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    Posted in football sports

    Anarchy in college football

    I was so busy schooling myself on the bailout that I nearly neglected to celebrate the annual return of Upset Week in college football. Good thing USC and Oregon State…

    Posted on October 1, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in holidays home

    Aunt Martha’s tricks and treats

    Aunt Martha digs Halloween. This time every year, I get a thick Halloween edition of Martha Stewart Living in my mail chock full of costume ideas and decorating tips. She…

    Posted on September 30, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in budgeting and finance cars personal experience

    Footloose and debt-free

    Speaking of finances and such, do you know what the following is? That would be a smudged-out photo of the title to Elvis One. Yes, modern gals and guys, I…

    Posted on September 30, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in budgeting and finance current events employment politics

    The Modern Gal’s subprime primer

    The more I study the financial meltdown our economy is in the midst of, the more pissed off it makes me. I am by no means an expert when it…

    Posted on September 29, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink politics social time

    Not quite a debate drinking game

    My Democratic Convention Drinking Game was a big hit in the blogosphere, getting all kinds of random hits from every corner of the country. The Republican Convention game wasn’t quite…

    Posted on September 26, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in food and drink health and exercise

    Break for breakfast

    I’m sure you’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives you energy to think during the morning and keeps you from overloading on…

    Posted on September 26, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in budgeting and finance fashion health and exercise public service announcement shopping weight loss

    Who needs pants anyway?

    I’m finding losing weight to be mostly a blessing, but it does have its curses too. Like in the pants department. About a year ago, I conceded to myself that…

    Posted on September 25, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in family holidays life marriage

    Because I couldn’t have said it better myself.

    Noelle Tannenbaum has alerted our little corner of the blogworld that it’s National Singles Week. I would write my own drawn-out post about it, but she makes so many wonderful…

    Posted on September 24, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in time waster

    Transcend time

    You may have seen some of these photos cropping up around Facebook, but if you haven’t checked out Yearbook Yourself, go now. It takes only a few minutes to upload…

    Posted on September 24, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in budgeting and finance holidays shopping

    Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas?

    I saw this story this morning about how economists are predicting the worst season of holiday sales since that last big recession we had in the early ’90s. I suppose…

    Posted on September 22, 2008 by themoderngal
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