Category Archives: Rage Against the Machine

Tell Me No Lies

Posted on November 6, 2009 by onesanevoice

Now that another Halloween is behind us, I’ll share something one of our area dental offices has done this year.  They offered to buy back candy from youngsters at $1 a pound.  Although people have joked that trick or treating … Continue reading →

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Who’s counting YOUR money?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by onesanevoice

Perhaps the thought has crossed your mind as you listen to the ATM sift through its internal supply of crisp bills that it may not dispense the amount you’ve requested.  Maybe it’ll debit your account $200 but only give you … Continue reading →

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Creatures of Habit

Posted on September 11, 2009 by onesanevoice

When I started writing this blog in 2006, I asked Daughter how often I should post entries, and would once a week be okay?  Unlike the me of three years ago, Daughter actually read blogs, and her response was that … Continue reading →

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Parking War and Peace

Posted on August 10, 2009 by onesanevoice

My most recent embarrassing moments occurred during the same week in July.  First, I was at Trader Joe’s in the produce aisle when a fellow female shopper observed I had just selected a container of grape tomatoes.  She asked me … Continue reading →

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Loose Cannons, Inc.

Posted on July 9, 2009 by onesanevoice

I do not consider myself a political animal, except to say that Ann Coulter scares the shit out of me.  I picture her eating her young.  In a tight black dress.  Then picking her teeth with their bones.  Maybe that … Continue reading →

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The first rule of Fight Club is You do not talk about Fight Club

Posted on June 13, 2009 by onesanevoice

After several false starts and postponements, the FCC has officially switched over from analog to digital broadcast for the nation’s televisions.  I think I’m pretty smart, and I know Daughter is, but we still engaged in the following dunderhead conversation … Continue reading →

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An American in Perugia

Posted on April 18, 2009 by onesanevoice

Although I’ve written in these pages about murder cases before, I promise you I’m not obsessed with the subject.  Maybe it’s my newspaper background, or the fact that Daughter studied abroad in the same city, but I’ve been following the case of … Continue reading →

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You’re Not Who You Think

Posted on March 1, 2009 by onesanevoice

We received an automated phone message the other morning from the fraud division of Citibank, the provider of our MasterCard.  The voice gave instructions for us to call a certain number if we had not just attempted to charge thousands … Continue reading →

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BugNuts

Posted on January 7, 2009 by onesanevoice

I will eat pretty much anything.  I confessed to this long ago in Goes Down Easy at a Bargain Price, as well as several other entries.  My husband, my children, my friends, and many robotic creations and humanoid clones are more … Continue reading →

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The Secret Weapon

Posted on November 24, 2008 by onesanevoice

I recently read the hot literary smash known as The Secret, which I’m aware has also been made into a film.  The message this book has to impart is three-fold and goes as follows: 1. Think positive thoughts and good things … Continue reading →

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