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My colleague recently started a blog called “Three things I like about<\/a>…” It’s brilliant: the concept is immediately recognizable and the theme is sufficiently broad.<\/p>\n

I like the idea. In fact, I like it so much that I’m going to steal it. Welcome to a post called, “Three things I like about… Ripping other people off.”<\/p>\n

No, just kidding. I wouldn’t do that. I’d actually make it, “Three things I like about… today.”<\/p>\n

More positive, no?<\/p>\n

\"barbados\"<\/a>1. Now is as good a time as any to announce that I’m in Barbados. I did an outstanding job of not preparing for this trip in any way, and I’m looking forward to spending the next six days sorting that out as I go.<\/p>\n

In fact, one of the few things I did before I departed was leave a message on my parents’ answering machine telling them I was traveling. If I’m being honest, it had less to do with informing them of my plans and more about seeing what my dad had to say about Barbados.<\/p>\n

I was particularly curious because several years ago when I was heading to the Dominican Republic with a group of friends, he got absolutely frantic.<\/p>\n

“The Dominican Republic?!” he yelled across the table at a restaurant in Chinatown. “I got two words for you: Nancy<\/em>. Holiday<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

“You mean Natalee Holloway,” I replied. “And that was Aruba.”<\/p>\n

Those details aside, he was absolutely convinced that any trip to the Caribbean would end in disaster – a point that I doubted had changed much in the past decade.<\/p>\n

I was right.<\/p>\n

“Barbados?! Is that by Aruba!?” he asked.<\/p>\n

“No.”<\/p>\n

“Good,” he replied. “Hey! Are you going to do any snorkeling there?”<\/p>\n

And that<\/em>\u00a0was actually my second guess of what he would have to say. So predictable.<\/p>\n

2. So today I watched a movie. That’s a big deal because the last thing I saw – in the theater or otherwise – was American Hustle. With the exception of the scene where Amy Adams dances a really convincing disco, I’d say that movie was a big waste of 3 hours and $15 – and that’s coming from the lady who pays twice as much each week to learn how to climb drapery with her knees.<\/p>\n

Anyway. Selma. That’s what I watched on the plane. Twice, actually. And while I was embarrassed to cry through a good portion of it the first time, I didn’t feel an ounce of shame losing it on the second go.<\/p>\n

That movie is excellent. And it’s important. Everyone should see it.<\/p>\n

(Everyone probably already has, but when have I ever let the facts get in the way of some unsolicited advice before?<\/p>\n

3. Today is one of the handful of days each year that I have access to a patio with an oceanfront view – and my first order of business was walking directly into the sliding glass door leading to it.<\/p>\n

We’re all so predictable, aren’t we?<\/p>\n

Here’s an idea worth stealing: subscribe to this blog! Just enter your email address in the box on the top right for twice a week updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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