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Maile Hernandez

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison - “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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A singer/performer in my youth, I was a voice major at Indiana University, but became a lawyer when I moved to Arizona after I graduated...[Read More]

Archive for December, 2008

More comfortable on the shallow end

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Over the break I’ve seen a couple movies.
If you want to be alternately bored, depressed, and more than a wee bit creeped out, then by all means, go check out The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
I’ll admit this, I guess it’s haunting because it did haunt me.  Not necessarily in a good way.  The character [...]

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Turkey Day!

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Oh, didn’t you know?  Yes, we have a (new) holiday tradition here at Casa Hernandez - Turkey Day!  It comes a couple days after Christmas, whenever the best football day is.  We cook up a turkey and all the trimmings, without the pressure of “it’s Christmas day” over us.  Then we eat it.  And watch [...]

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Our Own Tiny Tim

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Just in time for Christmas, Max broke his toe.
“The little lame boy - how is he?”  - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.
He has to wear this walking boot for a week at least.  You can’t believe how brave he’s being.  It’s unreal.  He goes on just like nothing happened.  Drags this clunky thing several miles [...]

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The Power of Self-Delusion (The Biggest Loser)

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

From the L.A Times (excerpt):  “Heba came into the house as a bit of a bully — make that a big, loud bully — who immediately began throwing her weight around to get her way. She created divides and alliances, and was the first to turn the tables on a competitor — and then complained [...]

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I Should Do Christmas

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

I’m just having trouble getting into the mood.
I mean, would Max really miss it?  I guess maybe he would.  It’s hard though with him not talking about Santa and stuff.  It’s hard to want to push it along, try to create and encourage an inclination in him to be enthusiastic for a thing called Christmas, [...]

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. . . inspired by this week’s PEOPLE

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

I can’t write about my fascinating soap opera of a life all the time.
Sometimes I just have to focus on how stinking cute Britney’s kids are.  Could those two little boys BE more precious???  They remind me of two little Maxes.  
Now I don’t listen to Beyonce.  I don’t even know how to create the [...]

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You can just tell he’s a good guy.  The abs are impressive, yes, but he’s been married 13 years to a REAL woman, and he works super hard, and he’s adorable.  I just saw him on The View and was totally swooning.  Who doesn’t love Hugh Jackman!!?
No, Conrad isn’t home yet.  Thanks for asking.
No, I [...]

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Watching Juno.  God, I forgot how sweet a movie that is.  Jennifer Garner’s finest performance.
My husband was supposed to be home tonight.  And he isn’t.  And he won’t be.
And I don’t know why.
And I just snarfled (my own made-up word) 3 pieces of pepperoni pizza.  I ordered pizza.
I remember the first time I told him [...]

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Clearly I’M The Biggest Loser . . .

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

For who else was up at 1 a.m. last night wolfing down old Halloween candy while watching a show about people getting in shape and living healthier, better lives?
Conrad’s out of town.  He has a trial in Yuma.  So it was just me and Max last night.  I took him to the park.  He’s now [...]

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Britney Spears: For the Record

Monday, December 1st, 2008

I don’t really listen to her music, but I find her story endlessly fascinating.  I love watching the shows about her, the behind-the-scenes stuff.  So I waited with great anticipation for this MTV special, and rushed home to watch it today on my DVR.  I mean, I know the whole thing was like a giant [...]

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