Bev Sykes

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Why I Have No Degree : My father insisted that I was going to be a teacher. You teachers will appreciate his reasoning--you only have to work 9 months a year, you get a great salary, you only work until 3 p.m. each day. He figured it was an easy way to make lots of money for very little work. (posted Jan 6, 12:36am)

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Blue Skies : I have thus far resisted the temptation of anything beyond a very simple tricorder type flip phone, decorated with puppy teeth marks. (posted Jan 5, 6:36am)

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Somebody's Bright Idea : (Oh God...I'm one year closer to death and I'm getting excited about things like dustpans. Groan. Just shoot me!) (posted Jan 4, 1:55am)

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XXX : Best of Holidailies It was Christmas night many, many years ago when the doorbell rang and he stood there, looking frantic. His father was beating up his mother and he wanted us to help by calling the police. "Tell him it's XXX," he said. "They know me." (posted Jan 3, 12:02am)

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Sweet Polly : At midnight we watch as they prop Dick Clark up for another year and then after a toast to the new year, we are all out the door and in our cars by 12:20 at the latest. (posted Jan 2, 2:37am)

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Free Association : God forbid I should go into the next decade without a little rat dog at my heels. (posted Jan 1, 2:48am)

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Wrapping Up 2009 : What did you get really, really, really excited about? Being at Jimmy's opening, the party at Sardi's and rubbing elbows with the likes of Theodore Bikel, Marge Champion, and the cast of the show we had seen the night before. (posted Dec 31, 2:40am)

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The Ten Days of Christmas : On the tenth day of Christmas my angel sent to me a package from Australia, with fun things like the calendar she's made to raise money for the Kangaroo Rescue for which she works. It was Christmas all over again. (posted Dec 30, 12:50am)

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A Christmas Meme : First, I think I know what she likes and second, she lives 9,000 miles away so if she hides it under her bed or throws it out in the garbage the next morning, I live in blissful ignorance. (posted Dec 29, 2:03am)

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Home Sweet Home : he raced back and forth, back and forth, leaped in the air, chased his tail, jumped up on the couches, down onto the floor, into my lap, back onto the floor, up and down the hall, and then out to the kitchen to get some water. (posted Dec 28, 2:33am)

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Channeling Paris : I'm feeling like a fat Paris Hilton these days. I seem to constantly have a chihuahua either under my arm, on a leash, or in my lap. (posted Dec 27, 12:24am)

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Christmas in Whoville : The fun was in the opening and discovering how the giver had chosen to handle a low cost gift. The fun was in the giving, the opening, and the laughter that accompanied it. (posted Dec 26, 1:14am)

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God Bless Us, Every One : As I sit here in the darkened room, not a creature is stirring, not even Dexter. I am about to go let visions of sugarplums dance in my head, even though for all intents and purposes, our Christmas has already taken place. (posted Dec 25, 2:28am)

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The Night Before the Night Before : I guess if you have a hairless butt, sitting on cold concrete is not something you want to do! (posted Dec 24, 12:29am)

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My Christmas Miracle : In no time at all he was literally eating out of her hand and sitting every time she looked at him! (posted Dec 23, 1:02am)

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Oh Dear : he insisted on draping his body over my hip, which meant that as he fell deeper asleep, he would gradually slide down until he fell on his head on the floor. (posted Dec 22, 12:35am)

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Driving Miss Millie : it's difficult for her to remember who is going where or what we are going to do when we get there sometimes and I find myself answering the same questions 2, 3, 4, 5 or more times in a short period of time. (posted Dec 21, 2:46am)

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Who Invited the Grinch : The Grinch managed to score points before the party when Walt came home from the store and found that his bike had been stolen. It was actually my $400 bike with all the upgrades on it. It was exactly one year to the day that his last bike was stolen. (posted Dec 20, 12:07am)

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Who's On First? : We may have to make arrangements to move into "the home" sooner than anticipated. (posted Dec 19, 9:49am)

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Schuyler's Monster : Here's a book project I came across (and I'm always all about book projects!). It's officially called "A-Z Wednesday," but I think any day is a good day to review a book, so what the heck. (posted Dec 18, 1:52am)

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The Pitter Patter of Little Feet : I’d watch an ant hauling a crumb of bread as big as he was, marveling at the strength and determination to carry this prize back home to be admired by the others. I wonder if the others gathered around, patted him on the back and said things like “great catch, George!” I can picture his little antennae wiggling in pride. (posted Dec 17, 12:01am)

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Napoleon : As soon as he gets into my lap he immediately grabs my hand with his long nails and I still haven't figured out exactly what he's trying to do, but we have a long disagreement about the pain factor, as he seems to be trying to dig a hole in my hand. (posted Dec 16, 1:04am)

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Curling Up with a Good Book : I don't know when I stopped reading a lot. I was the kid who always had her nose in a book, who never took less than 6 books out of the library at any one time and devoured them. (posted Dec 15, 1:14am)

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The Very Best Christmas EVER : In December, on the weekends, it seems like your choice of programming is either marathon crime dramas or marathon made-for-TV Christmas movies. (posted Dec 14, 12:21am)

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Here We Come A-Caroling : There's something about Christmas that makes us break out in song. I can't think of any other time of year when you are invited to join with another group of non-professional singers just for the joy of singing together. (posted Dec 13, 12:37am)

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Fore! : What does a public figure owe his or her public? He owes them the best he can do in his job and little else. The public is not owed a 24 hour a day behind the scenes look into his private life. (posted Dec 12, 12:16am)

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I'm done! : The Davis Children's Nutcracker bears little resemblance to any ballet version you have seen. For one thing, because the cast is so large they have added groups of dancers never envisioned by Tschaikovsky. This year's program includes Hawaiian dancers, Dancing cats, "Sweets", Bugs, Beetles, Insects, gnomes, swing dancers, bears, and bakers, in addition to those in the traditional Nutracker. (posted Dec 11, 12:26am)

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Christmas Greetings in the Electronic Age : Every year there will be an attack on people who send Christmas letters. I don't understand the visceral response of some people, like the blogger who recently wrote "I LOATHE them!" It’s up to the receiver to read it or not. Why complain that someone has taken the time to write one? (posted Dec 10, 12:42am)

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Unexpected Fun : When was the last time you heard someone exclaim, "I had the best time at my gynecologist's office today" ? But I did. (posted Dec 9, 3:18am)

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Steppe by Steppe : though we may take years to decide frivolous things like fixing a hole in the wall or putting in new flooring, in a matter of 10 minutes we had committed thousands of dollars to taking a cruise and exploring Russia. (posted Dec 8, 1:25am)

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Guilty until proven guilty : I'm as upset as the next person about 9/11 and I'm as eager to see justice served as anybody, but I also think it does no good to our reputation as a good, moral and just people to bring someone to trial for the mere purpose of making his death OK in the eyes of the law. (posted Dec 7, 1:12am)