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Month: April 2011

Life Lessons, Year by Year

Posted on April 27, 2011 by arlene

If you have heard of or read the book “All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” by Robert Fulghum I would submit […]

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Revisiting Mean Girls from a Grown Up Sociological Perspective

Posted on April 24, 2011 by arlene

That title sounds heavy, doesn’t it? For those blog readers who never read my original “Mean Girls” blog entry, I have put it on this blog link, […]

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My Experience with a “Mean Girl”

Posted on April 24, 2011 by arlene

UPDATE: This blog was reposted on the Huff Post site where my blog occasionally went viral. This is one where I have had an all […]

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My As Seen on TV Buying Compulsion

Posted on April 22, 2011 by arlene

I have another bad habit I have to admit to. I am an impulse buyer. Sometimes, I will buy something that I don’t need, put […]

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A Clever Plan to Avoid Weight Gain and Food Burnout this Passover

Posted on April 17, 2011 by arlene

I have a whole different strategy for getting through Passover this year. In years past, I have treated the holiday like something that has to […]

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Look Forward To Friday, Fun, and the Weekend? Not Rebecca Black

Posted on April 16, 2011 by arlene

It’s this season’s biggest VIRAL video with more than 100 million views on You Tube. Although Viral in this case means it makes me ill. […]

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What the Heck is Water Ice – Coming to Houston Soon!

Posted on April 12, 2011 by arlene

I have written before about how certain foods that I grew up with take the form of extreme comfort food for me. In Philly, where […]

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Idol is a Mere Popularity Contest, Not a Singing Contest

Posted on April 7, 2011 by arlene

I admit, I am burned up. One of my very favorites on this season was given the boot tonight. I read a lot of blogs, […]

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Snookie on the Well Paid College Lecture Circuit

Posted on April 3, 2011 by arlene

I think that anyone who has read my blog once or twice knows how I feel about undeserved celebrity by reality stars like those on […]

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