Tomorrow morning

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8:00 AM (UTC+8) The 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade at Pasadena, California



I liked this video best, and not just because we were there.
HGTV broadcasts without commercial interruption. The Lions Float is the third one this year.

Addendum

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Today is shared:
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day [check the list] way down under food holidays in December
Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute [that's on this list]

I think we'll just bypass tomorrow

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I don't think I wanna fly anywhere any more

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No, it isn't because I don't feel safe. It is more about all the hoops that an airline passenger has to jump through just to get from point A to point B. . . and that's before even reaching the departure gate. Read Kevin Underhill's post and the link on the post to Christopher Hitchens' article at Slate.com.
I sure don't pretend to have any solutions, but the folks who should certainly haven't come up with anything practical. They seem to be under the impression that the more they increase passenger anxiety, the better off we are.

no, Brian, I am not
suffering from guilt- or
pain-induced insomnia...
I'm not even awake

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I wonder

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Do the Brits have one of these over on their side?



Are we gonna find one for crossing the Pacific?

sure beats dealing
with airport security

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Remodeling

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I believe it was mentioned that there is under some consideration a plan to make some changes to the sidebar on this blog. Just the fact that I vaguely remember it must mean something. I probably will do something about it sometime.

this is where Brian might
get even for the cheap
shot I took the other day

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Warning

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Today is national fruitcake day.
Find out more here... and here.

it is not capitalized
because it hasn't been
sanctioned . . .yet!

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...and today is:

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Boxing Day



in the U.S. it is National Whiner's Day

whatever

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This Just In:

Click on the graphic.

By the way

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Today is National Egg Nog Day.

bacon day is
in September

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Until a few minutes ago, , ,

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. . .I wasn't aware that today was Festivus

and could care less

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'Tis the season

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Sunspots?

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I can't explain this early as well as the folks as APOD

and certainly don't have
the patience to go out
and shoot the same photo
at the same time every day

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I almost forgot

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I almost forgot to post here today. Wouldn't that be a calamity?
I thought about posting some pictures, but they'd've looked just about like the ones in this post.
Now maybe I will just do a little rearranging on the sidebar. That way I can stay inside.

isn't it grand to be
able to figure out how
to use two apostrophes
in one contraction?

This quote...

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...is from Peter de Vries, but it could be the motto for a friend of mine:

"Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked."

he'll know who he is
if he ever reads this

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Two photos

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I found both of these posted on separate blogs this week.







One purports to be a nature photograph, the other comments on the nature of the immediate surroundings [as in mud] as it relates the walking of a dog.

maybe I have too
much free time?

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I saw a quote

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The Brighton Pensioner has an automatic quote generator at one of his many blogs. I enjoy reading them and stealing one occasionally if it suits my needs. You can ask why I don't just put one of those gadgets on my blog. I would just tell you that it's easier to let someone else do it. Besides, I am more apt to read it if someone else has it.
Anyway...
This morning the quote is from Arnold Lobel:
"Books to the ceiling,/ Books to the sky,/ My pile of books is a mile high./ How I love them! How I need them!/ I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
My story is just a little reversed. I don't stack them unless I have already read them and then only if I feel they are worth rereading.

so it's not quite a mile high
...no, I have no intention of reqrowing it

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About yesterday

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I started out with three appointments. One was postponed until the rains stop because it has to do with repairs to the valves that burst during the freeze last week. Another was a board meeting that happens on the second Monday of every month and it was relatively routine, other than we had to deal with some frozen pipes that ultimately caused some damage at the senior center. The third proved most interesting... and complicated. It was with the surgeon who's doing the implants to anchor my new teeth. As it turned out he was running behind schedule... like about 30 minutes or more. So I had a choice to wait and possibly be late for the board meeting or I could be briefed by his treatment coordinator, who proved quite capable of explaining the various options available to me. Oh, yeah, and how much it is going to set me back financially for their part of the treatment. She could tell me what my own dentist's fees are or what the lab costs will be. She did tell me, though, that they could do it before the end of the year.
So after getting over the sticker shock, I called my dentist's office for an appointment for two reasons. First, I needed another adjustment to my appliance. Secondly, I wanted to coordinate the details between the two offices. Imagine my surprise when I was told I could come in at 2pm. Too bad I had that darn board meeting. I had to settle for a 9:30am appointment this morning. My dentist took charge immediately and did some trim work on the upper, which was causing some minor discomfort. Then we discussed the options which had been presented by the surgeon and she offered still another which appealed to me.
Anyway, the outcome is that next Monday morning [that would be the Winter Solstice], before the Sun rises, I will find myself planted in a dental chair, under the influence of muscle relaxants, with somebody's hands in my mouth... and just in time for Christmas, too.
Please, don't feel bad that I won't be feasting like others on Christmas because with my mouth in it's current state I would be feasting much anyway. The one big plus is that I have an excuse to eat ice cream three times a day... or more.

that almost makes it worth it

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Oh dear!

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How did I let my schedule get so full?
Let me re-word that.
How did I let the three appointments I have this week all happen between 10am and 2pm today?

this never would
have happened
if I hadn't worn
out my Palm Pilot

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A little excitement

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Photo from the Redding Record Searchlight courtesy of Dan Warner

I heard the sirens yesterday, but figured that it was just another medical emergency call... there seems to be at least one a day in this neighborhood. Instead, it was a house just around the corner that we pass almost every time we leave.
Fortunately nobody was injured but it looks like the contents were a total loss.
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Yeah, I'm gonna fix it

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I know that the edge of the thing over on the left is cut off. As soon as I finish a couple of other things I will be adjusting the size so that it fits.

Wait a sec... I have another idea!!!


How's that?

yeah,
it doesn't
do anything
for me either

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I'm pretty sure I found the card I want to send

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click on the image to get the full effect

I also imagine that there will be a civil discussion and cooler heads will prevail.

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Sorry I missed it

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According to the little list I refer to, yesterday was National Pastry Day.
I could have had a bacon pastry.

or an apple fritter would have been nice

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This is for Sharon

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If nobody else understands it. She can explain this to them.

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And today is...

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[Drumroll]


Take It In The Ear Day

yeah, it means
nothin' to me either

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What'll we celebrate today?

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Well, yesterday we had a choice, either Gazpacho Day or National Mitten Tree Day.
If we were Dutch we could have celebrated Sinterklaas.

Today we get National Cotton Candy Day. [fairy floss?]

wait 'til tomorrow!!!

We're saving the bacon for later ...Oh, and I have some more quotes.
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I have a video

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But Blogger won't upload it.

So here's a quote I read:

A true friend stabs you in the front

~ Oscar Wilde

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I got nuthin' here

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But, this is another story.

you can't make this stuff up

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I decided to go with a quote...

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"Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know."
~ Cullen Hightower

...Because

Today is:
Wear Brown Shoes Day

does it matter?

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Guess what I found

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Yep! It was another bacon entry. But it seems like maybe it's too soon, particularly since we went so long without any... oh, and it's a bit of a stretch anyway.

it's not really about food

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Today is...

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National Fritters Day



Apple Fritter



Malaysian Roadside Fritters

I have no idea

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I can't remember

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I was going to post something unique and profound [you know... like I usually do] but I forgot what it was. I was totally distracted because someone somewhere out in the ether decided to upgrade, update and download so now my browser no longer saves some of the settings and passwords I had.
It's really irritating. Everything was going along just fine the way it was until some clown decided to fix whatever wasn't broken. Now it doesn't work for me.

no, it wasn't
Bill Gates' company

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Annual scene

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We can't take him anywhere!!!

I lie. He wasn't
here last year

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I screwed up

I meant to post this yesterday (Thanksgiving) before we left.

yeah, you're right
it has been awhile
since we've done bacon

So there I was...

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...standing in my sister's kitchen on Thanksgiving with a camera in my hands.

who knew that this
might be the before
picture I was looking for?

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I had a thought

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I'm not saying it's a good one.
I figured maybe I would boycott this blog until blogger starts showing that it is updated.

Then it dawned on me
that that would be a
self-fulfilling kind of thing

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''Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!"

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Yes, that is a the tip of a propeller just appearing at the top of the picture. The hat is a birthday gift.

Go ahead.
Laugh.

I am.

as good looking
as my grandson

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It rained yesterday

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It was one of those hit and run things here in the valley. The Mountains got hammered
The skies cleared overnight.

Consequently we had a different visitor this morning.
So I stopped by the park.



This is shooting directly at the Sun



Along the river bank



The Sacramento River seems so quiet and serene.

now I guess I
will have to
go back
when it's clear

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Oooooooh!!! Just for Suldog

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This is timeless

Sorry I didn't find it before Halloween.

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Another niece sent this to my sister, who...

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Until a child tells you what they are thinking, we can't even begin to imagine how their mind is working....

Little Zachary was doing very badly in math.
His parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers.
In short, everything they could think of to help his math.
Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him In the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying.
Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Zachary was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner.
To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before.
This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.
Finally, little Zachary brought home his report Card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation, His Mom looked at it and to her great surprise, Little Zachary got an 'A' in math... She could no longer hold her curiosity.. She went to his room and said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?' Little Zachary looked at her and shook his head, no.. 'Well, then,' she replied, Was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? WHAT WAS IT?'
Little Zachary looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around.'

Thanks Jan and Bekah

When left to my devices, I come up with things like:

An Irishman walked out of a bar.
It could happen?

thanks Sharon

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Can you believe that?

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My good friend has accused me of nefarious motives.
I mentioned, in one of my [not so] secret messages, that I missed the old Banterboard. I should mention that it was a bulletin board frequented by a number of individuals with at least some similar interests. It was hosted by an individual in Birmingham, England, but had developed from a series of bulletin boards in the Los Angeles area. Basically what would happen is that someone would get angry at the hosts and then start their own board or the host would get angry and take their board down. Isn't that kind of like having a blog that nobody can access without an invitation? Anyway it was through these bulletin boards that I have met several good friends, including the above mentioned accuser.
The folks that posted were from all over the world (Finland, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the British Isles and all parts of the USA, even Nebraska). Just about every day someone would post a query or a comment, then there would be a serious response or two and then the thread would deteriorate into some conversation that had absolutely no relevance to the original post. Sometimes the threads would go on and on, even splitting into separate conversations, which became virtually impossible to keep track of. On top of that they took up much space on servers and drove the administrators nuts.
About the accusation: the Brighton Pensioner actually accused me of missing the board because I miss being rude to the Oldham Primate. That is not the case. And, no, I don't want to be rude to Knet either. I just miss the simplicity.

Kent & Alan should
have blogs, too

then I could be rude in the comments

Enlightenment

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I think maybe I have found a partial explanation here, unless, of course, it is acquired by osmosis. Then that explains everything.

feel free to ask for further
enlightenment if necessary

We may visit this subject again
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In response

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That is my answer... for now
[the Brighton Pensioner knows what I'm talkin' about]

sunk indeed

I really miss the 'old' banterboard

Lists

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I have mentioned my niece before. I'm sorry if I make it sound like she's my only niece because she's actually one one of many. It's just that she blogs and we all know that bloggers are the really interesting folk... huh? I guess I could carry that a step further and say that the more blogs one has, the more interesting they are. But that would be self-serving and the Brighton Pensioner would still be more interesting.
So... where was I.
Oh yeah... lists. the other day she posted that she loved lists. Here's mine:
Things that I found on other blogs that made me laugh at the time but may not be funny out of context -

1. One-time-use disposable cats.
2. There are 10 types of people-- those who understand binary, and those who don't.

any more than two items
would require more effort than
I am prepared to expend

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Today it's...

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...either the mouse or the processor that's acting up. I think? Maybe it's the darn O/S. I know just enough about computers and the techy stuff to be dangerous. I learned electronics in the '60s, the earliest '60s, back when vacuum tubes had yet to be replaced by transistors and computers were analog or huge.
Anyhow, I learned it only so that I could understand the theory behind the equipment that I operated for the Navy. You know how that works? They spent thousands of bucks and lots of time teaching us about the equipment and then sent us out to the fleet to learn how to use it.

Right now the right click on the mouse is reluctant to function in a manner to which I have become accustomed. Oh, wait. Left click is just as bad. Let's add wireless functionality to the possibilities as to why there are difficulties.

it can't possibly
be the operator

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I hate it when that happens

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So yesterday I stepped outside of my comfort zone and wrote, what for me, is a long post. This morning (like just now) I actually reread it and found a little error.
Perhaps I should explain that I periodically have problems with the wireless keyboard not always sending the signal to the processor. Compound that with the issues I have with my left hand not being totally compos mentis and then I don't proofread. Well, part of what I wrote said exactly the opposite of what I meant because somehow the word do was inserted where I meant don't.
I have now corrected that error.

I also asked if I was trying to do too much and promptly forgot what it was I was trying to do. Now I remember. The answer is in the post. I post almost every day... not necessarily complete thoughts or rational ideas, but something... on two blogs. It's probably just to clean out the crap that accumulates between my ears.

if Uncle Niles is
reading this he
need not comment

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What is it that I do?

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Mostly I read other people's blogs.
It's all my niece's fault. I started out just looking at her blog about once a week. She posted about things that happened during her day and did it in a manner that made it interesting... at least to me.
Then there were those links on her blog to other blogs. I thought to myself, "I can do that." I had already been posting on bulletin boards for several years. Sure most of what I posted was off the wall. It did come with the warning, 'he said WHTPFIHC.' Hence the current name for this blog.
No, that hasn't always been what it was called. I first started it when I was having my back surgery. I felt that it was a good way to keep everyone posted on my progress. I called it Skippylog because I have no imagination... well, I do but we probably don't want to go there.
The updating lasted somewhere around a week and I got bored talking writing about me. Who cares how many days it's been since the last cigarette or that the pain meds were a waste of money because they aren't needed?
So anyway, I got a little off-track... okay, it's a character defect, alright? I started posting about whatever struck my fancy at the moment. There was a lot of stuff with bacon so I renamed this blog and started another that is supposed to be "more serious." Neither blog has much in the way of long posts. My short attention span is another defect...... or maybe the same one with an alias. In any event I have pretty much tried to get whatever the message is across in as few words as possible. I say "because if you don't, you'll lose your audience." But just maybe it's because I'm lazy and don't want to spend the time developing the topic? Ooh! Another character trait.
So, I read other people's blogs. I see these well developed topics on blogs that I really enjoy reading. The one thing that really stands out about those other bloggers [with one exception] is that most post only once or twice a week. Some post even less than that.
Now I have a question. Am I trying to do too much?

it's a rhetorical question,
but you may answer

I need an easy button

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So I went to the dentist this morning so she could see how well I was progressing. She suggested that I might want to consider having implants to anchor the lower prosthesis.
It was almost like buying a new care from a dealer. I was referred to a periodontist... because implants are a specialized talent I guess... in Redding, who could see me almost immediately. He and two different assistants gave me the ins and outs and financial ramifications. We're talking all kinds of bells and whistles. It ended up finishing the rest of the morning. I found out that before anything further can be done, though, that I needed to have a CT scan of my upper and lower jaw. Wonder of wonders the Dentist with the equipment for that could see me this afternoon.
So what normally would have taken about 15 minutes ended up being an all day affair and two different dentists can afford to take their families to dinner.

I love doing my
part for the economy

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Just in case anyone cares

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I go back to the dentist again in the morning for another checkup.

it isn't nearly as scary now

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Hey kids what time is it

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Yep, that's right. It's Monday again. Time for Uncle Whatshisname to enlighten us.

Which makes it all
the more frustrating
when the newspaper
gets it wrong, too

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I don't think I said never

A couple of years ago Sharon and I marched (marched?) in the parade at the Lions Clubs International Convention in Chicago. It was probably right afterward that we said something about not participating in any more parades. I don't know why it looks like we are enjoying ourselves in the picture. Maybe it's because we saw someone we know?

Anyhow, the subject comes up because this morning I actually got up early to drive up to Shasta Lake (the city) to participate in the Veterans Parade sponsored by the Lions Club there. Notice I didn't say march... whatever it was we did can be no way confused with marching. Those of us who went were there to carry the 30'x50' American flag that led off the parade. Then when we were done with that, many of us hurried back to the starting point to ride on the sponsor's float at the end of the parade. We had a great time and pretty well decided that it's worth repeating if asked.

might even go early
for the pancake
breakfast next time

Dang

40 years...

who'd a thunk?

More

15 Recordings: no choices

That's correct, 0 [zero] choices.
I must be a musical anarchist. My musical training began... and ended... during the fifth grade at Willow Elementary School. I mention the school because I had a schoolmate who eventually made a name for himself designing neckties. He played a little music too. That, however, was sometime after Willow School.
Anyway, a large group of adults determined that I really needn't learn to play the trumpet after there was no improvement over a period of about six months.
Now, you may ask why I have no choices. My answer is that I do have choices. But my choices are artists, not recordings. I suppose that if I'd paid especially close attention, I might have some specific recordings that I could choose, but the only recording that even comes to mind at the moment is the Clancy Brothers - In Person at Carnegie Hall. They're not even my favorite Irish folk artists. One of my Hungarian brothers-in-law fills that role. Without ever leaving Ireland we can add the Chieftains, James Galway and U2 to my list: Ray Charles, Al Hirt, Kenny G, Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Smith, The Boston Pops, almost any symphony orchestra, The Swingle Singers, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana, Linda Ronstadt, Stan Getz, Boots Randolf, The and the list goes on. Ah, one other recording I just thought of from Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill recording as the Notorious Cherry Bombs. Just click here.

...and on and on

I can't remember

Major League Baseball used to end the season in mid-September, right?

just askin'

Thank you Brian

The Brighton Pensioner has aided me by reminding me of a little bit of code that helps create space.

and lord know
you want a
lot of space
when I'm around

Now if we could only figure out this darn lag in the updates on our blog lists!

BTW...

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I went back to the dentist yesterday. She decided that I'm not a complainer.

obviously there's something she has missed

540

AGB, you ought to be ashamed

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Does anyone realize just how many people are out of work because of Alexander Graham Bell?
Well, think about it. Millions of jobs have been sent overseas because folks who will work for lower wages can answer a telephone and talk a customer through how to fix something. Who takes anything in to be repaired locally any more? Heck, it's darn near impossible to find a repair shop. When we do, we find that it's cheaper to replace than to repair.

so, Al, you have a lot to answer for

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uh, huh... how's that workin' for ya?

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I just read a post on another blog where the blogger was having one of those just wait moments [At least I hope it's only temporary].
The gist of the post was that the blogger was looking forward to the day when they were independent such that they could dump all over their current employer. Yeah, well hang onto that resentment long enough and any of those who might employed sometime in the future just might have the same kind of feelings about the blogger. If the job is really that untenable, it would probably be best for all concerned if they left the job now,.
A wise person once said that keeping a resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

just sayin'

@

Just because I can

I have no ideas for posts as yet and I am in no way enticed into participating in NaNoWriMo. Heck! I had trouble filling a blue book in college exams. In fact I really don't care to answer questions that require a complete sentence, let alone a complete thought.
Okay, so where is this leading? Another blogger, whose site I have frequented lately, has let it slip that a mere mention of his blog sets him off in paroxysms of... well he never quite said what, so use your imagination.
Well, I thought I would make this really post to pique your curiosity as to who this blogger might be, tell you how well he writes, how funny he can be and then not mention his name or leave a link to his blog. Then I was going to go over to his blog and tell him how much I had pimped his blog because of how much of a "crack ho of a blogger" he says he is.
Then I thought better of it and decided that if you had read this far you should at least be able to choose if you want to read Suldog or not.

Geez!!!
It is absolutely amazing
how much space can
be taken up when
there's nothing to say

&

There's no justice

I worked the community breakfast this morning at the senior center. At the end I realized that there really wasn't anything on the menu that I could eat except biscuits and gravy, sans the biscuits.
Anyone who knows me also knows how much I care for gravy.
Speaking of which, the other day the dentist suggested that I could have mashed potatoes and gravy. I like mashed... or almost any potatoes... almost as much as I like gravy.
Now if you rename it chili or something else along those lines, it might be a different story.

I think I'm becoming
fixated on eating

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Oh... and today is

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National knock-knock jokes day
National Magic Day
Increase Your Psychic Powers Day

pick one

/

Dead Frog

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One of the teachers had a kindergartner come up to her and say that he Had found a frog.
The teacher asked if the frog was alive or dead.
The student said it was dead.
The teacher asked how he knew.
The boy said, "I pissed in its ear."
The teacher said, "You what?"


He said, "You know, I went to his ear and said, 'PSST!' and it didn't move. So it must be dead."

I don't know...
maybe it's because
frogs and Halloween
kinda go together

@

random thoughts and a rant or two

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Over at my other place I have started something than I may rue. With any luck I will finish some day and maybe even make some sense of it. It may not run as long as my friend, Brian's, story of Les Levandes, but then that's probably a good thing.

It's been three days since I got my new smile... Boy! am I lovin' that... and so far there's only been a little soreness and tenderness, which I am lovin' even more. These things are gonna take some getting used to because they take up quite a bit of space and aren't exactly anchored. I'm still looking forward to a juicy hamburger.

It looks like the issue with the updating in the side bar has yet to be resolved. I checked on the Blogger Help Page and only found that a few others, besides Brian and I are having the same problem. It only seems to affect the blogs listed under Family, Friends and My other blog, but what's worse, it carries over onto the dashboard under Blogs I'm Following. I would post an inquiry, but Blogger seems to be ignoring enough folks already.
Then... I went to mess with the font in this post and found that the font thingy isn't there so I am stuck using bold because everything is already italicized and I am doing my best to refrain from using quotation marks except when actually quoting something.

???

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...and on another note

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Some of you are aware that I was ordered by the neurosurgeon who did the fusions to quit smoking. Maybe when I posted about that... like when I first started this blog... I didn't emphasize enough that I was ready to quit, meaning that I really wanted to quit. Like I was 100% motivated to quit.
That is one of the reasons that I understand the inability for so many others to stop smoking.
You see that 100% motivation probably will only help a little, but without it the cause is almost hopeless.
Oh, and one other thing... you have to do it for yourself.

take this for
what it's worth

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That's not right

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I just looked at my niece's blog. According to blogger it's been a week since I have posted.

what's going at
Googleplex anyway?

Did you find the secrets in yesterday's post?

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all about me fun

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My niece posted this on her blog. I thought I'd give it a shot.

1. What is the color of your toothbrush? orange & white

2. Name one person who made you smile today. Sharon

3. What were you doing at 8 am this morning? reading the paper and drinking coffee (I slept in)

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? bookkeeping

5. What is your favorite candy bar? really? Three Musketeers

6. Have you ever been to a strip club? Yes

7. What is the last thing you said aloud? I forget

8. What is your favorite ice cream? chocolate

9. What was the last thing you had to drink? water

10. Do you like your wallet? yes (and it likes me)

11. What was the last thing you ate? good question... applesauce or jello

12. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? no

13. The last sporting event you watched? football

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? buttery

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to?: Sara

16. Ever go camping? Yes

17. Do you take vitamins daily? no

18. Do you go to church every Sunday? church?

19. Do you have a tan? farmer tan

20. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza? no, I like it over rice

21. Do you drink your soda with a straw? Straw?

22. What did your last text message say? I don't remember

23. What are you doing tomorrow? ask me tomorrow

24. Favorite color? blue

25. Look to your left; what do see? the bathroom across the hall (the seat is down)

26. What color is your watch? watch?

27. What do you think of when you hear “Australia”? Sydney Opera House Nicole Kidman

28. Would you strip for money? Yeah But who'd pay to see it?

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? inside... I can't understand the people on the speakers (except at In 'n Out)

30. What is your favorite number? 13.

31. Who’s the last person you talked to on the phone? the dentist

32. Any plans today? no

33. In how many states have you lived? two

34. Biggest annoyance right now? the lady in front of me at the market who had a full basket ($200)in the 15 item or less line; waited until everything was rung up to find her check book; and finally wouldn't move out of the checkstand until she finally located her husband (WT?)

35. Last song listened to? Born Again American

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? I don't know

37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? "Snork!!!"

38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? ???

39. Are you jealous of anyone? no

40. Is anyone jealous of you? doubt it

41. Do you love anyone? yes

42. Do any of your friends have children? most of them even have grandchildren

43. What do you usually do during the day? nothing, if I can get away with it

44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? no

45. Do you use the word hello daily? some variation like hi or howdy

46. What color is your car? bronze

47. What size wedding ring do you wear? dunno

48. Are you thinking about someone right now? Hugh and his mom, Catherine

49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? no

50. How did you get your worst scar? elbow surgery - any others are so old they've fade to the point of being unnoticeable

and the title's in
lower case because
I'm humble

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I give up

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I can't even be miserable... except for the food part... I don't normally spit or swish anyway. I'm glad that I wasn't looking looking forward to pain or major discomfort. So I guess I will just have to be satisfied with complaining about the soft food thing.

others should
be so lucky

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I'm back

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So far so good, but then the anesthetic on the lowers hasn't worn off yet.
Can't talk, can't eat, can't spit, can't swish... gonna be miserable for awhile.

be nice,
paybacks
are a bitch

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Later...

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Maybe this afternoon, maybe tomorrow... I will post something about the visit to the dentist.
Meanwhile, I will be grateful that whatever discomfort I feel is nothing compared to many others throughout the world.

more on this here

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Oops!

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The dentist office called and asked if I could come in late this afternoon for the installation of my new chompers. Of course I immediately said "YES!!!"
Then I looked at my calendar, pitiful that it is, and found that I had another commitment for this evening that I really can't shouldn't miss.
As I was about to call the dentist back, my phone rang again. It was the dentist office. They realized that there are still a number of teeth, useless though they are, which have to be relocated to someplace other than my jaw. So would it be okay to schedule for tomorrow morning?
The good news is that the temporary new teeth are here.
The bad news is that I have 24 hours to think about what's next. I guess it means I will have to get a mask for Halloween after all
That's what I get for posting this?

soon I'll be able to talk about food without crying

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I wish they'd fix it

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This having to surf through the blogosphere because the widget on the side isn't updating to all of the latest posts is really bugging me.
That, and seeing that practically everyone else writes in a much more satisfactory manner than I. I think I have determined what my problem is. I can't hold a thought long enough to develop it. Although I don't Twitter, my mind does. Hence most of my posts are relatively brief...

which may be a good thing?

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I have an idea

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I know that's not my line, but it really fits.
I saw the following and am truly considering making a copy to use to reply to those folks who email those insidious "please forward this to everyone in your address book" things.



see more Funny Graphs

probably won't help though

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Hmmmmmm.....

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It appears that there's some kind of glitch on Blogger. The thingamajig that is supposed to update posts, isn't updating posts.

just sayin'

Honey fungus WBAGNFARB
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That is so wrong!!!

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I just saw a caption under a picture on Wikipedia that San Jose in the largest city in Northern California. I suppose that would be true if San Jose were in Northern California, but those of us who actually are in Northern California know that San Jose is only near Northern California.
Heck, it's a real stretch for Sacramento to claim that it is in Northern California.
I guess it just help prove that you can't believe everything you read on the Internet.

only what folks
put in their blogs

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Quote for the...

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"Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person."
~Ethel Mumford

I never heard
of her either

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More 'Keeping in touch'

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So while I, and others who shall remain nameless, denigrate social networking sites and those who seem to live on them, I don't entirely refrain from participation. Recently [like yesterday] I took part in two quizzes, which I am sure are meant to be fun rather than serious.
The first is "Where should you be living?" Now I don't know how many cities are in the database, but I do know that five others besides me took the quiz. One got Dublin, two others Rome and the final two San Francisco. Paris was my destination. I wonder what city Alan would get if he took it.
The second quiz, "What's your real age?" was a little simpler... also possibly more accurate. I should explain that I believe then they say "real age," they're talking about level of maturity, not chronological age. I will leave it to the reader to guess the final outcome.

Suffice it to say that I scored
higher than expected

...and this is the word of the day
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Keeping in touch

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I think I mentioned that I have a social networking account or two.
I also believe that I let on that I'm not exactly enamored of some of the nonsense that some folks post continually.
Anyway, I actually did something about it. I hadn't realized that I could hide from some of those folks or from some of the apps. My home page is so much cleaner now.

nonsense is a better word,
right?

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Read on a sidebar:

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"Jasmine Guy would be a good name for a drag queen. Or a bad name for a tea."

~ the Checkout Girl

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I haven't taken any potshots at Uncle Niles lately?

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Just sayin'

No, I'm fine...
really!

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''Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!"

~ Charles Schultz

Today's Public Service Announcement

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Friday, October 16 was
Dictionary Day
Oscar Wilde
Noah Webster

Today
Gaudy Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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Friday factoid

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Researchers say people who fall asleep during rainstorms are twice as likely to have a wet dream as those who sleep indoors.

this probably won't
be a regular feature

Sorry!

Quote for the Day

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Indecision may or may not be my problem.
~ Jimmy Buffett

and procrastination

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Things I missed this week

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Monday, October 12
International Moment Of Frustration Scream Day

Tuesday, October 13
National Peanut Festival

L.L. Bean

Wednesday, October 14
Be Bald and Free Day
International Top Spinning Day
National Dessert Day

William Penn
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And today is:
White Cane Safety Day
National Grouch Day

though a grouch might
just say something like
Eat s*** and die day

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!!!

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I was visiting another blog this morning and thought seriously about posting a comment until the following verification word came up and totally destroyed my concentration.

that's not so
hard to do

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Quote for the Day

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"Friday the thirteenth came on a Tuesday this month"
~ Pogo

I miss Pogo

No, no... not the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans
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Have I mentioned. . .

.
. . .that I have a social networking account?
Yes/no? Well it really doesn't matter, but I actually have more than one.
What's really disturbing is that both of them are almost an afterthought. I almost have to be reminded to check if there's anything worth seeing.
From what I can gather, anecdotally, I am not the only blogger with such accounts who feels this way.

BTW - check out this post from the funny & stupid customer quotes site. After spending almost all of my working career in customer service of one kind or another, I find it refreshing to see that there were even stupider folks that some of those with whom I dealt.

I don't really
see any correlation
between either of those

HA!

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Yeah, I know this's today's image

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the blog needed some color

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Catching up

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Thursday, Ocotober 8:
American Tag Day

Friday, Ocotober 9:
Moldy Cheese Day
Leif Erickson Day

John Lennon

Yesterday, October 10:
National Angel Food Cake Day

Ed Wood
Giuseppe Verdi

Today:
It's My Party Day

Eleanor Roosevelt

Hey, I didn't make
this stuff up...
just reporting

Today's adage:

When life gives you lemons, don’t let them rot in the crisper

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Gremlins

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I don't know who they are.
I don't know how they do it.
But, someone keeps sneaking into this blog and messing with the layout.
Specifically, whoever it is has been copying the information about the books I've read and reposting it at the bottom of the list.
Just a few moments ago I had to take the time to delete about six repeated titles.

and the so-called
United Nations
does nothing

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Wouldn't you know it

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Almost as soon as I removed my niece's blog from the "Blogs I'm Following" list, she made it available again and started posting. Of course the only reason I was really irritated was because she had a bunch of links that I used to get to other blogs. It's a whole lot easier to let others keep track of things for you. I'm just really glad that I never removed her link from this blog.

You may notice a new addition that has Top Billing over on the left. This post and this post probably can explain it better than my rehashing it here.

I try not to get
too wrapped up
in this blogging
thing... reading
them is bad enough

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I'm still working on the duck story

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...and a few others.
The real difficulty with the duck thing is that it is a work in progress. I mean the story isn't over yet. It continues to be fun and humorous for those involved and there are a number of us.

and we quack
ourselves up

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quote

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Do what you love and the money will follow.

It may never catch up, however.

Oh, and today is [another drum roll]...

National Frappe Day

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There are still more events

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In fact there is something listed for every day in October. I'm just not really that into it any more. Now I've found some fractured platitudes.

Maybe I'll get around to posting some

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Yes, indeed there are events to be celebrated today

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...and a birthday
.

So then while I was visiting Les Levandes I clicked on the Next Blog link and found this. I'm not sure that it's really funny, but I have to go change my.....
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Drum roll, please

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National Golf Day
and... wait, you'll never guess
Ten-Four Day

I'm sure something
approaching originality
will eventually replace
this nonsense

Buster Keaton and Damon Runyon
.

...and today it's

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Virus Appreciation Day
Alternative Fuel Day

I have refrained from
linking either of these
momentous occasions

For more about special days look here
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October 2 is

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Name Your Car Day

mine already
have names

also:
National Diversity Day
World Smile Day
Bud Abbott and Groucho Marx birthdays
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Today is. . .

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World Vegetarian Day

I want to celebrate with a hamburger

Also:
Vladimir Horowitz birthday
Magic Circles Day
International Day of Older Persons

don't ask me,
I am just reporting

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Random Thoughts for the Day:

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I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

There is great need for a sarcasm font.

How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

Was learning cursive really necessary?

Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

Bad decisions make good stories.

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.

I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.

I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

you'll never guess which
ones I liked the most

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