Behind the Ironic Column

I saw the article in the paper this morning about procrastination and even started to read it – then I thought I’d just wait and read it later when I had more time to consider the implications. After all, procrastination is a serious subject and one wouldn’t want ...

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There used to be a convention that women who were probably past 40 but not yet old enough to be called elderly were referred to as being “of a certain age.”  I don’t see that terminology used much anymore – probably because most women are freer to acknowledge their exact ...

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Like a huge number of my fellow Americans, I made some halfhearted gesture towards becoming healthier in the new year. Never mind that the whole idea is illogical and that we show we understand that when we abandon all those new gym memberships at the end of January.  It’s one ...

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The first weekend of the new year is devoted to bluegrass – in the unlikely location of the Portland, Oregon, Convention Center.  As it turns out, this is a really good location for a bluegrass festival/jam.  Large spaces for performance stages, small spaces for workshops, hallways and corridors for impromptu ...

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