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Bye Florida…

August 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Well, Florida, you weren’t my mistress for long. It’s back to the southwest.
Yes, it’s true. I’ve taken a job at the Dallas Morning News and that means in about a week I’ll no longer be an Okie in Florida. I’ve had a great time here, but the situation was right to head on back to […]

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Tags: South Florida Sun-Sentinel · florida · oklahoma · texas · working

Oh, my ear!

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

I thought only little kids got ear infections. But apparently that’s not the case.
I’ve been battling an ear infection all week. Basically, my ear was a little sore and felt like it had liquid in it. But I just thought I’d tough it out, with the only side effect being that I was waking up […]

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It’s been a while…

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I know it’s been a while since I last posted. Things have been a little, shall we say, stressful at work.
You see, layoffs are coming at the Sun-Sentinel. And it’s not just a problem at our newspaper. The whole Tribune Co., which owns the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, our sister paper up in Orlando, Allentown […]

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Tags: South Florida Sun-Sentinel · florida · working

Work Week

May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

After a very rough week, I’m so glad it’s Friday!
And we just might go snorkeling this weekend to boot. Doesn’t get any better than that, eh?
—kathryn

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Today was a good day.

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

“Called up the homies and I’m askin’ ya’ll
which court, are ya’ll playin’ basketball?
Get me on the court and I’m trouble
last week fucked around and got a triple-double

Freaking brothas everyway like M.J.
I can’t believe, today was a good day.” — Ice Cube
So I’ve spent the better of two weeks trying to learn a new skill for […]

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Jobby Job

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Blogging had always been a wonderful hobby of mine years ago at www.xanga.com/katybeth27. I even enjoyed writing a very successful anonymous dating blog prior to my relationship with Ryan.
So to say that I love blogging is an understatement.
Glad to be back, ya’ll.
And thank God for a job. I took a month-long hiatus from […]

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