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Fighting Fire

Posted on July 31, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

The media shitstorm that’s developed in the wake of the Ray Rice/domestic abuse/laughable penalty/Stephen A. Smith/”she provoked it” brouhaha has brought out the worst in many of us.  If you’ve been blessedly avoiding the news, here’s the summary. Ray Rice … Continue reading →

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Shock Therapy

Posted on July 28, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

I don’t hate my body.  Well, I don’t hate all of it.  I’ve made peace with my butt.  Like most people, I can identify and prioritize the places where I’d have surgery to fix my flaws if money were no … Continue reading →

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Matchmaker

Posted on July 25, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

Over the last fifteen years as my love life provided mediocre levels of satisfaction, multiple friends made the offer to manage it for me.  If I filled in the profile information and paid the money for the online dating service … Continue reading →

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Things I Learned the Time I Almost Killed My Boss

Posted on July 10, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

1.  Despite my disdainful avowals to the contrary, Koreans in Sydney use peanuts in their food. 2.  Sometimes, a Benadryl and an Epi-pen are not enough to stave off anaphylactic shock. 3.  Locals do not always know where the nearest hospital … Continue reading →

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Closure

Posted on July 7, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

New e-mail. Huh.  It’s from Mr. X.  Don’t read it.  You got an ugly and unclear but ultimately clean break.  If he hadn’t disappeared on you, you’d still be entangled with him, and he is not the one you’re supposed … Continue reading →

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Consistency

Posted on July 3, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

All of the debate about the Hobby Lobby ruling from the Supreme Court reminded me of Amy, a college-aged intern I worked with when I was an associate at a law firm in DC.  Most of the people I know fall into … Continue reading →

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Agree to Disagree

Posted on June 30, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

A friend on Facebook has been posting about the Supreme Court’s decision to allow closely-held companies to choose not to cover birth control and abortion for their employees.  She believes that these items are an inextricable part of a woman’s … Continue reading →

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Lazy Foodie Contradiction Recipes: Caipirinhas

Posted on June 26, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

Y’all, Thursday crept up on me, and I’m having trouble putting my thoughts in order on some of the things I want to write.  So today, you get my instructions for making caipirinhas.  I’m putting this in the lazy foodie … Continue reading →

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The Time I Got Deported from India

Posted on June 23, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

One of my clients hired me to deliver four workshops in April for one of their clients (“Acme”).  I delivered two in the U.S. at Acme headquarters and two overseas. Because of Acme’s scheduling constraints, I needed to deliver the … Continue reading →

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Cold Brew: the Mom Improvement

Posted on June 19, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

I have to interrupt stories from Taipei with a cold brew post.  I know, I know – I promised I wouldn’t post about cold brew coffee anymore.  Mama Cooper is back home for a stretch, though, and two things happened:  … Continue reading →

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