Category Archives: Freelance Writing

Obama and the Troops

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Mandie

The following is a newspaper clipping emailed to me by a regular reader.  The reader-submitted selection, titled ‘Obama Snubbed U.S. Soldiers’ was taken from a Philadelphia-area newspaper (The Pottstown Mercury) and was published in their Letters to the Editor section.

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Biological Egg Timer

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Mandie

This is a reply to a blog post written by a contemporary of mine named Amy, whose blog goes by the name ‘Ship in a Bottle’.  Please read her blog post, My Biological Egg Timer is Ticking, Ticking, Ticking, before … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Wrench

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Mandie

Staying positive is somewhat difficult when it always seems that people are unintentionally/intentionally doing things to throw wrenches in your path.  We made the decision to sell the GTI, a car Butterfinger has had since 0 miles, to give us … Continue reading →

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Palin Derangement Syndrome

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Mandie

I painfully made it through Charlie Gibson interviewing Sarah Palin.  In case you missed it, it consisted of Palin saying “Charlie”, “reform”, and Alaska hundreds of times, stating she has foreign policy experience because you can see Russia from Alaska, … Continue reading →

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Ice Cream and Apple Juice

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Mandie

Food manufacturers, listen up.  I really do not know why you think you have suddenly morphed into culinary ninjas slipping silently under the radar of the American people, and I just wanted to bring it to your attention that the … Continue reading →

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