Yearly Archives: 2009

  • The Next Bryce Harper

    Yes, I am still browsing through the same issue of Sports Illustrated.  Sorry, but it has to wait until my People Magazine is completely consumed first and that can easily take a good 10, 12 minutes. So I’m reading and I laugh — that sarcastic, self-righteous laugh — because I see a story about a…
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  • The Naked Men Question

    Why do I get the feeling that if I jumped in front of a speeding train to rescue a group of orphans, at the press conference awarding me my medal for bravery, someone would ask me how it felt spending my career around naked men in lockerrooms? Everyone wants to know about the naked men….
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  • Class of 2009

    Whenever possible and especially when the occasion is a truly special one like it was today, I will not hesitate to embarrass our children. I believe it keeps them humble, builds their character and is a great source of amusement for my husband and I. It’s nothing major, mind you. This morning, all it really…
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  • Teacher Appreciation Day

    You have to love children. That’s what my mother-in-law, who spent her entire career as a teacher and school administrator, tells me about the profession.   I love children. Or my own, at least. But I question whether I have the aptitude to teach — and by aptitude, I mean the self-control necessary not to be…
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