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• Damn it anyway

  by Meredith Newton August 19, 2007
  A few days ago I was back to fighting with my ex, and then, as I posted in the Forums, I was angry with that friend for telling people about me without my knowledge or permission. I am not ashamed of who I am but he doesn't seem to realize that this is not his responsibility. The fact that his stu...

• Dropping hints

  by Meredith Newton August 8, 2007
  As I mentioned in a Forum thread, I make comments on-board the U-505 about wearing heels.  When working the CSI exhibit, and running the fingerprinting table, one of the activities we do is to show how to bring out latent prints.  In our case we have the visitors rub the back of their heads to obtai...

• Decision time

  by Meredith Newton July 24, 2007
  I know that I have already made the decision to move forward with being Mere full-time.  What I need to do now is decide how to let those in my professional life know.  Yes, I did write a letter over a year ago, and posted it in the Forums, but what I need to decide is exactly when to tell them.This...

• Classic Psycho Ninja

  by Meredith Newton July 21, 2007
  Within a few short days I managed to inflict a variety of injuries upon myself.  Here they are:I did miss four days of work, with a trip to the doctor's office, because of a bad case of strep.  I was able to make up some time, thanks to my understanding bosses.  But that meant I was racing to make s...

• More in a day or two

  by Meredith Newton July 19, 2007
  Hi y'all,After a strenuous move, and endless days of work, I have finally been able to have my cable and internet connected at my new flat.  And do I ever love it!  It is so nice to be home in a matter of minutes after leaving work.I managed to inflict some interesting injuries on both legs during a...

• Quick update

  by Meredith Newton June 17, 2007
  Here it is, Father's Day, and I will be seeing my daughter after work. We're going out for ice cream. I may look drab on the outside, but, underneath....... I just got back from doing a paper in St. Paul. It was well received. I stayed in a dorm suite, which means there were two other people ...

• God bless the outcasts

  by Meredith Newton June 6, 2007
  Tonight I went and saw my daughter's third grade show.  It was about an hour long, and these kids did a phenomenal job.  NOT TO STEREOTYPE HERE, but her teacher, an openly gay man, does have theatre experiences and taught them quite a few showtunes to learn, including I Am What I Am from La Cage.  I...

• We shall see

  by Meredith Newton May 21, 2007
  Okay, I could regale you with more museum stories. Like how, on the U-505, I scared an old lady so bad her false teeth almost came out.  If everyone gets up to the aft torpedo room fast enough I demonstrate some of the sounds on board the boat, like the dive bell.  Let's just say she wasn't quite pr...

• Oh my God!!!!

  by Meredith Newton May 11, 2007
  If you had any idea what happened today at the museum!  It is on the gross side, and funny as hell.  Since I am a lady, I will not recount what happened unless personally asked.  No, it is nothing I did, but something I found...........yuck! Reminds me of something that happened when I worked at the...

• Personal goal reached

  by Meredith Newton April 20, 2007
  Okay, museum stuff.....On Tuesday I was in a professional development class.  Easy stuff.Starting yesterday I began training on the U-505.  As I mentioned before, our department handles the three BIG permanent exhibits, and lots of little temporary ones along the way.  The U boat is the hardest to l...