Category: daily drivel
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Genius
When it sucks to be a Genius: John Fitch, a mechanic, without education or wealth, but with the energy of genius, invented engine and paddles of his own, with so much success that during a whole summer Philadelphians watched his ferryboat plying daily against the river current. No one denied that his boat was rapidly,… Read.
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Snap! Crackle! Pop!
It’s so cold tonight that the house won’t stop cracking and popping. Our bedroom’s in a corner of the house that’s far, far away from the furnace and gets pretty cold between times that the burners fire off and the blower cranks up. I don’t know if that’s got anything to do with it, but… Read.
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The Ladies
Saith the Duc de Liancourt, writing in 1797: … it must be acknowledged that the beauty of the American ladies has the advantage in the comparison [to European ladies]. The young women of Philadelphia are accomplished in different degrees, but beauty is general with them. They want the ease and fashion of French women, but… Read.
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princess phone p
Dear Members of the Public: I know we in the service industry aren’t supposed to lecture you or complain about you, because the customer is always right and so on, and for the most part I can work with that, but I feel the need to vent on just one subject. I’ll only bring it… Read.
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Boots
I was waiting in the parking lot of the hotel for a lift into town from the air base where I was staying. I’d been hiking through the countryside of southwest England all week, but was taking some time off to hang around town, browse the book stores and pick up a few knick-knacks for… Read.
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Loafing
The ESPN announcer who called the play-by-play of the Super Bowl on the radio yesterday had some interesting quirks. He was all about “hash marks,” for instance. Every play ended “right on the hash mark,” or “in between the hash marks.” If we’d made a drinking game out of every time he said “hash marks”… Read.
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Packer Game
After a dinner of pulled pork and sweet potato fries we all moved to the living room and listened to the Packers game on the radio. My Darling B had the game on an AM station in the kitchen and T-Dawg found the same broadcast on an FM station so we could listen to it… Read.
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Never A Dull Moment
We dined out twice today! First at the Dane County Farmer’s Market, because the breakfast they were serving was biscuits and gravy, and when you say “biscuits and gravy” you’re going to get a visit from My Darling B, and you’d better have a plate of hot biscuits and gravy waiting for her. She adores… Read.
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Mixed Nuts
Today at the office we had a pot luck that was all snacks, the kind of snacks you’d eat while watching a football game, in honor of the super bowl. I brought mixed nuts. It’s a no-fuss snack. All I had to do was put them in a container that I could seal up so… Read.
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Poke
As one of the CE (continuing education) specialists in the Office of Education and Examinations, I get phone calls all day long from people who have attended a course or weekend seminar and want to know if it would satisfy the requirements of their CE program. It always depends on the profession we’re talking about.… Read.
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