DIANA REPUBLIC

Well that didn’t take long, you might be saying. And you would be right. I am not sure what I thought this was all about, but I am enjoying my Facebook experience completely. While friends from different parts of my life have surfaced, it has mostly been a virtual high school reunion. Of course that [...]

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Bob heard that all the cool kids were on Facebook and not wanting him to be anything less than cool; we set up a Facebook page for him. Not wanting him to be any cooler than me, I set up my own page. It was just that easy. I was a little surprised. The difficult [...]

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The mayor of our city, Richard Daley, called the governor of our state, Rod Blagojevich, “cuckoo”. Not once, but twice. On purpose. On camera. (Not that I disagree.) In another incident Rod Blagojevich, our governor, has announced that he will boycott his impeachment trial because it is not “fair”. If this continues I am afraid that we are [...]

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There was a time, a bunch of years ago, when Bob and I had season tickets to Steppenwolf Theater. It was a standing date night. We would have dinner at one of the restaurants nearby and then head to the play. Invariably, Bob would nod off during the first act, and then, after a nice [...]

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There is something about our new president, Barack Obama. Everyone says so. But everyone’s “something” is different. For some it is his being the first African American president, something many thought they would not live to see. For others it is his extraordinary oratory skills and his ability to inspire people. The man gives me [...]

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I don’t know if it is the Arctic weather or the back-to-back-to-back grey days, but I’ve been feeling sort under the weather for a while. It’s a low grade something. I feel as if I am just about to get a cold, but it hasn’t kicked in yet. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful but [...]

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In an effort to keep my New Year’s Intention (or resolution if you must) I have been going to Pilates class again. I stopped going last April when the expressway between my house and the health club was under construction. The construction ended in September but apparently I had forgotten the way in the interim. [...]

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I don’t have penis envy, but watching The Bachelor makes me want to change teams. Watching the way these women behave makes me embarrassed to be part of their club. When asked how he approached his experience on The Bachelorette, the current bachelor Jason said that he wanted to have as much fun as he [...]

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I am over football, for this year at least, which is too bad because this is the post-season when Bob and all his testosterone-wielding brothers are in football heaven. The Bears just sucked all the football out of me. It was a season of too much anxiety.  If they were winning, it felt as if [...]

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As we gear up for another season of The Bachelor, I stop to wonder why we keep watching? Bob gripes at the beginning of each new run that the guy never gets married. He has a point. Heck, half the time they don’t even get engaged. That doesn’t deter us from enjoying the antics of [...]

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