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Mary Aquino-Cooper
Category Archives: Stupid things people say
Grief revisited
Some of the activities around the holidays began stirring up the tendrils of grief that are still suction-cupped to my heart. Music, decorations, photos…oh hell, the gazillion cameras dad had. Videos of mom playing Christmas carols. Every one holds a … Continue reading
Posted in Crazy Random Thoughts, Dad, Daily Stuff, grief, Health and fitness, Journaling, Life After Mom, Life With Mom, Lifestyle Blog, My Thoughts and Musings, Photoblogging, Service to Others, Stupid things people say, Writers, Writing
Tagged advice, grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, grieving, grieving after two years, grieving dad
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Two Random Thoughts
2. If you want to appear intelligent, learn the rules of grammar. When you use incorrect tenses, poorly constructed sentences, and misplaced punctuation, you look ignorant. I don’t mean to play the grammar police…actually, I do. You claim you’ve got … Continue reading
GRAMMAR For the Love of God
FYI This is not a political commentary, it’s a PLEA to the idiots who are in the “print” media to LEARN SOME FORM OF GRAMMAR. Just a little, PLEASE! Headline from some media outlet named Business Insider:“Dianne Feinstein returns to … Continue reading
In the Immortal Words of Mark Twain….
Now, y’all know me pretty well at this point. I’ve got some hot buttons. Bad grammar, bad music, bad food…a few political things. But don’t you push my animal rescue buttons! Don’t you do it! So, someone did. Yup, they … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Crazy Random Thoughts, General Dog Stuff, Greyhounds, Journaling, My Thoughts and Musings, Philanthropy, Photoblogging, Stupid things people say
Tagged crate, GPA Charleston, greyhound, greyhound pets of america charleston, Mark Twain quote, retired racing greyhounds, stupid people, things stupid people say, what pisses me off
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We hold these truths to be self-evident…
It’s been a rough few days. So much going on in this country that is scary to a liberal such as I…I am liberal. There. I’ve admitted it. While I have some conservative tendencies, my soul, my conscience, my leanings…all … Continue reading
Posted in Crazy Random Thoughts, God, Journaling, My Thoughts and Musings, Philanthropy, Service to Others, Stupid things people say
Tagged American values, be nice, declaration of independence, do no harm, get along, harmony, life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, love, no hate, Peace, USA
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My Guilty Pleasure
We all have ’em. This one’s mine. Continue reading
Poor Customer Service
So let me tell you a story about probably the WORST customer service I have ever received. It happened just a few minutes ago. Oh, and I’m naming names, so… This morning we had determined that the starter on my … Continue reading
Once a writer, always a writer
I look at all the books that I (and others) consume on a daily, weekly, monthly basis and remember way back in college when I was going to write…well, I admit, I was never going to write the great American … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Crazy Random Thoughts, Cursillo, Dad, Daily Fat Fight, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, General Dog Stuff, God, Greyhounds, Journaling, Music, My Thoughts and Musings, Mystery, Recipes, Restaurant Reviews, Rock 'n Roll, Romance, Service to Others, Stupid things people say, The Bible, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Creative writing, fiction, Great American Novel, Online Writing, Short story, Wordpress, Writer
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