Tag: stupid
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Advertising: YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG.
Well, doing it badly, in any case. I was going to write about our MUCH belated holiday party from this weekend today, but NO. If you know me well, you know I don’t think much of most ads, especially when I can tell I am the target audience and feel that THEY are pandering to…
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Deployment Curse
I have it. Big time. Other people do, too. It’s an actual military superstition. Well, among military spouses anyway. See this. And this. And this. It’s like Murphy’s Law, except it only goes into effect when your active duty (or reservist) spouse deploys. And it can start in the week before they leave, but usually…
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The Disenfranchisement of Military Spouses
I’m getting on a soapbox. You have been warned. This has been brewing in the back of my head for a long time, but I wanted to wait until I was calm before writing about it. You see, every so often something happens that makes me really angry at the way military spouses get treated.…
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Adventures on the AFB Part Two!
In which our Brave Heroine ventures once again onto Hickam Air Force Base in search of a Craft Store. Today I experienced the very best (I mean this both sarcastically and seriously) of military efficiency and helpfulness. Our story begins after lunch with J. We had to go by the ITT office to get aquarium…
Joanna Volavka 