax was garbled. But he had a heart for people.

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