A Little Bit Off http://alittlebitoff.net Right Brain in a Left Brain World Thu, 02 May 2013 19:05:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=145 News in a Nutshell, April http://alittlebitoff.net/news-in-a-nutshell-april-2/ http://alittlebitoff.net/news-in-a-nutshell-april-2/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 19:05:48 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=820   Hold onto your seat! There will be two lunar eclipses in April and May—plus a full moon by Congress! Here is April’s news in a nutshell: 4/3: ♪♪ Do I See a Trend? Oh, my dear, don’t you see a trend? No toll-takers at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco; the FAA lays [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/news-in-a-nutshell-april-2/feed/ 14 At the Dog Park http://alittlebitoff.net/at-the-dog-park/ http://alittlebitoff.net/at-the-dog-park/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:48:36 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=807 I used to work with a man who said that women and poodles have the same problem—they both think they’re human. He became a lawyer. Poodles resemble dogs, but they’re not. Offer a dog a piece of cheese and he’ll grovel at your feet. Ask my Louie, and he’ll politely decline the Swiss, indicating that [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/at-the-dog-park/feed/ 29 March News in a Nutshell http://alittlebitoff.net/march-news-in-a-nutshell/ http://alittlebitoff.net/march-news-in-a-nutshell/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:52:31 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=796 3/2: A pall falls over 99% of the land. The sequester begins. Congress leaves town early for Sequester Semester Break. 3/2: Some people will do anything to avoid changing diapers. Yahoo! CEO, Marissa Mayer, decrees no more working from home! In an effort to assuage dissension among workers, she opens Romper Room for Robots. 3 [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/march-news-in-a-nutshell/feed/ 12 My Beauty $ecret http://alittlebitoff.net/my-beauty-ecret/ http://alittlebitoff.net/my-beauty-ecret/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:23:11 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=779 I’m going to give my face another chance. My concessions to anti-aging all have one thing in common: they don’t hurt. So on occasion, I’m up for trying the latest method as long as it doesn’t harm animals on its way to the back of my drawer. To forewarn MyHusbandTheEngineer that I was going to [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/my-beauty-ecret/feed/ 11 ANNOUNCING! http://alittlebitoff.net/announcing/ http://alittlebitoff.net/announcing/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:12:56 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=767 A LIttle Bit Off is now being carried on www.HalfWaytoConcord.com and AOL’s Concord Patch! My new monthly series, “News in a Nutshell,” premiers, premiers! with the February edition online now!

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/announcing/feed/ 0 February News in a Nutshell http://alittlebitoff.net/february-news-in-a-nutshell/ http://alittlebitoff.net/february-news-in-a-nutshell/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:55:42 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=756 There was a lot of news in February, what with asteroids and meteorites and all, but focusing on the events most relevant to our existence here on earth, here’s what you need to know about the month that was: 2/3: Beyonce body synchs the Super Bowl half-time show.  It’s humanly impossible to look like that [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/february-news-in-a-nutshell/feed/ 4 It’s 3AM: Do You Know Where The Dog Is? http://alittlebitoff.net/729/ http://alittlebitoff.net/729/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:54:59 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=729 This is not a Tale. This is a Truth, and as such it will be quite short because I don’t know a lot of facts. But you’d better check on your dog. Especially if you’re away from home. Dogs now have e-mail, texting, and (be very afraid) GPS! If you don’t believe me, reference Exhibit [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/729/feed/ 10 Technology, The Gift That Keeps On Giving (Headaches) http://alittlebitoff.net/technology-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-headaches-4/ http://alittlebitoff.net/technology-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving-headaches-4/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:19:10 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=697 The day after New Year’s, I submitted to MyHusbandTheEngineer the Top Ten functions my iApparati won’t do anymore. After the sighing and eye-rolling (his) abated, he focused on the list, which was a pile of yellow stickies. “If you’d taken these off the monitor months ago so you could actually see the warnings, you could [...]

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]]> http://alittlebitoff.net/so-happy-to-announce/feed/ 0 One Hundred Shades of Black http://alittlebitoff.net/one-hundred-shades-of-black/ http://alittlebitoff.net/one-hundred-shades-of-black/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:10:24 +0000 Cathy Turney http://alittlebitoff.net/?p=642 It recently came to my attention as I was pulling together last year’s tax receipts for my accountant (who directed me to Google focus and organize), that there are far more children’s books being written today than books for adults. Numerous celebrities like Madonna and Dolly Parton have written kids’ books because they know what [...]

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