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Never Mind Pink. I’m Wearing Red for American Heart Month

02.13.2012

Take the Million Hearts pledge, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control. Go to (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov) to sign on and tell them MidLifeBloggers sent you.

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Random Progressive Thoughts on Watching the GOP Pick Their Candidate

02.08.2012

by Mark Paxson of King Midget Ramblings The power of money and the development of Super PACs since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision continue the distortion of our democratic electoral process. It is remarkable that President Obama has raised over $200 million already and that Super PACs aligned against him will raise much more than [...]

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I Was a MidLife Runaway

02.03.2012

My plan was to write about my life, or write a book, or accidentally be discovered by someone connected to Oprah.

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Mitt or Newt: Who Do the Democrats Want to Face in 2012?

01.24.2012

Which nominee would give the Democrats the best opportunity to win in November?

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New Hampshire 2012

01.10.2012

What’s interesting about all of this is that these candidates want to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, and invade Iran, all while cutting taxes even more than they have been.

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Bubby and the Menopausal Meltdown

01.09.2012

Don’t you love it when men say that kind of thing? “It’s OK, dear, you can’t help yourself, you’re just insane. I love you even though you’re a raving lunatic.”

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The MidLife Virgin Deconstructs a Resolution

01.05.2012

Ed. Note: I just spent ages–ages, I tell you–writing a post deconstructing one of my New Year’s resolutions.  And it disappeared.  Not all of it, but the best parts.  So until I can resuscitate it–tomorrow, maybe–here’s is the MidLife Virgin’s response to yesterday’s Writers Workshop prompt: . “Last year, my resolution was to work on [...]

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Election 2012: The Discussion Begins

01.03.2012

Tuesday, January 3rd, after 231 debates filling the void, 41 candidates rising and falling, and billions of words printed and spoken about the Republican primary, the first votes will be cast.

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The Creation of a Grandfather

12.12.2011

With them, he could just be Papa, with no real responsibility or accountability – and so they got the best of him.

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Apparently, I’m a Grinder . . .

11.18.2011

What stress? Oh, you mean the surprise-divorce, single-mother-works-with-people-who-steal stress followed by remarriage-to-blended-family thing?

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