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    (So it's not) Wordless Wednesday….

    Ok, so there are words here. Sue me. I have a headache. Instead, take a looky at this here blog: Hungover Owls.(C’mon, you’ve thought about it, right? How all owls look kinda, well, hungover?) Seriously funny stuff…. Now, someone get me some Tylenol.

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    Dog Days

    So, basically, my puppy has THE life.  She sleeps, eats, poops, and plays. No responsibility. She doesn’t even have to wipe her own backside or clean out her water dish. If it wasn’t for having to eat the same meal day after day, the slug-eating (throws up a little in my mouth) the “no chocolate” rule (a definite killer) and – oh, yes – the bum sniffing (a peck on the cheek is fine, thankyouverymuch), I’d say I’d like to come back my next life as a dog.

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    Scruffy Face; or, too much Monty Python will warp your brain.

    Over the weekend, the Hubs did not shave. The kids haven’t seen such a scruffy face in a long time, and commented on it over dinner on Monday night. He said “Do you think I should grow out my beard over Christmas break? I’ll look really scruffy, then!” To which I replied “or a lumberjack!” (since they are too young to get the “Grizzly Adams” or “Paul Bunyan analogies.) Unfortunately, with my brain so easily distracted (I prefer “works in a non-linear manner, thankyouverymuch), “lumberjack” promptly brought to mind Monty Python’s “Lumberjack Song”. (Years of watching late-night episodes of “Monty Python”, “Benny Hill” and the whisky swilling “Dave Allen at…