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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
I came across an interesting article about health and marriage. Two researchers studied the effects of good and bad marriages on healing physical wounds. These researchers discovered that couples identified as "hostile" took up to 40% longer to heal from general sicknesses or wounds. On the other side, healthy marriages ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Several readers have asked me to develop the Housewife Job Description. Since I am in HR, I have written many job descriptions in my life, but never for a housewife. As you may recall, I have developed a Housewife Performance Appraisal, and as soon as I dig it up, I'll ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
My wife is at the movies with her friends, so I decided to take a minute and tell a story from yesterday. I'm sure I will be in trouble for this, but it was just too funny.
Yesterday my brothers and I met up to play games and eat a bunch ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
It looks like my latest quick tip backfired on me. Yesterday I was presented with a pile of note cards for Christmas. Each had a separate gift written on the card. I was completely shocked to discover that my wife had gotten me nothing for Christmas and instead relied on ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
We had our Christmas party at work the other day and I wondered whether or not mistletoe would show up. I was 99% sure that it wouldn't, but I was thinking how funny it would be if someone hung some up when no one was looking. Unfortunately the party was ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Don't get too excited by the title. I'm just referring to the secondary definition of dominatrix--a woman who dominates.
I came across a journal article about the differences between males and females, written by Dr. Richard Driscoll--author of The Stronger Sex. The conclusions of his studies were interesting, and potentially controversial.Here ...
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Like many others, I will post about the things I am thankful for today, but I will keep it very specific: Why I am thankful to be married. I always find these sappy blog posts amusing.
I’m thankful to have someone to:
Blame (for being late, the smelly bathroom, a messy house, ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
I came across a list of 50 ways to say I love you. It seems to me that merely uttering the three simple syllables would be much easier, but what do I know? Here are my thoughts on a few items from the list.
Place a single daisy on the ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
About a month ago I told my wife I wanted to be a vegan for a month. She got very upset and annoyed. I couldn't understand what was going on. She doesn't have anything against vegans and actually thinks it could be a healthy lifestyle. After about an hour of ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
I have received several angry emails and calls because there haven't been any recent posts. A post has been completed, but is being reviewed for content. Let me explain the process:
The post is created by me
The post is then evaluated by a stringent review committee (wife)
Negotiations are made to ...
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