The Imagined Universe

Ha! I love Cathy

To think I needed a whole post (and five-hundred odd words) just to make the same point..
But all you doubting Thomases, and even-more doubting R, I am not alone!
Can I order that Coach bag online now? With free shipping, too! (I have a Free Shipping coupon code!)

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I made apple pie yesterday. All right, some of you are going �so?�. But notice, the two readers of this blog who actually know me in person have just fallen off their chairs on hearing this.
I am a little saddened at this reaction, but not really surprised. I was, after all, unanimously voted as �family [...]

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We all know the two rules to shopping. Life takes Visa. For everything else, there is Mastercard. Don�t ask me what �everything else� means � Entertaining expenses in Heaven? Ice packs in Hell? I don�t want to know.
But there is also a third rule � Stores take coupons.
In childhood, I collected stamps. For some [...]

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I lie awake in bed, desperately seeking sleep. What was that sound from the basement? Was it the furnace starting up, or was it just the wind? There it is again. Or is it something more sinister? I suddenly panic - are there�burglars in the basement?
I look at the burglar alarm indicator. It blinks back [...]

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It’s that time of the year again. It’s time to stand in line. Not just any line, but the mother of all lines. The Wind-Around-Three-Blocks lines, the Come At 3 a.m. lines, the Bring Your Own Blanket and Sleeping Bag lines.
Yes, Black Friday is this Friday. Everyone in the city is going to be standing [...]

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Yesterday, I made samosas, for the first time ever. So I did what any daughter would do - I promptly called up my Mom.
“Look at the samosas I just made”, I said excitedly.
“You made samosas?” my Mom asked me. “You. Made. Samosas?”
“Yes, Mom, look at these, aren’t they beautiful”, I said happily, tilting the webcam [...]

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