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Sometimes it is best to “wiggle around the truth.” A couple of years ago, I had to replace the holding tank valves on our motorhome. They were balky, hard to operate and leaking. That was the truth, and they had been that way for about a year. What prompted the repair was the chopping block I forgot... Sign in to see full entry.

You and me and everybody we know and Waiting. If you see these in the rentals, don’t bother. If you went home and poked your eye out with a stick, you would be happier. The first film was said to have won some Sundance awards. Well, if that’s what Sundance has to offer, it doesn’t say much about... Sign in to see full entry.

A 31 year-old fireman had sex with a 16 year-old girl in a Spokane Washington firehouse. They have rules about that kind of behavior in a firehouse. Not only that, he is (or maybe was) married and he also took photos of the act on a digital camera. Here’s the strange part, he was not arrested. And... Sign in to see full entry.

You know, when something happens that you never thought would never happen. You think maybe someday it will, but so few have ever made it, or at least so it seems, that when it happens to you, you are almost dumbfounded. To top it all off, it is a very, very good thing. Next month the mail will be a... Sign in to see full entry.

Suave, debonair, dashingly handsome? I wasn’t aware there were more of me out there, but I wouldn’t want to meet me anyway, too much competition, you know? Where do these e-mails come from? Another e-mail said that 8 local girls wanted to meet me, but when I looked at the spurious offer, I noticed I... Sign in to see full entry.

We just watched Walk the Line rather than the Oscars, and if the blurbs I am hearing are correct, Reese Witherspoon got an award for supporting actor. And it would be well deserved, what a performance. She captured it so well (although I am only passingly familiar with June Carter Cash) one tended... Sign in to see full entry.

A movie that flows with music, particularly the last part, so if you have a good home sound system, it is all the better. I like the way it was put together, things don’t seem forced, there are no real stereotypical characters, close but not your usual movie predictable. Maybe it’s just because I... Sign in to see full entry.

Oh, really? By who’s account? Is there really some kind of SH organization one can join, or is it just a loosely applied term used by paranoid conservatives? Wait, I am a conservative, and just slightly paranoid. Not everyone is out to get me, just most of you. Ok, I’m not totally conservative. To... Sign in to see full entry.

Do you have a copy in your home? Do you know what they are? If the United States is all about equality, why is there no bill of lefts? I just wanted to be even handed about this after all. It seems more people know who Homer Simpson is, than know what the bill of rights really is, DOH! Ironically,... Sign in to see full entry.

Checkout person, parts man, counter girls, waitresses, all gone, replaced by associates. “Can we have a maintenance associate to the head office, management seems to have their head wedged firmly in their sphincter and we need an associate to help them see the light.” So, where does the term... Sign in to see full entry.