Category Archives: Reflections

Laptop Shooting Dad, et al.

There’s a video going viral on the intarweb of a guy reading a post his daughter wrote on her Facebook wall, complaining about her parents. I can understand the resentment this guy must feel. My daughter is only about a … Continue reading

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Weiner pictures

You know, they were called that before but now the name… sticks. Hard-fast… Sticks and balls… Stop me.

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Cut them off.

Someone needs to take away thesaurus access from spammers. They’re blissful, excited, pleased, happy, relieved, enchanted and delighted to have read this blog because it’s just what they were looking for, interesting, fascinating, amazing, insightful, revolutionary, captivating, impressive, thought-provoking, unusual, … Continue reading

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The Joy of Sex

No, that’s not the right title. I really like not having a car. I don’t have to pay for it or its upkeep. There are no insurance payments, and I can feel good about reducing my carbon footprint (and not … Continue reading

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ba da bing…

Yes, the universe is expanding. (No, I don’t think universe should be capitalized because I can’t convince myself beyond a reasonable doubt that ours is the only one. I won’t ding you for that because I think it’s a matter … Continue reading

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Huckabee and Trump… aw.

It’s really too bad Trump took himself out of the race for president. It’s pretty obvious he’s got some financial skeletons in his closet. Recovering from bankrupting a casino must have caused him to pull a few tricks out of … Continue reading

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Ok, I lied.

Mr. Husband walked in after having read the previous post and said, “Wait, what does it say the definition is again?” I googled it. I’m such a sell out. But at least I didn’t click on anything! Goats… I wonder … Continue reading

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Why I Haven’t Googled ‘Santorum’

I was thinking about it this morning. There was a moment on The Daily Show when Jon waited while people went to Google it. I know. At least I have a general idea of what it says there. Number one … Continue reading

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Whilst, plethora, and myriad

Have you ever noticed people throw around five dollar words when they write? I just know they don’t use these words in real life. Why write like you’re speaking a different language? I mean, sure, avoid vernacular, and there’s no … Continue reading

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The benefits of knowing people

I learned yesterday that monks (sometimes, maybe only certain monks) used to give up everything but beer and water for Lent. I always thought one should give up something they like for Lent, but maybe this makes sense. The trouble … Continue reading

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