prairieplains

brotherly love? tolerance?

2009-11-13T18:04:55Z

There's recently been a little bit of controversy in the Cincinnati area, over a billboard of all things. You might wonder if it's the WB or CW (or whatever the trashy teenager TV station is in your area) fanning the flames of suburban discontent ...

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happy halloween :)

2009-11-01T00:43:44Z

My big girl had her first real trick-or-treat tonight. She LOVED it. It was hard to peel her off the sidewalk when her little nose became red and chapped and it was time to bundle her up and bring her home. She thought she ...

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let's talk about "socialized" medicine*

2009-10-05T16:18:31Z

*Although it is hard for me to make such a painfully personal post public, I'm going to do so, because I feel so strongly about this issue, that I want to share this with anyone who would like to read it. Hi, my name is Prairie, and I'm a recipie...

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community

2009-09-25T15:23:04Z

So I have mixed feelings about the new show Community. Not surprisingly, this is probably related to the fact that I work at a community college. I cringed a little when I saw the initial commercials for the pilot because I knew that the gist of t...

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the unfortunate marriage of military medicine and Karl Rove

2009-09-16T15:42:12Z

The worst part about being required to exercise my health care at a military treatment facility is not the sometimes long waits I endure to see my doctor. Nor is it the utilitarian appearance of the whitewashed cold, clinical rooms staffed with o...

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back to school

2009-09-09T14:59:08Z

The college quarter begins for us today. After a very zen-like summer of quiet hallways, parking spots right next to the over-the-street walkway into my building, and peaceful lunchtime conversations in the empty cafes, the party is over. Or just...

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go bucks!

2009-09-05T15:11:54Z

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lavender blues

2009-09-02T13:46:46Z

I can't be the only one who feels some of the warmth and sunshine has dwindled on Vox since LaidOutInLavender hasn't been posting. I didn't realize I had come to rely on her almost daily posting over the past couple years...her storytelling, phot...

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QotD: School Days...

2009-09-01T19:17:16Z

What is your favorite memory from your school days? Submitted by The Cookie Jar. There are so many, really. I think there are as many painful and awkward memories of school days as good ones, for anyone who's memory isn't clouded with nostalg...

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I don't know why it's funny, it just IS

2009-07-20T14:31:12Z

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes into Wis. home Not what I expected to see on the "news" page this morning, but what a delightful departure from the everyday drivel parading as news. The Wienermobile? Totally newsworthy. I have laughed and l...

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