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Meek or Weak? Sometimes my life makes my left eye twitch and gives me a tension headache, but that’s only a response to marital bliss. Relationships are hard work. This is why we have pets. They don’t answer back with what we don’t want to hear. Their barks, purrs, tweets, and grunts can be interpreted pretty much however we want. Other than unintended “accidents” at inappropriate times and in unintended locations, they really aren’t too much trouble. They might smell, but they don’t offend. If only all relationships were that easy.             I mean, why would a dating service be called Eharmony , anyway? How about Disharmony or Edissonance? An even better name would be Lock Horns and Hold On . It would be more true to the practical reality of trying to make a relationship work. After all, it is difficult to maintain a “ gentle and quiet spirit ” when contemplating murder. Someone said, “ Can’t live with ‘em…can’t shoot ‘em !” while thinking of the opposite sex, and I unders
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Woman to Woman My dream doctor’s office will have comfortable chairs, soft music, compelling reading material, calming and tasteful decorations, restful colored walls, and no television.  Wouldn’t that make waiting more pleasant?  What is the attraction of bigger screens and higher volume?  Why, oh why, does a culture that embraces feminism have programming filled with gossipy women of low intelligence?  Does this irony elude entertainment executives?  I really don’t care to hear about which starlet is bedding what rapper while waiting to find out if my lab tests are abnormal.  Does it not occur to a physician’s office staff that loud, obnoxious television might make those subjected to it cranky?  If they must overbook couldn’t they at least give their victims access to the remote? Waiting in doctors’ offices can be comparable to waiting on hold for tech support from Timbuktu and dealing with a mortgage company, yet it is only slightly better than associating with a govern