why I can't stop drinking

This blog used to be called "Why I Can't Stop Smoking." Well, I did stop smoking. Now I need to stop drinking. The only thing is, every day there seems to be a reason why I can't just yet. It worked before, so—here goes! Today's reason

10.31.2005

the end

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10.29.2005

don't shoot

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"If I ever get a little dog or a kitty, just take me out back and____________." Those of you who know me will be able to fill in t...
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10.28.2005

personal ad

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I’m wrong for you. I’m down a couple lovers, too. I did have two, both from out of town, thank goodness. But the man’s getting married, and ...
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10.27.2005

in your dreams

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"May I borrow some of your makeup?" Mick Jagger looked up from the mirror for a sec and pushed the greasepaint over. He had pots o...
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10.26.2005

wedding bells

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"Hallo," he said. "Just calling to see if you'd gotten blown away by the hurricane." "I thought you were callin...
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10.25.2005

yikes!

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High tide is at 3:00. Storm surge to three feet. Why I can't stop: It might be my last.
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10.24.2005

circle game

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When I was 24 years old, I became a copy editor. I am now 54 years old and have become a copy editor again. Why I can't stop: Did the re...
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10.21.2005

the heat is off

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It is a trifle nippy here in the house by the sea. Save the crudest form of solar power (windows) and a very pricey but ineffectual propane ...
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10.20.2005

classic addiction

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10.19.2005

third time charm?

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I think the planning board meeting might be tonight. But I sure can't swear to it.
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10.18.2005

waste time

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Spent some quality time at a town council meeting last night. I didn't actually think I was going to a town council meeting—I thought I...
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10.17.2005

moonset

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Boy, us shutterbugs have to get up betimes in search of our pix. As the sun was arising, the full moon was descending. Simultaneously a full...
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10.16.2005

wintertide

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10.15.2005

go away

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It's raining, again, and it's making everyone logy (spellcheck doesn't know how to spell this one either). I slept late, dreamin...
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10.14.2005

rival fleets

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Of course, in this weather, neither boat will be running. That means no mail, no milk, no periodicals. Why I can't stop: I have to read ...
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10.13.2005

day of atonement

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Today you are meant to fast, to purify yourself, to make up for your—well, we won't say "sins," wrong religion—your bads. Why ...
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10.12.2005

she's leaving home

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The kids have packed up their wetsuits and firetwirling sticks and photo gear and computers and tents and sleeping bags and Dr. Bronner'...
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10.10.2005

cruise control

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Let me speak, just for a moment, about Tom Cruise and that poor little girl he married. They say they're expecting. Well, I guess there...
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10.08.2005

battening down the hatches

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Why I can't stop: The kids are taking care of things.
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10.07.2005

subways go boom

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The Mayor of New York says there are credible threats of suicide bombers on the city's underground. Every time we hear a siren, we jump....
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The sister of the President of the Garden Club, a former journalist (People, Life) and now vacation rental property manager on an island once known as Claudia's Island, Claudia has honed her bedmaking skills and seldom travels without a truckload of substandard chairs.
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