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I too, find Giant of Siam, to be one of the best places to eat in Nashua! Great post!

Oh Ashley, the chicken fight is on! Me and my man is ready! This will have to take place at a smaller gathering than the golf tournament party unless you plan on serving Patron. I have grown a little since turning 40, I could possibly sink him. May have to come up with another game.

I am so loving this blog. Laughing and crying through the entire thing. Russ, thanks for pointing out Ricky's goodness. He had the biggest heart of anyone I have ever known. It just always felt good to be in his presence. My husband was often in his presence and it was usually till about 3 a.m. No matter how angry I would become about those late nights, Ricky would always be able to get my forgiveness long before Jason. He could make me laugh, give me a big hug and all was okay. He eventually started calling me to get the approval for a night out prior to calling Jason. He definitely knew how to work us women.

Still want to hear a story on that trip to Hedonism. Where's Goodhart?

I needed a laugh to get my ass moving today, so came back to re-read this hilarious post! Thanks! I feel better now!


When ya get the chance, stop by Real World Mom and pick up your Excellent Blog Award! :-)

OMG! I am laughing my ass off here in my freezing house! Not at what the sleezeballs said, but at your comebacks! I SO would love to hang out with you one night! LOL!

This is a pretty cool idea! Maybe I'll tag myself on it!


P.S. I hate yogurt too!

LMAO! How funny is that?! Glad you were able to get the pic of her! LOL!

Have you had any success with the mystery shopping gig? I've thought about trying it before but wasn't sure if it was worth it.

Aww, he does have some romance left in him! :-)

Awesome post, Maria! Soundss to me as though they are more interested in making money than helping animals...

Wow. I'm speechless. I can understand the anger, and how he causes it to overtake you. My soon-to-be-ex would push and push and push me that way too.


I'm amazed by your honesty in telling the whole story, and I admire you for it. I hope that by doing this, it helps you release some of the stress that all this has caused, and to start putting some closure to it.



I can only imagine the hell you've been going through. It seems you have a positive attitude about the future, and that's a wonderful thing!



Lots of hugs to you, my friend!

I love your list! Best of luck today, I'll be thinking of you! Let me know how it goes! Hugs!

Amen on the animal rescue issues! Did you see my blog about Hector the Pit Bull? (http://69.253.47.61:8888/?p=102) The beginning of that story really pissed me off, but, for Hector, at least, it has a happy ending!


P.S. I absolutely *do* realize how awesome you are!!

I've never seen Nip/Tuck, but thinking maybe I should check it out after reading your post! ;-)

I love you just the way you are, Maria! You call 'em as you see 'em, and there's nothing wrong with that!

You're gorgeous, Maria! And I loved the photos! :-)

Heheh! That photo at the end kinda says it all! I love the way you think, Maria! [High five!]

Well written!


Blog Hoppin'! Happy Friday!

"Margarita Mom"

Joseph,

Thanks for this great resource tip. I'll will be looking at the plugins after this post.

Stacey.

I appreciate that you acknowledged this issue as a fundamental problem of the media industry, not just of PR “flacks.” With the amount of spam in our email boxes, print media and even on television, I agree, “the [media] game is broken.” We’ve stopped communicating and instead, just throw truckloads of information at each other hoping something will hit the other person in the face with enough force for it to grab their attention.

It is time to scale back and to consider quality message design in all aspects of communication, be it a press release or an entire campaign. Like you said, we need to “build relationships, not lists” and “humanize the process.”

As stated above, an important point to take away from this incident is the need to re-evaluate how we measure success in the public relations industry. It should not be about the number of placements. I agree with Rich: we need to get back to the basics.

I appreciate that you acknowledged this issue as a fundamental problem of the media industry, not just of PR “flacks.” With the amount of spam in our email boxes, print media and even on television, I agree, “the [media] game is broken.” We’ve stopped communicating and instead, just throw truckloads of information at each other hoping something will hit the other person in the face with enough force for it to grab their attention.


It is time to scale back and to consider quality message design in all aspects of communication, be it a press release or an entire campaign. Like you said, we need to “build relationships, not lists” and “humanize the process.”



As stated above, an important point to take away from this incident is the need to re-evaluate how we measure success in the public relations industry. It should not be about the number of placements. I agree with Rich: we need to get back to the basics.

Intact D&X; Just one correction: there was one D&X; procedure reported in 2006, but zero intact D&X; procedures (see table 14, p.16 of the report.)

Intact D&X; Just one correction: there was one D&X; procedure reported in 2006, but zero intact D&X; procedures (see table 14, p.16 of the report.)

Loved Florida when I traveled as therapist. Located in Pt.Charlotte but visited all over while there!
Enjoy your party this week! I will be back!
Stacey

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