Author Archives: Ginger

A Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ginger

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Down Review: This book follows the love life of a girl from her early teens to her early thirties, through a series of sequential vignettes. At first I couldn’t tell they were all about the … Continue reading →

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Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ginger

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Up Review: While Ann Patchett is not my favorite person (based on what I know about her), this book is amazing. I read it originally when it first came out in 2002 and remembered loving … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ginger

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Up Review: A sort of meandering, pointless book (I’ve only read two by Tyler, but that seems to be her M.O.) that follows the life of a man after the death of his son. It … Continue reading →

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Be careful what you put in the office recycling bin

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ginger

Everyone should be somehow recycling their print paper after they use it. However, if you are recycling personal emails or other sensitive forms, remember that some people pull paper out of the recycling bin to use as scrap paper. I … Continue reading →

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I need some help

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Ginger

I live in a basement apartment, and my windows are too high on the wall for me to set anything under them for the dog to perch on and look out the window. So he spends all day, every day, … Continue reading →

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Dogs are so disgusting

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Ginger

I’m not going to lie to you. Almost all dogs eat discarded food on the street. Lots of dogs eat vomit. And some dogs even eat poop. They say poop eating is a result of a dietary deficiency that they … Continue reading →

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City living is turning me into such a lady

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Ginger

I saw some nasty, sloppy-drunk men loitering on the front steps of a masonic building on my walk home last night (at like 5 in the afternoon!), and true to form, one of them was urinating against a cement slab. … Continue reading →

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Lucky me

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Ginger

After not having gone to the actual dentist since 2006, and not getting my teeth cleaned since 2009 (by a Baltimore County community college student), I finally went to get a checkup and cleaning yesterday. And you know what? My … Continue reading →

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Facebook overload

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Ginger

I have a couple of fb friends who literally cannot walk out of their houses without posting pictures of what they did on facebook. I get it! You are the most popular person IN THE WORLD! Posting photos of every … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Ginger

As you know, I don’t usually make new year’s resolutions because I know I won’t keep them. Or I’ll make dumb ones like “give up healthy food.” But this year I made two: 1) Try to stop making overarching, declarative … Continue reading →

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