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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 04 > Please drop everything else as you read this

Please drop everything else as you read this

By Barbara Shelly / The Bulletin
January 4, 2009

My left hand held the phone. My right hand pecked at the computer keyboard.

On the phone, my mom was talking about her weekend, the elections, the family, the usual. On the computer, I was looking up MapQuest directions to get to an evening activity.

I meant to respond to something my mother....

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