Middle aged and satisfied -- except for the terror.

The Pan

Sun Mar 1, 2009 10:30 PM EST
By Karl_ (Clipped by veauxtek)

Let me tell you about a pan I once knew: The Pan.

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Where The Hell Is My Freaking Saucepan?

Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:30 PM EST

** WARNING: What follows is a rant of unprecedented proportions. OK, this is Newsvine, so this is just an everyday rant. **

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A Haunting – Phone Company Style

Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:11 PM EST

When I was 25 I rented my first apartment all by myself. I called the phone company to set up my account, and the service rep asked me how I wanted to be listed in directory assistance. Hmm.

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Honey, I Froze the Cat!

Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:34 PM EST

I got divorced when my daughter was four years old and my freshly-ex husband and I shared custody 50/50. On the nights when she was with her dad, it broke my heart to come home to an empty house, so those nights I usually worked until around midnight.

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Celebrity Performance Reviews

Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:33 AM EST

Raise your hand if you look forward to your semi-annual teeth cleaning because you know a copy of People Magazine will be lying enticingly on your dentist's coffee table.

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Too Much Vacation - a sad tale

Fri Jan 9, 2009 11:07 PM EST

Sometime around November 1, I realized that I had to take three weeks' vacation before the end of 2008 or lose it because of my company's no-rollover policy.

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Minefield for Colo. Governor in filling vacant Senate job

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:28 PM EST (The Denver Post)

The candidates jockeying for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat might want to keep one statistic in the back of their mind: Historically, the odds of them winning election to the seat in two years is about 50-50.

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Bloggers may be barred at trial over infant's death

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:15 PM EST (The Denver Post)

Prosecutors and defense attorneys want to prevent blogging during testimony out of fear witnesses could learn what's happening inside the courtroom before they testify in the Jan. 12 trial of a man accused of causing the death of his 11-week-old son.

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The way the brain buys - shopping science

Seeded on Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:51 PM EST (The Economist)

Retailers are making breakthroughs in understanding their customers' minds. Here is what they know about you.

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Obama delivers holiday message

Seeded on Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:57 PM EST (Politico)

President-elect Barack Obama offered a somber holiday message in his latest weekly radio address, released on Christmas Eve, reaching out to the troops stationed abroad and their families, and speaking directly to Americans who have lost their jobs in the struggling economy.

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Coleman And Franken Make A Deal

Seeded on Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:36 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Minnesota Public Radio reports that Sen. Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken have struck a deal on disputed absentee ballots in their recount.

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Is That the Baby Jesus in a Manger or a Bowl of Fruit Salad?

Seeded on Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:11 PM EST (Slate)

See a slide show of some of America's strangest Christmas lights displays.

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School district does away with grade levels

Seeded on Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:41 PM EST (The Denver Post)

A school district in Westminster, CO, struggling with declining enrollment and falling test scores will try something revolutionary next year that many say never has been accomplished in the Lower 48.

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Ask the pilot - Can commercial jets fly upside down?

Seeded on Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:33 PM EST (Salon.com)

Fascinating Q & A with an aviation expert. Answers to questions you never had the nerve to bust into the cockpit to ask.

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Will Americans Pick Vegetables?

Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:25 PM EST

Miller Farms, a family-run operation in Platteville, CO, 37 miles north of Denver, had a bumper crop in 2008.

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Eight Random Things About Veauxie

Tue Dec 9, 2008 10:18 PM EST

1. I believe the universe is random; but not in the flippant way teenagers use the word. Some people say, "Everything happens for a reason." I say, "Pshaw! Everything happens with random abandon -- and the results are delightful and mysterious."

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Flying Blind – Reflections on being on autopilot

Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:46 PM EST

It's cliche to excuse a gaffe by saying, "I was on autopilot," but something happened recently that caused me to consider what "autopilot" is -- how completely dependent upon it we are -- and whether it's a good or a bad thing.

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Obama boosters urge greater role for Web

Seeded on Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:35 PM EST (Reuters)

"With his high-profile online presence, Obama faces the higher expectations of supporters who, during the election campaign, became accustomed to regular updates in video and text form and who turned social networking Web sites YouTube, MySpace and Facebook into cyber-hangouts fo …

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Libertarians for Obama

Seeded on Sat Nov 1, 2008 12:01 PM EDT (National Review Online)

It's interesting to hear what some Libertarians are thinking about an Obama victory. Not surprisingly, some see it as the best way to make the Republican party "more Libertarian."

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