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Well, folks, it’s Halloween and the freaky IT spooky goblins are at it again. It appears a server has crashed at my hosting company and they lost several files… ain’t life grand. So, as I search through files, I’ll repost the entries, but I’ve lost all your wonderful comments. But, you’re still wonderful! Thanks for [...]

while waiting for the Swimmy at gymnastics. A mother on her cell phone (natch): “Yes, I’d like to make a grooming appointment for my dog.” “What kind? Well, she’s a Poodle, Yorkie, Lab mix.” I just keep thinking that one of the dogs in that mix must have exploded in progress.

Hello! And welcome to this episode of Pammer Humiliates Herself. We’re glad you could join us! In today’s episode, Pammer is waiting for the ADT guy to show up because her house alarm system has been spontaneously sounding like doors and windows are opening when they clearly are not. Okay, so I’ve already lost interest [...]

I am about to do the unspeakable. The unimaginable. Almost the most frightening thing I’ve ever had to do. I am changing my Ob-Gyn. (I can feel all you men going, “Oh, come on! Who gives a shit? Gimme a break?!” while all the women are simultaneously saying, “No! Oh, my G-d! WHY?!”) The reasons [...]

I was sending an email to a colleague who had just returned from a seminar where one of the courses she sat through was one about blogging. She told me of some statistics which were a little odd, like: 57% of all bloggers are male 40% are under the age of 30 39% have college [...]

Tonight we attended an event for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Tonight Husband got a glimpse into why I chose a career in philanthropy. Tonight I didn’t have gift envy. Tonight I was a donor. Tonight it was announced that a little boy we know beat insurmountable odds to rid his little body of a deadly [...]

I am not a sports enthusiast. There are a few things I find interesting to watch (LOVE the Kentucky Derby), but, on the whole, I really don’t care much about the endless games and matches on TV. Husband, however, borders on maniacal when it comes to sports. He can even tell you the rules for [...]

G-d must not have liked my capitalist reference yesterday. He decided to do a little jacking with me financially today. When I left my state job last month, I wanted to cash out on the mandatory retirement plan you must contribute to as an employee (which pisses me off in so many ways). Screw the [...]

As you may recall, I recently started my new job. I left a job at a state-supported medical school (with no budget) to join another non-profit (with huge budget), but this time a healthcare system. What I learned today is that the descriptor of “non-profit” does not necessarily mean “scraping by and rationing office supplies”. [...]

First, quickly, I am disappointed in the writers of Grey’s Anatomy. Munchausen’s Syndrome? Come on, guys. A bit cliché and overdone, doncha think? The TV watching public is a bit more saavy than that and a host of other medically-centric shows have raised the bar on medical cases presented in a storyline. But kudos on [...]