Month: October 2008
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Surviving a bad day
Think you’re having a bad day?Fire authorities in California found a corpse in a burned-out section of forest while assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with scuba tanks on his back, flippers, and face mask. A postmortem test revealed that the man…
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Finally a cure
Finally there is a cure for addiction. We were watching Headline News, and a commercial for the book, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure came on. When I went to the URL I found this site for Passages Malibu who’s tagline is “The World’s premier addiction cure center.”I wonder if they have a money back guarantee?
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One Thousand Marbles
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.A few weeks ago, I was shuffling…
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Mothers
A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office. Asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation, Emily had hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …..?” “Of course I have a job,” snapped Emily. “I’m…