Category: for fun
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losing one’s mind
Since the new year started, I have been getting my days all mixed up. I seriously thought dementia was overtaking me. Until, with an outburst of jubilation, I discovered my newly opened calendar was for 2024 instead of 2025. Gone is my mother who always knew the proper day, This was because, as she often…
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a new year saga
Since my christmas present to my sister was severely lacking, I decide to send her a little happy new years amazon gift. This after sharing happy videos of penguins being escorted outside their zoo enclosures for a sidewalk stroll. However, I forgot to change the address to hers, and before I realize it, the package…
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conversation starters
My self-bought present, an oversized sweatshirt reads, “Austin,” leading people, as I walk the neighborhood to ask, “Are you from Texas?” I get to reply, “No, it’s my last name.” Last year I chose, “Hawaii,” where I love to visit. I’m making plans for next year – any suggestions? May you all have nice conversations…
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famous last words
For Your Weekend Entertainment(Suggestion courtesy of my sister) “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers,” IBM Chairman Thomas Watson, 1943 “The internet may be just a passing fad,” Daily Mail, 2000“Remote shopping will fail because women like to get out of the house,” Time, 1996“Television won’t last,” 1946“Everything that can be…
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beware or be prepared
I’m referring to food delivery, which I got a little addicted to during a time of recovery. I don’t recall how it all started, either bad weather or being under the weather, but I’ve been amused by the substitutions chosen, and pleasantly surprised by the polite delivery people. This time, the conversation went a little…
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today’s the day
After a nice restful Easter weekend with friends and good food, on this Monday morning, I am going to: – Get up at 6 a.m. and exercise – Break my sugar overindulging habit– Write blogs for my various sites that have been rolling around in my head– Update my Reading List with witty comments– Do…
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leap year day
(a public service announcement) Also known as an intercalary or bissextile year, because we have to keep our calendar synchronized with the astronomical year. Some cultures add a leap month, but we here add a leap day. And thus, we have today, February 29th. Did you know:– 29 is the smallest positive whole number that…
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…in which vertigo makes a return visit
No, I’m not talking about the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock haunting masterpiece movie in which a police detective retires after he experiences an incident which causes him to develop acrophobia and vertigo. Now a private investigator on a case, “all is not as it seems.” [However, as an experiment, I’m planning on watching in the hopes…
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you meet the nicest people….
…. delivering food to your door. This holds true no matter the age, sex, gender, ethnicity of the driver. All genuinely polite, wishing me a good day with a smile. A new experience to me a while back, I continue to rely on due to various “things.” I have to say though, I was anticipating…
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olio
[meaning #2: a miscellaneous collection of things] How did Erma Bombeck do it? Come up with creative, entertaining, humorous columns five days a week, for decades. I have tried to commit to writing twice weekly, never devolving into boringness, not lapsing into “woe is me,” nor becoming preachy with my cultural observations. I have collected…
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