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Why I Hate This Tax Season and Why It Hates Me Back

Posted by Aloysa on February 19th, 2013

Tax season is upon us (in case you have not noticed it yet.) I noticed it a long time ago, and not because I really enjoy this time of the year or find it fascinating. If anything, I find it cumbersome. Quite disturbing. Alarming. I pick a night to work on my taxes, I pour myself a glass of wine, settle in front of my computer and by the time I open my spreadsheets and glance over my tax forms, I want to give up on a glass of wine and look for the bottle. I feel like I am(…)

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I am Turning 40. Now What?

Posted by Aloysa on January 24th, 2013

I am turning forty years old this May. Turning forty feels as if I am reaching some kind of threshold, a new door that I am going to open, a milestone if you will.

Now, let’s talk about my birthdays for a second. I hate my birthdays not because I am afraid to turn older, but because I always feel lonely.  And I cry a lot. I sob. I indulge in self-pity and misery. Yes, I love to feel gloomy on my birthdays. My birthday is the saddest day of the year.

Of course, there is a sadistic side to all of(…)

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Why Some Women Prefer Older Men (Money is Not The Reason)

Posted by Aloysa on January 15th, 2013

Daniel Craig makes me weak in the knees. Scratch the word “weak.” My knees feel buttery when I see his blue eyes and stern face. Is it too much information for you? Well, suck it up. I have been attracted to our new James Bond for years…Years! He looks weathered, and at the same time he looks elegant. He looks mature. He looks exquisite. I am going to stop here because this post is not about Daniel Craig, or James Bond, or me or you. This post is about the reasons why women prefer older men.

Top Five Reasons Why Women(…)

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Nothing I Can Say Today

Posted by Aloysa on December 17th, 2012

There will be no Monday post.

Since last Friday I cannot regain my focus. There is no inspiration. There are no words that can be put in writing and sound correct. Everything that I want to say seems wrong. Empty. Meaningless. Artificial. Unnecessary.

Have you seen the photos of the dead children that were released this weekend? Have you been watching the news coverage? Then you should understand me. Not a single word will sound right. Nothing makes sense anymore. It seems almost criminal to write about saving on Christmas shopping when twenty innocent children were executed by a deranged psychopath.

I have(…)

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Sleep on the Pavement, Piss in a Bottle

Posted by Aloysa on December 13th, 2012

I am not going to talk about camping equipment. Or tents. Or camping trailers. I want to discuss people who camp out in front of businesses. If you have spent hours, days and nights in front of your local Apple store waiting for an iPhone 5, you should stop reading now because the rest of this post might offend you. Deeply.

Trader Joe’s opened it’s doors in Salt Lake City a few days ago. On the way home from work I passed by hundreds of people camping out in a semi-organized line in front of the store. People were anxiously waiting(…)

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Love Skiing But Hate Spending? Go Nordic.

Posted by Aloysa on December 6th, 2012

Utah. Dry summers. Cold winters. Snowy mountains. Expensive ski resorts.

Utahns love their snow so much that they claim to have “The Best Snow on Earth.” I can argue with this statement. To say something like this means you are way too arrogant to my liking. Personally, I think the best snow on Earth is at the North Pole. But I digress.

In spite of living in a ski state, neither Beaker nor I have ever skied. Neither of us can get to the top of a steep slope, and effortlessly glide down. Neither of us can conquer the mountains. There is(…)

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And God Said…”No”

Posted by Aloysa on October 24th, 2012

This post is written by Lucille, a staff writer for My Broken Coin. 

God and I have had an on/off relationship , like many of my relationships. It’s tough love. God is perfect; I am not; but he allows me to bask in the rays of love now and then. He’s all knowing and all seeing and I’m just blinded by his power. I don’t see what he sees so whenever I ask for something he knows better. “Anything you can do, I can do better,” doesn’t apply here. God doesn’t play games with mortals but he sure has a wicked sense(…)

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Child-Friendly Or Not?

Posted by Aloysa on October 10th, 2012

This post is written by Lucille, a staff writer for My Broken Coin. 

The recent post “I’d Rather Have New Shoes Than Kids” and the subsequent comments made me realize the great social divide between the US and the rest of the world.  Comments posted were from like-minded US citizens so I thought it’d be interesting to provide a view from across the pond.

I live in Europe and we consider ourselves a child-friendly society. We have no beef with little people who come to change, uplift, confuse and frustrate us. Parenthood is a tumultuous and often thankless task but it’s no less(…)

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