{"id":196,"date":"2005-11-07T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2005-11-07T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/11\/07\/darn\/"},"modified":"2005-11-07T10:57:06","modified_gmt":"2005-11-07T14:57:06","slug":"darn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/11\/07\/darn\/","title":{"rendered":"darn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I never made it to the gay boston bloggers luncheon yesterday. I almost did. I swear!<\/P>
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My father and I were ready to head out the door so I could catch the 10AM bus and arrive in Chinatown just 10 minutes late when one of my parents neighbors paid a visit. She brought along her two dogs (Dusty’s best friends, based on their behavior together) and so I lingered on the Cape for a better part of the morning. Sigh. I was hoping to see the existing gang and to meet some new people.<\/P>
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Still, I’m more than relieved to see my Mom walking on her own, playing cards, and eating meals. This is a far cry from the way she’d been over the past few weeks. She returns for more CAT-scans this week, but things are looking good.<\/P>
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When I finally got home yesterday I got lazy and didn’t head into the Back Bay to go to the supermarket and Trader Joe’s. Instead, I just walked to Whole Foods and spent way too much for items I could have purchased elsewhere for much less.<\/P>
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Oh, and this holiday sale business is getting ridiculous. I can understand holiday shopping for long weekends (Labor Day, 4th of July, Memorial Day), I can understand holiday sales for Christmas. Heck, even Presidents Day sales for buying cars makes sense to me.<\/P>
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But today in the Metro there was a Macy’s advertisment for an Election Day sale!  ELECTION DAY! It’s not even a major election, mostly local things like mayor and city council. I think we’re pulling at straws here for any excuse to have a sale. <\/P>
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