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Someone in My Building has a Serious Agenda

Back in April, ABC announced that it was going to cancel the long-running daytime soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live. While clearly devastating news, I haven’t been home during the day in about, oh, 22 years, so I did not feel this news pertained to me, nor did I think I’d be talking about it now, a month later. However, this has apparently come as quite a blow to someone in my apartment building.

When I first saw this flyer (poster? aggressive propaganda?) taped to the wall in my front entrance earlier this week, I thought it said “Save Seals.” I like seals, so I guess I was fine with it. The acronyms were unintelligible to me, and I didn’t really give it much thought after that. But yesterday, coming home from what was once again an awesome Zumba class, groceries in hand and struggling to find my keys, I gave the sign a second glance. “Save Soaps AMC and OLTL!” I went back and forth about publishing this phone number, but ultimately determined this person is asking for it.

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Happy Easter!

It’s that time of year again – the time when jellybeans are the only food group; the time when eating your weight in ham is appropriate; the time when you get drunk with your family and fiercely battle for the money egg that Uncle Den hid somewhere in the backyard. Yes, it’s Easter. So put on your big hats, patent leather shoes and short gloves and enjoy the day! (Sidenote: The Easter Bunny, there’s nothing scarier.)

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Spotted: The “T”MI Girl is Back!

Everyone remembers blonde girl, Marco and the gay BFF from December’s NoMad Blog T ride reenactment, right? Well today, as I innocently walked back to my office from a mission to buy new rain boots, she waltzed back into my life when I spotted her having a conversation outside her place of business (yes, I know where she works – so does everyone else on the T that day). Not to be outdone by Marco and his overalls, she could be overheard screaming saying to a co-worker:

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