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Demerits and Gold Stars: February — April

Apologies for the unusual double post today. But…

Gah. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve thought about writing about my Demerits and Gold Stars over the past few months. I’ve even gone…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • May, 05, 2025
  • 40 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: December – January

They’re baaaacccckkk. Time for the first Demerits and Gold Stars post of 2025.

First up, demerits. And this time I’m trying something different. After I list a demerit, I’m going to think through how I…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Feb, 05, 2025
  • 37 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: October– November

First – a very Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in America. While you’re eating turkey and watching parades it’s just…a regular Thursday in my part of the world. I hope the food is…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Nov, 28, 2024
  • 45 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: July – September

It has been a while! And, to be honest, at first I was left scratching my head to come up with demerits or gold stars. Apparently I’m out of practice?

But once I put my…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Oct, 09, 2024
  • 38 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: June 2024

For the first time since I started this little accountability exercise several years ago on the blog, I didn’t deliberately track demerits or gold stars. In fact, I thought I might just skip demerits…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Jul, 10, 2024
  • 32 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: April + May 2024

What can I say? There are always things that need improvement and there are always improvements that need celebrating. These posts help me sort out the difference…

DEMERITS

Vitamins. If you have whiplash from watching this…

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Jun, 05, 2024
  • 38 Comments

Demerits and Gold Stars: March 2024

You know the drill so let’s dive in.

DEMERITS

Feedly. Why does it not pull content from certain blogs? Even more frustrating, it can function properly for months and then stop working suddenly and without warning….

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  • Demerits, Gold Stars
  • Apr, 18, 2024
  • 35 Comments
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