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Miss?Laurel McHargue has published her first novel, Miss? The book exposes the failure of the struggling public education system. She also co-edited Not Your Mother's Book…On Being a Stupid Kid (Publishing Syndicate).

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My hormones ate the housework, the cheese and, possibly, the children

Every time I read that some male scientist has proven that PMS does not exist, I must laugh and laugh and laugh....and then sulk. Either that scientist does not live with a woman, has never known any women, or only socializes with those who project sainthood while in company, gnawing their couch pillows and eating their pounds of chocolate in private. The older I get, the more I am just a mere pawn of my hormones, dust on the wind of my cyclical fate. No, the devi ...
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Garage sale dishes

Warning! Do not go to garage sales. Things you buy there can create extra work for you. My wife and I recently stopped at a garage sale late on a Saturday and found a set of Anchor Hocking milk glass plates with gold painted edges. Even though the dishes were from the 1950s, they were in great condition and my wife was floored when the guy said he only wanted $5 for the set. We had expected him to say $15 or $20 so we had no excuse not to buy them when he said $5 for this beautiful ...
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