Bangin' my Head on the Wall

It's My Party

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:09:01 PDT

Today I turn another day older. Today I perform the obligatory "Taking Stock" of my life, looking at my accomplishments, my mistakes, my happiness level and my trajectory. The inevitable comparison...

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Close Enough is Not Good Enough

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:39:57 PDT

Sometimes I want something to happen so badly that I put a lot of energy into making it happen...but when I do that, it usually means there is no way in hell it is going to happen. Here's exactly...

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Reunited and it feels so good...

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:08:24 PDT

This isn't a post about the socio-economic ramifications of Facebook - but it seems I've attended more reunions in the last 12 months than The Who and considering the reviews of their last reunion...

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Roamin' Holiday

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:16:06 PST

I'm somewhere between NY and MA, up in the sky looking down at the little dots that are towns, neighborhoods, homes. On my way home from what will surely be another happy memory in my catalogue of...

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Knowing me, Knowing you

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:17:28 PDT

Sometimes very emotional subjects that come up can change our outlook on our lives, our relationships, the way we see the people in our lives. I find that when an emotional event takes place I...

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The Time Between Meeting and Finally Leaving...

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:18:39 PDT

So I'm not Buddhist but I like the idea of being Buddhist...and I make lame attempts at meditation on a somewhat regular basis, listen to Bad Buddhist Radio - cuz, well it seems fitting, and...

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It's Just a Flesh Wound...Now

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:49:04 PDT

Four years ago I went through a pretty bad breakup of my longest relationship (approx 8.5 years give or take). I have to say, other than burying my mother, it was the hardest thing I've ever gone...

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Hang on to Detachment

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:04:49 PDT

There are three kinds of business in this world - My business, Your business and the Universe's business. I don't know many people who are masters at staying in their own business. I think it's a...

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"Let's not worry about who killed who..." - Monty Python

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:10:43 PDT

Sometimes you just have to say NO...no to being friends with an ex, no to friends who conveniently disappear when the shit hits the fan...no to friends who try not to pick sides and will swear up and...

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Fear and Loathing in Provincetown

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:19:09 PDT

Let me set the scene - recent breakup with the woman I hoped one day to be mother to my child, just buried my mother yesterday...and here I was, speeding down Route 6 to the Lower Cape like there was...

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I have everything I wanted...

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:42:14 PDT

So, I feel like most of the time I'm walking around in someone else's skin...like I'm looking out from eyeballs that I stole from some nice person who wasn't using them at the time. What's more this...

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Elderly, On Dialysis, and In Search of a Home

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:37:53 PST

Some of you may know that my parents live in New Hampshire - Tamworth, NH to be exact. My mother has diabetes and she's been on dialysis for the last 3 years due to renal failure. My father has been...

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A Word on Trust - Ok, More than One

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:41:59 PST

So, lately I've thought a lot about trust. Mostly to try to understand why trust is so hard for me, but also to understand how to recognize people that are trustworthy and people that aren't. Are...

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My brother's latest single from his upcoming new album

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:06:12 PST

Mike called today to have me check out his new song "Proof"...wow...was I impressed. Sometimes he comes out with stuff that sounds like fingernails down a chalkboard, but this one is very...

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My Brother - The Jazz Musician

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:38:31 PDT

My brother Mike is getting more press everyday and I'm really happy for him. This is something that no matter how many times he heard me and the rest of our family tell him to go out and get a real...

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Designer Cereal...

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:27:10 PDT

The Boston Foodie made mention of this great little company in Dover, NH that makes custom cereal for you. You design it on the web and order it and they handmake it for you.Great idea and worth a...

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Gall Bladder Blues

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:56:28 PDT

So, I've been out of commission on the blog front for the last couple weeks due to an unexpected trip to Mt. Auburn Emergency room at seven in the morning. After hours in the emergency room enjoying...

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Franken Gets to Washington - FINALLY

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:37:12 PDT

I've long been a fan of Al Franken, from Stuart Smalley on SNL to Radio America, I've followed him, laughed at him and agreed with him.The courts have just finally called the election in Minnesota...

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Femininity and Food and the Tomboy in me

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:32 PDT

I grew up in an Italian-American family. That being said, the nightly dinners of pasta, steak and garlic bread did wonders for my girlish figure. While I never had a weight problem until I hit my...

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Trying to Break into Blogging

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:12:11 PDT

For awhile now I've been reading blogs pretty religiously. The entrepreneur in me began thinking up all these great blogs I could write because I'm such a great writer and it goes without saying: ...

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Trading Bowling for Pizza in Davis?

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:27:16 PDT

In my perusing of the news around town this morning I came across a journal entry from Ron Newman regarding a pizza and bowling swap. Turns out the owners of Sacco's Bowl-Haven are in...

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Time to Get Mad

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:16:44 PDT

After reading the terrific article on Obama and LBGT rights by Ann at Feministing it got me to thinkin...my own internalized homophobia has been really difficult to overcome and I'm sure it keeps me...

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My Day in Court

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:05:53 PDT

At 42 I have never been called to jury duty. So it was a surprise to see a card in the mail ordering me to report to Suffolk Superior Court earlier this Spring. My first thought, "How do I get out...

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Woody, Xena of Boston

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:00:57 PDT

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A Sad Day but a Proud One

noreply@blogger.com (Mel) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:49:58 PDT

This morning a legend died. Donna "Woody" Woodward, the rainbow mohawked, Pride Parade leading, motorcycle riding matriarch of the Moving Violations Motorcycle Club passed on to that great ride in...

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