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Scrabble was coming up slowly, and then my email management proved also to be slow and unresponsive. The Yahoo emails were also in a little different format, so I contacted the Yahoo support for what I thought was a complaint about the new format. However, the technician remotely scanned through my... Sign in to see full entry.

So what do two people do who have several tattoos when they meet each other? Apparently, a typical thing they do is to compare how many they each have. I overheard two such people discussing such in the work lunchroom. One guy said he had thirteen tattoos; a tattooed lady siad she wanted ten more.... Sign in to see full entry.

An Arnold Palmer, A Shirley Temple. I have tended to think of them as equivalent, being they are both non-alcoholic drinks commonly served at a cocktail lounge or at a bar. The Arnold Palmer drink was served today at the company-sponsored lunch, so I threw the question out there: "Is an Arnold... Sign in to see full entry.

Now that I am back at work, light duty continues. This time, I am on the stitch side of light duty, that is, I come back to work following my hernia surgery. Today was painful. It was survival. It would have been advisable to wait another week before returning, but my sick leave is practically wiped... Sign in to see full entry.

Obama, are you watching? Decipher this: abcdefghijdklmnopqrstouvwxyzn ABCDEFGHIJTKLMNOPQURSTIUVWXYZN aBcDeFgHiJvKlMnOpQrStAuVwXyZd ab1de2gh3jekl4no5qr6tmuv7xy8y AB9DE0GH1JSK2NO3QR4TPUV5XY6A Ab7dE8Gh9jCkL0No1qR2TeUv3Xy4!*#!!**##!! Sign in to see full entry.

Rare is the cat toy that catches the cat's attention for long nor that lasts long at all. Today I see the stuffed chipmunk toy that was long a favorite of my departed cat General Lee. The General would often intensely take that chipmunk under his paws, bite and claw at it frantically, as though it... Sign in to see full entry.

With my lemon/lime squeezer, I have been on a kick lately, making lemonade and, most recently, lemon curd. Lemon curd is a popular spread in Great Britain going back to the late 19th Century. I have always believed that food and treats taste the best when one makes them oneself. So I made lemon... Sign in to see full entry.

The letter from Labor and Industries informed me I was declined worker's compensation for my recent hernia. There was some misrepresentation or misconstruing along the way--the report said that I had indicated to my employer that my hernia did not happen at work, even though I never made such an... Sign in to see full entry.

It's the size, stupid. Legislators in Washington wonder why the dollar coin never catches on. America has consistently bucked the trend of other nations that commonly use one-dollar coins. In America we have been resistant to that. I believe that this has to do with the size. Our dollar coins have... Sign in to see full entry.

The movie Zero Kelvin (1995) has nothing to do with a temperature that is that low. Being set in Greenland, the backdrop undoubtedly is cold, but not anywhere near zero Kelvin. The name of the movie in the original Norwegian is Kjaerlighetens Kjotere, which means "Love's Mongrels." That name is... Sign in to see full entry.