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Taking a Blog Break



It's Complicated....Then Again....It's Not

Fave Movie Lines: Gosford Park

"What gift do you think a good servant has that separates them from the others? It's the gift of anticipation. And I'm a good servant; I'm better than good, I'm the best; I'm the perfect servant. I know when they'll be hungry, and the food is ready. I know when they'll be tired, and the bed is turned down. I know it before they know it themselves." (I sometimes feel this way as an admin.  That's why I'm so good at it.)

Fave Movie Lines: Erin Brockovich

"Law School? At this point, I'd settle for Charm School!" 

Book Pick: Between Breaths

A few years back, I read both of Loretta Lynn's memoirs .  One was written when she was young and another after she had experienced much more in life.  I can tell you the second book was better because it was more honest.  Based on that, I would encourage Elizabeth Vargas to give it a few (or several) years and write another book.  At the very beginning of this memoir, Vargas states that some folks told her she hadn't been sober enough yet to write about her sobriety.  They may have been right. Don't misunderstand me, I truly appreciate and lift up any person that is sharing their personal experiences of family trauma, anxiety and addiction.  Most of them try very hard to shock.....especially rock and roll memoirs......and some try so hard they fall off the side of truth.  (Remember James Frey ?  After his blistering from Oprah on the half-truths in his A Million Little Pieces he probably works at a Dunkin' Donuts now.) But in Between Breaths, I think Vargas is tryi