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Happy Birthday, Original Rebecca! (You get to be the original in least in this context, since you are a cool 13 years older than me).

I am also a Catholic Jew....well, I'm an atheist with a Jewish dad and a Catholic mom. So no fucken wonder your monthly money begs work so well on me! I *also* learned how to feel guilt before I learned to walk and talk.

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I had a boss who was into Christian stewardship and insisted that all his supervisors sit down with their employees and work out an action plan for where they want to be in five years and how they plan to achieve their goals. I figure they should have been happy that I was good at my job and showed up for work on time on a very regular basis. Nothing else was any of their business.

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Or, if the boss was cool enough to get pop culture references, "Sitting on a beach earning 20%."

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thank you my friend :)

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Pretty kitty! Would look good with my 4 (+1 stray we're keeping alive through the winter). Kitty looks pretty content there.

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Happy birthday! I'm 60 so any age under 50 sounds pretty young. (It is, but you don't realize until you're 60!) No guilt, no guilt...if you are working why not be in a lovely place?

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She had just been getting her head rubbed in the really weirdly aggressive way that she likes that peels her whole face back. She will headbutt your hand and/or whatever you're holding in order to make you drop it and attend to her. And I do mean headBUTT. She's not kidding around with any of these nice kitteh nudges like the way we gently boop their noses. If she weighed more, she'd knock you over.

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Late to the event but I dropped some money in the tip jar. Enjoy Mexico.

xxoo fartknocker

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Becca sends me a super sweet email every time I drop even a measly number of dollarydoos. Not saying that's what makes me do it, or the Donna Rose pictures (I AM IMMUNE TO YOUR TODDLER CUTENESS, TINY TEMPTRESS), but where else do you get this hands-on approach? I waste monies on plenty of things -- I'm thinking of the $20 cat food bowls here, because it really makes a difference to them -- and aspire to the day I can do a monthly commitment. This site means a lot to me, is what I'm saying.

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Some time back me and my partner were on a biz trip to Indianapolis. We had a shitton of electronic equipment with us and so tipped the bellhop $10. He nearly fell over. That evening we ran into him as he was getting off work and we asked for advice on some good local food. He made us pile into his car and he personally drove us ten miles to the other side of town to his favorite restaurant/bar. A good time was had by all.

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Hippy Birdy!

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20.4

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You deserve a vacation with your young child. Young children deserve vacations with their parents. So don’t you dare feel guilty or I’ll tell Mom.

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Oh! Join a caravan of amnesty seekers. No. They will take the Wonkette Baby of Cuteness, Donna Rose, Lady of Wonkebago and intern her. So don’t do that.

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Hippo Birdie, Two Ewe!

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FUCK THAT. Everybody deserves a vacation now and then, and this wonderful site simply and truly would not exist without your hard work and dedication. And your lovely daughter and husband deserve a vacation with you!

Also, being miserable with guilt doesn't do anything except hurt you and the ones you love - try not to ruin your well-deserved vacation. Not that it's easy to not feel guilty, or not feel guilty about feeling guilty, or...

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