Carmen Milligan
An oddly accurate quiz
I am a sucker for online quizzes. Which Friends character am I? Monica. Which Hogwarts house? Gryffindor. My Hipster Aesthetic is Tumblr...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 2, 20213 min read
When a series fizzles.
It is time that I look in the reading mirror and admit a truth to myself: I am not much of a series girl. Some series ... wait, no. A...
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Carmen Milligan
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Happy New Year!
I think we can all agree that 2020 was an inconvenient shithole of a year. It was the worst year ever for some, and a mere ripple in the...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 31, 20202 min read
Why is this taking so loooooong?
When I read that Mick Jagger had gotten the inspiration for the Rolling Stones' song "Sympathy for the Devil" from a book Marianne...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 31, 20202 min read
A return to "The Salon"
I have always been intrigued by the salon. No, not the kind where you get your hair and nails done. And not the one that is considered an...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Wednesday Word: Vitriol
vitriol [ˈvitrēəl, ˈvitrēˌôl] NOUN cruel and bitter criticism. "her mother's sudden gush of fury and vitriol" synonyms: revilement ·...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 29, 20201 min read
First Zoom Cocktail Party!
I attended my first Zoom cocktail party last night, and had so much stinking fun! Bubbly Bibbly, our podcast, hosted it, and we had a...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 11, 20201 min read
The dentist is your friend!
Have you ever noticed that people hate going to the dentist? I was on a conference call today for work, and the boss joked that he needed...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 9, 20201 min read
Wednesday Word - Conflate
conflate [kənˈflāt] VERB combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one. "the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Roald Dahl family apologies
Did you happen to see that the family of beloved children's book author Roald Dahl apologized for anti-Semitic comments he made in the...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 5, 20202 min read
Alert! New and very fun Christmas movies!
All Christmas movies are starting to be the same. Spoiled and engaged man/woman gets cut off from money, struggles at first and then...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Word of the Day is not even an option
Have you ever noticed that the Word of the Day sites usually provide words that no one has ever heard of, no one will know the definition...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 3, 20202 min read
November Reads
"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" summary: France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Wednesday Word: The I vs. Me conundrum
Stop the madness! There are so many people misusing "I" for "me" in sentences that I fear it will become accepted, and change the...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 2, 20201 min read
Overwhelmed fangirl moment
Yesterday, Rachel and I interviewed author Linda Olsson. Since we recorded it for our podcast, we did it over SquadCast. To see why this...
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Carmen Milligan
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Stop picking your nose. Just. Stop.
At my gym, the elliptical machines are right behind the treadmills, with a carpeted walkway separating the rows. So, they are not very...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 21, 20201 min read
Why don't you tell me when it's okay, Karen.
Please explain to me why anyone gives a damn about when someone else puts up their Christmas tree! I have seen posts on social media,...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Duran Duran's prescient song for Donald Trump
I was listening to Duran Duran the other day on Amazon Music. It was a playlist someone created of all of their hits. I had NO idea that...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Just. Stop. Talking.
Welcome to Alabama, where we LOVE to put ignorant people in office. Whether it's a state supreme court judge who flaunts breaking the...
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Carmen Milligan
Nov 18, 20201 min read
Wednesday Word: Skullduggery
[ skuhl-duhg-uh-ree ] noun, plural dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery I am at a complete loss as to why we don't use...
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