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A question of pie I was watching a documentary about octopuses last week. Yes, I said octopuses not octopi. According to my college son, who in majoring in marine biology, this is the correct plural. So, don’t argue with me. This time I actually know what I’m talking about. So there. If you want to …
Welcome Home Recently, my son in college came home for a weekend. He said it was because he missed his family, but I have my doubts. These stem from the fact that when he got home, he went straight to pick up the cat. I considered this a bit odd. Did he miss bleeding that …
Start with a song You all know the song so sing along School Daze School Daze Dear old Golden Rule days (more like Time to break some rules days) Oops. Sorry! Don’t mind me. Keep going. Readin’ and ritein’ and ‘rithmatic Okay, I’ve got to stop this again. How can this iconic song about school …
They're Baaaaaaack Two weeks ago, my son came home from college. At least, I think he did. Not because I’ve actually seen him, but more for the scientific evidence he leaves behind. For instance, I went out for donuts on Sunday. I always get two jelly-filled, for a mid-morning snack. This week the jellies mysteriously …
Pondering The other day I was pondering. Of course, if you decide to ponder, it’s always better to ponder life’s great ponderables. If you’re not pondering ponderables, it’s really a worthless ponder. However, when pondering ponderables everything becomes a ponder worth pondering. In fact, my simple pondering came up with a fascinating ponderable to ponder …
How things get started Years back, I did radio commercials for a car dealership with an Irish name. You probably don’t care, but since they paid me a hefty sum to make a fool of myself, speaking in an Irish accent, I do care. So There! The hook was, “You don’t have to have a …
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What I wanted The other day I wanted a donut. Normally, I would’ve done what any sane person would do in such cases, go to a donut shop, and buy some. Unfortunately. my sister was visiting me. She scowled at my store-bought donut idea, saying she could make donuts far better than those. I agreed, …
Thinking Deep Thoughts Every so often I sit back to ponder one of life’s great ponderables. Usually, the process of pondering ponderables, is precluded by pondering a peckish place, which promptly places my ponderings precisely upon pizza. And as we all know, pizza promptly replaces all previous ponderings, period. Bet you can’t say that five …
Maybe I shouldn't read articles I once read an article which stated; Humans only use about ten percent of their brain capacity. Now I’m not a scientist, but I find this unbelievable. I think this is just one of those things that some great person said so that sci-fi writers could have a starting point. …
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A scary scenerio Imagine you’re in a dark house and all alone. You’ve just watched a scary movie, so there’s a feeling of suspense in the air. Suddenly, from somewhere in the house you hear a ringing sound. You search a moment and you don’t have any phone. In fact, you’re not carrying any electronic …
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