Category Archives: Small stuff?

How SEMICOLONS are Driving Miss Shari Crazy!

Posted on December 6, 2010 by sharisax

I am addicted to the semicolon, though for years I didn’t know how to deploy it and just wrote run-on sentences instead. The semi-colon is useful when you need a sentence to shift or surprise; to be modified or amended; … Continue reading →

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“It’s only another $420 a year”

Posted on October 2, 2010 by sharisax

What drove me crazy yesterday? I’d expressed concern about something costing me more than I thought it should . . . and I didn’t know why. My friend said: “It’s only an extra $420 a year. No big deal.” So … Continue reading →

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It’s no Small Thing to lose your driving privileges . . . and it’s NO Small Thing to get them back!

Posted on September 18, 2010 by sharisax

You can’t believe the difference that driving a car actually makes! It didn’t matter that my first morning driving [after two months of sleepless nights, extended waits, untolled hours on public transportation, and endless calling of friends to drive me] … Continue reading →

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So pull up a chair and get it off your chest . . .

Posted on September 1, 2010 by sharisax

My original intention was to write about all the awesome things happening for me BECAUSE I can’t drive myself around — like deepening relationships with my friend-drivers — but then today’s public transportation mis-adventures happened. 0

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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. It’s ALL small stuff. Or is it?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by sharisax

Three buses, two BART* rides, and another two friends to get me back and forth to Oakland for the English class I teach at Laney College. Lots of Drivers du Jour . . . and one conversation worth noting: 0

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