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Four Friends

2009-11-05T19:04:45Z

Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party. After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room. Those who remained talked about their kids. The first guy said, 'My son is my pride and joy. He started w...

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Tampons

2009-10-28T17:51:47Z

Two young boys walked into the pharmacist's shop and picked out a box of tampons. They brought the box up to the counter to pay, and the pharmacist asked, "Do you boys know what these are for?" "No," said the older one, "but they're not for me, ...

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Flour Face

2009-09-22T19:58:08Z

A little Mexican boy was sitting in the kitchen watching his mother make tortillas. He got some flour in his hands, and smeared it all over his face. "Look, Mama, I'm a little white boy!" She reached over and slapped him across the face. "Go a...

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It's Like the Goddesses Are Leaning Over To Flash A Little Cleavage

2009-09-10T17:26:09Z

Last week we had a huge fabulous thunderhead parked over us, a remnant from Tropical Storm Jimena. It's dark underside was pocked with rare with mammatus clouds (so named because they look like breasts):

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10 Tricks For Staying Comfortable In Ungodly Heat Without Access To Air Conditioning

2009-07-24T00:57:24Z

1) The Wet T-Shirt Get out an old t-shirt. Wet thoroughly with cold water in the sink. Wring out the excess. Put t-shirt on. You'll feel immediately cooler for as long as the shirt is damp. Repeat as necessary. Added benefit if you place your we...

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I Got The Job!!!

2009-07-16T19:57:34Z

Well, I just found out this morning that I got the bookkeeping position with the North Peak Mutual Water Company! It's our local water well system here in Cuyamaca Woods. There are 90 shareholders with meters, but only 24 of them are actually dr...

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10 Ways To Enjoy Doing Nothing

2009-07-15T01:34:26Z

(Printed in Real Simple magazine, Aug 2009) British author Tom Hodgkinson has written the book How To Be Idle, and is the editor of The Idler biannual magazine. One morning, nearly 20 years ago, I was lying in bed. It was late. I was sup...

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Critters Galore!

2009-05-26T18:21:26Z

I've had several wildlife sightings in the past few days. First, there was a beautiful fox on Engineers Road. He came out one side, casually loped up the road for a few seconds, then disappeared down the opposite embankment. He had gorgeous gre...

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African Queen Irises (Second Year)

2009-05-23T17:52:58Z

As promised, here are the African Queen Irises. They bloomed this past week: Seamus is sitting sphinx-like in the background:

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Letter From Target

2009-05-20T17:15:07Z

After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to Target. Unfortunately, like most men, I found shopping boring and preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yeste...

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