Thursday, August 17, 2023
Alice was to bake a cake for the church ladies' group bake sale, but she forgot to do it until the last minute. She baked an angel food cake and when she took it from the oven, the center had dropped flat. She said, “Oh dear, there's no time to bake another cake.” So, she looked around the house for... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The Perfect Excuse for Skipping Out On Work
I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple-tree And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. ~Richard Le Gallienne~ Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
When You Marry a Ding Dong Who Prefers a Ho-Ho
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Monday, August 14, 2023
Here is Some More Confusing English to Digest
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Saturday, August 12, 2023
They Have a Really Strange Way of Viewing Books, Readers, and Thieves
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Friday, August 11, 2023
Younger People Have Become the Target of Scammers, Including Myself
I was scammed a few months ago on the Facebook Marketplace site. I was selling a dining room table for $30.00. The buyer wanted me to prove that I wasn't a scammer, and I should have known better when they asked me to download the Zelle App so that we could exchange banking information to complete... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
This Is Not the Ring of Fire That Johnny Cash Sang About
Hotter than the hinges of Hell and all in a day's work at the steel mill. The steel melting in this fire will eventually become a shiny new car, appliance, bicycle, or steel beams for building. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Help to Protect Your Mail Carrier and Yourself from Aggressive Wasps
Mail carriers have found that wasps absolutely hate the scent of dryer sheets and other smells like those from heavily scented essential oils. As a preventative measure, they will sometimes stick a heavily scented dryer sheet in the back of your mailbox to prevent wasps from making a nest there. So... Sign in to see full entry.
Did This Beach Boy Hallucinate by Seeing an Actual Murder or Was It Real?
On August 9, 1969, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill five people in movie director Roman Polanski’s Beverly Hills, California, home, including Polanski’s pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate. Less than two days later, the group killed again, murdering supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Showing Some Respect, and Besides, We Need Them To Live
There is no time like the present to get smart about preservation. In Japan, if a tree is in the way of a road or a building, instead of killing it, they carefully bind the roots and move it to a new location where it will live and thrive. Japan ranks third among the world’s advanced regions after... Sign in to see full entry.