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Lori Duff

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Comedy

Call Me Maybe? Hi, Maybe!

If you want to know what a bad joke about a pop song and a sparkly blue diamond have in common, read on: it's all about saying what you mean.

Living

What Your Guidance Counselor Won't Tell You (in Loganville-Grayson Patch)

My choice of careers shows a distinct lack of creativity. If you can think of it, someone gets paid to do it.

Books

Banning Books on Buses (in Loganville-Grayson Patch)

Unless I want to re-read my Nancy Drew collection (and even those have murders), I'm not sure what books I can read on the fifth grade trip to D.C. while complying with all the rules.

Family

The Variable Rules of Wall Ball

I may never understand the rules of Wall Ball, since my children made them up and change them often, but it is fun to play, and I'm happy to see them get along.

Living

Coupon Queens

If you want to buy $250.00 worth of grocieries for $12.38, more power to you. Just make sure you know how before you get in front of me in line.

Comedy

Cell Phoning for Dummies

Another title for this one could have been "Cell Phoning Rules and Pitfalls for People Old Enough to Drink"

Family

Hey Mom Hey Mom Hey Mom!

What's an introverted Mom to do with an extroverted son? Love him to pieces and drink lots of coffee, that's what.

Living

Scavenger Hunt

Vultures perform a valuable service by cleaning up road kill and other dead animals in nature: so what cleans up a dead vulture?

Health

Where There's Smoke...

I get why you'd want another cigarette because you are addicted. But why on Earth would you want the first one?

Family

Club Fred

My parents have perfected the art of growing older without getting old. I hope to follow in their footsteps.

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