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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Gluten-basted French fries.

My day began with a weather-related dead battery in the ordinarily trusty Ruby T. She'd started right up after a couple days of fifteen-degree weather, so I was feeling fairly confident as I grabbed shoulder bag and sunglasses and got ready to shop for groceries in yesterday's 50-degree balmy... Sign in to see full entry.

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From Beyond Blogit

In the land of FaceBook there occasionally wander emigrees from the beautiful burg we know as Blogitville, and from hence, greetings and best wishes. Sir Dave writes poetically of a hill's flank and the joy of reaching the peak, and Cringe sends Happy New Year Greetings from Tribeca. She and Talion,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Bye bye, bad mother...

Sometimes the telephone ticks me off. Well, not the phone itself, but the folks who have one on them 24-7. By the way, if you carry your cell phone when you work out, do not tuck it in your bra. Doctors are finding breast cancers in young women that conform to the shape of the cell phone (per Dr.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Eric the Electrician

Eric Evans was a prankster electrician, highly qualified and licensed. He followed all the union rules, worked safely at all times, but like many little boys in men's clothing, he rather enjoyed putting one over on people. From boyhood up Eric had been very good at getting himself excused from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Big, Beautiful Becca

All her life Becca (short for Rebecca) had been beautiful, but this fact had been hidden by the fact she was big. Big boned, big for her age, growing up she bought clothes in the older girls' department. In high school she learned about sticking to dark colors and vertical lines to offset the broad... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

All About Albert

Albert stood an amazing one foot three inches tall, practically gigantic for an elf. His ears were long and perfectly pointed. He could wiggle them so well they could almost flap. On windy days those amazing ears would clamp his regulation elfy green hat tightly to his head. Albert's trade was that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

There's frost on the hinges...

It was seven degrees this a.m. Lucky thing I brought my brass monkey indoors. Had my boys over for Christmas Eve - Joe and his son Matt - Matt's the one in the Air Force, home on leave for a few more days - came over. Son Guy with his new girlfriend and her three kids. We had a nice time, lots of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 23, 2013

The Umbrella Photo

Years ago I wrote a poem about a fella with a yellow umbrella & was going to post it here, but that file is missing from this computer so I'm going to have to search for it. I do remember the first couple of lines: There once was a fellow with a yellow umbrella who tapped down the street one fine... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 22, 2013

About the infomercial - it's true!

You've seen at least part of this one when you're channel surfing: the one about the Magic Bullet, the super-duper blender that turns solid food like raw spinach, bananas and nuts into a Nutri-blast shake. Somehow putting odd foods together turns them into superfoods that fight cancer, clear up your... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Surprise: Its The Cable Guy...

You're not gonna believe this... Around ten-thirty I put on my coat and headed for the Cable Company. I've been upset about my bill, I decided to drop back to basic cable only - just can't see paying so much for all those channels I really don't watch that much. When I got there I was second in... Sign in to see full entry.

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