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    Posted in cars personal experience

    How karma caught the perp

    So I forgot to mention this, but the cops actually caught the guy who broke into the Modern Love Machine’s car. Color me shocked when we found out. The MLM…

    Posted on January 19, 2012 by themoderngal
    Posted in life personal experience

    Do things

    As everyone’s been posting their year-end recaps and reflections, I’ve tried to wrap my brain around 2011. But even with some prompting questions from my friend Kristin, I really could…

    Posted on December 31, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in family health and exercise life personal experience

    An antidote for the hurt

    Here I am, emerging from another long radio silence. I haven’t blogged not for lack of things to talk about but because all the posts I considered writing seemed superficial…

    Posted on December 9, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in college personal experience

    Too cool for school

    I had all day Thursday off of work and plenty of projects around the house that I wanted to tackle. Joy! Bliss! Happiness! Nothing beats having a day off while…

    Posted on November 21, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in baseball food and drink health and exercise personal experience

    Slower Sunday

    I woke up this morning with a consuming migraine. I’ve had enough of them in my life that I usually know exactly what triggers them for me. None of my…

    Posted on October 16, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in college employment life personal experience

    Back to school

    A few times a year I’m invited to speak to classes at the local university about my career. When the first invitation of the school year came, I was inclined…

    Posted on October 7, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in cars life personal experience religion and faith

    A broken window and a stronger back

    Thanks for all your nice comments on the last post. They’re what I love about blogging — you can feel like crap, write about it and there’s always someone reaching…

    Posted on September 3, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in life marriage personal experience weather

    Requiem for a summer

    This weekend was my last weekend off until late October and therefore the unofficial end to summer for me. As I type this, I’m sitting on an adirondack chair that…

    Posted on August 28, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in marriage personal experience travel weather

    Novelty

    I read several books about marriage before our wedding, so I don’t remember which one this comes from, but one suggestion I came across was to regularly try new things…

    Posted on August 18, 2011 by themoderngal
    Posted in home personal experience

    Sense of smell

    The Modern Love Machine has a horrible sense of smell, which he says comes in handy as a high school teacher. He probably also appreciates his poor sense of smell…

    Posted on July 31, 2011 by themoderngal
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