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January 9, 2019January 12, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

When Someone Cons You, You Hate Yourself, Not Them.

I have been conned more than once, and each time I blamed myself. I kicked myself. I felt guilty. I found it very, very hard to talk about because it is embarrassing to have been conned. I know I’m not alone in this. Many of you have been conned, too. Whether you have been conned […]

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March 22, 2015March 22, 2015Snowbird of Paradise

Vested Interests

I’ve become used to words having multiple meanings. Usually the context for the word helps to untangle the user’s intention, but I recently encountered an exception to this: the word “service” when applied to dogs. There is an oddity in US law and parlance which turns the idea of service on its head. Instead of the […]

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October 4, 2013October 31, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

Like a bad penny

As some of you know and may have read here, I was once conned out of a lot of money by Isaac, who lives in Kenya. That was many years ago, and I have made several changes of email address and phone number since then. I must have succeeded in preventing his correspondence with me […]

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