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I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest...

I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country

I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection...

I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life...

I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife...

I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me...

I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living...

I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed.



What you can expect to find here:
  • the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
  • reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
  • complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
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  • my love of irony
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    Friday, November 07, 2008
    Viral Video: Gossip Style

    OK, I do not condone gossip but this video (or at least a section of it) reminded me of a situation I experienced a few years ago:

    Some time ago, I volunteered to help, along with other room moms, to aid our first grade children with a timeline project they were making. I was assigned to work with the rather steely then-president of the PTA. I had always been intimidated by this rather snooty woman. During our shift, we had two children to assist, one of whom recently moved to the Chicago area from Argentina. I spoke a bit of Spanish to the Argentine girl, and helped her with the project.

    After the kids left, PTA-mom remarked on my conversational Spanish.

    I have a man who does my lawn who is from Brazil. He told me I should go there to visit, but I told him I dont speak Spanish, noted PTA mom.

    I had to stifle my snicker.

    They dont speak Spanish in Brazil, I gently replied. They speak Portuguese.

    OK, that mistake is a common one. But the revelation of her ignorance got worse.

    Portuguese? What? Well ,where else do they speak Portuguese, PTA mom retorted incredulously.

    I looked her straight in the eye as I offered my reply: Portugal.

    Needless to say, I never let the PTA bully bother me again when I realized what a clueless sh*thead she was.

    That revealed, I now offer this rather viral video with the always entertaining (in one way or another), if not aggravating,  Bill OReilly dishing some scathing gossip about another world geography-challenged PTA mom:(listen for the bit about Africa. It is both priceless and terrifying)


    Posted at 12:20 am by brandy101

    jerry
    November 10, 2008   05:14 PM PST
     
    Portuguese is spoken in Macau, Angola and Mozambiqe, It's the sixth most widely spoken language in teh world. I knew the first 3 had to look up the later.

    people.
    brandy101
    November 7, 2008   06:34 PM PST
     
    I think its insane how FAST Carl Cameron is talking here. Obviously to not get interuppted by Bill. I dont watch these guys on a regular basis, though; maybe that is how fast he normally talks!
    AbbyNormal
    November 7, 2008   05:26 PM PST
     
    Yeah, well, I always felt that Sarah Palin was like a carnival side show. That's just how the pick struck me.

    Still, Carl Cameron is rather viral here. Like a guy who couldn't get a date for the prom, dissing the royalty.
     

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