Golddigger 101

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

In which the League of Women Voters sends Primo a survey that asks, "What is the meaning of life?"

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Primo has been cranky all day, complaining about the darn surveys. Moaning and groaning about the surveys. Gnashing of the teeth. Te...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

In which we all scratch our heads and say, "Huh?"

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Primo wants to know (and so do I) who schedules an all-day political strategy session on the same day that the football team is in the playo...
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

In which Primo marches up and down the square for Fourth of July

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Primo was invited to march in a Fourth of July parade and he wanted to do it and he wanted me to walk with him and I said that is about the ...
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

In which Primo and I devise a way for him to motivate people without lying

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Primo and I were at a concert last night. While the band sang, "You Sexy Thing," he showed me the emails that had bugged him so mu...
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Thursday, January 1, 2015

In which Primo is cranky, again, because the campaign team wants him to say he is In It To Win It

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Emails back and forth after Primo's radio interview last week and a meeting he attended this week. Both times, when asked a direct quest...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

In which Doris feels compelled to criticize someone who sent her a Christmas card for being too involved in his church

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Doris emailed Primo today after getting a Christmas letter from Primo's best friend from high school, Fernando. Fernando and Primo dra...
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

In which the campaign team forwards an email chain to Primo that happens to have an email with someone complaining about Primo in it

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Primo is cranky. (I say that a lot, don't I?) He just returned from a five-day visit to his parents -- Stop. Do I need to say anything...
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

In which Primo prepares for the state convention, where he is to give a ten-minute speech and is really nervous about it

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I stayed out of the speech preparation this time, but had to sit in the bedroom while Primo packed for 28 hours at the state convention. H...
Friday, December 26, 2014

In which we see the Ceramic Cat of Many Colors, the Cast-Iron Cat, and a real cat

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You guys, I do not make stuff up. I wish what I wrote here was fiction, but it is not. I guess the Cast-Iron Cat is not life sized - bu...
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Thursday, December 25, 2014

In which Primo and I discuss the Ceramic Cat of Many Colors

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Primo: Here. Read the card from my parents. Me: Fine. [I read.] There. Done. Primo: See? It wasn't bad. They didn't write anythi...
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In which Doris gets us a colorful ceramic cat to go with the cast-iron cat

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Not making this up. But at least it is not as big as the cast-iron cat , which is life sized. The coup de grace: it is from her, Sly, a...
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In which I go to a political event with Primo and am bored OUT OF MY MIND because all they do is introduce people

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One of Primo's big political contacts bought a $1,000 table for a political event and invited Primo and me. I wanted to say no right a...
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Monday, December 22, 2014

If you need a gift for someone who is chic or who wants to be chic

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think about my friend Tish, who writes her fabulous blog A Femme d'Un Certain Age , and who wrote a lovely little book about being chic,...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

In which Primo and I work on his campaign lit

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Primo: I don't like this sentence:  "Infrastructure projects are seeds that grow a vibrant economy." Me: No! Me neither. See...

In which Primo and I read "Crossing the Tracks for Love" and discover a lot about Sly

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Have you ever read A Framework for Understanding Poverty , by Ruby Payne? If you haven't, you should. It is fascinating. I found out abo...
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