tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post8135868269014329549..comments2024-02-10T01:32:22.643-06:00Comments on The Quick Gray Fox: Welcome to my mid-life crisis.Poppy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-65835566527721353142007-06-29T18:01:00.000-05:002007-06-29T18:01:00.000-05:00Ooo! ooo! Gossip! Nefarious doings, even.I'm defin...Ooo! ooo! Gossip! Nefarious doings, even.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely going to this reunion.<BR/><BR/>And echo, stick with me. Before you know it, you'll be punctuating like nobody's bidnis.Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-91001471821437811952007-06-28T21:18:00.000-05:002007-06-28T21:18:00.000-05:00Well, I'm one of those classmates of Poppy's, and ...Well, I'm one of those classmates of Poppy's, and I'm here to say she was great in fifth grade, and great now--terrific blog!--and there isn't anyone from those days I'm more looking forward to seeing. And no one will really care about who works at home or works at an office; we'll only want to giggle about the days when we were all snot-nosed goofballs, and look at pictures of our kids and pets. (Poppy: should that semi-colon in the previous sentence have been a colon? I never quite mastered the distinction.)<BR/><BR/>And I'll bet I'm the only one from that class who never went to college, let alone be just a thesis-shy of a Ph.D. So I lose to you in the loser sweepstakes, Your Buxomness. And I happen to know that at least one of the old gang at one point engaged in some nefarious doings for a living; I'll take a generous soul who devotes a lot of energy to activities like fund-raising over that any time. So there. (I'm more confident about that last semi-colon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-22539709763588906492007-06-26T14:47:00.000-05:002007-06-26T14:47:00.000-05:00My 20th high school reunion was last month and I c...My 20th high school reunion was last month and I couldn't make it... I made my girlfriend promise to say, at least 3 times, "Well, Kristin is great, but I'm a little worried about how thin she is..."Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120658117796151128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-5162728153437951062007-06-24T20:31:00.000-05:002007-06-24T20:31:00.000-05:00That's because none of your classmates have figure...That's because none of your classmates have figured out how to use the intertubes...<BR/>N.BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-50951965126808626342007-06-24T18:42:00.000-05:002007-06-24T18:42:00.000-05:00Thank you for your kind remarks. I will keep them ...Thank you for your kind remarks. I will keep them all in mind as I go--on some date to be determined--to flaunt my loserishness at this reunion.<BR/><BR/>But you'll notice none of my classmates are over here telling me how great I am. And that's because they're all somewhere else <I>laughing</I> at me.Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-86017980576327028222007-06-24T18:35:00.000-05:002007-06-24T18:35:00.000-05:00And how many of your female classmates never had c...And how many of your female classmates never had children, or are still (or again) single? They're probably envious of your trophy husband (That Stud Muffin You Married) and children and life.<BR/><BR/>Grass is always greener, and all that... At least that was how it seemed to me at my last reunion.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you'll have a great time, just being your fabulous self.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18029572377894297361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-56043936293801493262007-06-24T16:36:00.000-05:002007-06-24T16:36:00.000-05:00But what about the singing and the organizing gran...But what about the singing and the organizing grand charity events and the blogging?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-92128031467073607572007-06-24T16:33:00.000-05:002007-06-24T16:33:00.000-05:00Don't you have a trophy husband?Isn't That Enough?...Don't you have a trophy husband?<BR/>Isn't That Enough?MsCellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399187248681818440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-55357936633346293972007-06-24T12:30:00.000-05:002007-06-24T12:30:00.000-05:00Let's see -- how many of them are legends of the b...Let's see -- how many of them are legends of the blogosphere, having a collective, a true community hold its collective breath, waiting to know that you returned safe and sound from foreign shores??? <BR/><BR/>N.BreadBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551973313066578118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-2248371883117713412007-06-24T11:42:00.000-05:002007-06-24T11:42:00.000-05:00Hold your head high and go in and be the best damn...Hold your head high and go in and be the best damn trophy wife you can be. :-)<BR/><BR/>Or, go back and tell everyone total whoppers. One person will hear how you're a neurosurgeon. Another will be regaled with tales of your funeral home business. And another former classmate will hear about how you successfully launder money through banks in the Caymens.<BR/><BR/>It's all about attitude.Jennifer (Jen on the Edge)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11334111687109555812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-4242942058822842992007-06-24T09:41:00.000-05:002007-06-24T09:41:00.000-05:00The reason there aren't more housewives is because...The reason there aren't more housewives is because it's hard to be one.<BR/><BR/>Hell, for years I've tried to be a househusband and found no purchase.<BR/><BR/>You <I>flaneuse</I> you.<BR/><BR/>-J.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-29721082114954813822007-06-24T09:37:00.000-05:002007-06-24T09:37:00.000-05:00Genius.Genius.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.com