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- LIZ SMITH FLASH! The Kennedy Conspiracy and the Mafia
- Dear Margo: When Dad/Gramps Just Ain't Interested
- Liz Smith: Sharon Stone, Steve Tyrell, Sarah (You Know Who), Glamour, Lesley Gore – and More!
- Could Mammograms Fall Victim to Obamacare? by Liz Peek
- Remember shopping pre-Internet? What era/memory in the evolution of shopping do you think of most fondly?
- Mr. wOw: Falling in Love Again With 'Marlene'
- The Love Goddess: In Sickness and in Health ... But Hold the Sickness
- Caption This!
- Lily Tomlin Is Coming to NYC!
- Joan Ganz Cooney Still Shops the Way She Always Has
- Could Mammograms Fall Victim to Obamacare? by Liz Peek
- Dear Margo: When Dad/Gramps Just Ain't Interested
- Let Down and Felt Up? by E.D. Hill
- Caption This!
- Remember shopping pre-Internet? What era/memory in the evolution of shopping do you think of most fondly?
- LIZ SMITH FLASH! The Kennedy Conspiracy and the Mafia
- Mr. wOw: Falling in Love Again With 'Marlene'
- The Love Goddess: In Sickness and in Health ... But Hold the Sickness
- Liz Smith: Sharon Stone, Steve Tyrell, Sarah (You Know Who), Glamour, Lesley Gore – and More!
- The World in Vogue (Photos)
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Dear Margo: When Dad/Gramps Just Ain't Interested
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I had my first granddaughter this week, born to my oldest daughter, 8lbs 2oz, and 19.5 inches long. When the doctor said push, I felt myself pushing. When she said: Take a big breath and hold it for 10, I held my breath, too. I still have the technique down pat, but this time it wasn’t for me. Avrielle came out healthy, and squalling, and made us all laugh with her indignant angry cries, interspersed with short 10 second naps under the heating lamp. Within a short time she was alert and looking around taking in the world.
The next day, as we analyzed her intense stare my daughter commented that it was hard to believe that Avrielle had only been alive for 1 day. It’s absurd to think that she wasn’t alive before we held her; of course she was. She especially responded to my daughter’s voice that she had been hearing for months. Avrielle is the rising future generation.
Ugh!
Michigan unemployment rate hits 15.2%
http://detnews.com/article/20090715/METRO/907150388/Michigan-unemploymen…
Report: Through 2010 1,040 per week in state will lose insurance
Well all, I have the answer to the "stress" that we sometimes encounter on some of the political sites — it appears The Social Administration has the answer for us………………….
SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDS $700,000 ON PHOENIX CONFERENCE
Costs for the conference at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel Resort and Spa included airfare, hotel entertainment, dancers, motivational speakers, and food. This according to an administration official.
A spokesperson from the SSA’s regional office said the conference was essential, that teleconferencing was not an option, and that all 675 managers needed to meet in person for motivation and "stress". But the information provided by the SSA did not mention an after-hours casino trip, family members staying at the hotel, or the 20 minute party ABC 15 observed.
So, while you are at home because you’re "stressing" out because you couldn’t afford your vacation this summer - your tax paying dollars paid for the SSA to have their’s.
And remember folks — the Social Security trustees said in May the program will start paying out more in benefits than it collects in 2016, and the program’s trust fund will be depleted by 2037.
Don’t know about you guys but this report totally "stressed" me out.