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Go here, and follow the directions.  (Just FYI, because it was ambiguous, when she says “remember your number,” she means remember the number that results after you’ve done the subtraction.)  I did it five times and she got the right answer five times. Then, if you can, please explain to me how the heck this [...]

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On Facebook the other day, one of my friends offered her services as an English tutor — and included a grammatical error in her offer.  Admittedly, it was an error that involved a usage that has been changing over time, but I still expect an English tutor to avoid this particular mistake.  Even if her [...]

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It’s been a long day, so I thought I’d go for something frivolous in this post.  What, I asked myself, are the top google searches, most of which I assume are frivolous.  So I went to Google Trends.  A glance at the list of the twenty top Google search terms confirmed something I’ve long suspected:  [...]

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I have a home office and have worked alone for a long, long time.  Mostly, I like it.  Despite being a very social person (party! party! party! — only I won’t drink or do drugs, if you don’t mind), I really need my solitude, and a home office definitely provides that. There are a few [...]

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I got the funniest email today, and I just had to share it with you.  The “re” line was as follows: “Gibbering baboons more sensible than you, wingnut degenerate.” I was intrigued. The rest of the email consisted of a link to a post, along with the full text of the post in which the [...]

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What happened today was entirely not my fault.  I’m only retelling it here because (a) it’s funny and (b) it’s a good reminder that no matter how well prepared we think we are, things happen.  To appreciate this story, you need to know a few things:  we have a home alarm; my wonderful cleaning ladies [...]

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I honestly do not think I’ve ever seen a better cover of a Lady Gaga song.  Even if you’re not a Lady Gaga fan — indeed, especially if you’re not a Lady Gaga fan — you’ll enjoy this: If the video embed doesn’t show, watch it here. In case you’re wondering, it’s apparently a spoof [...]

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An elderly relative for whom I am somewhat responsible has a serious prescription drug addiction.  The other day, said relative took a few too many pills, and I was present when the nurse in the residential care facility spoke to the relative.  This dialog ensued: Nurse:  You took too many pills.  That was dangerous. Relative [...]

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Maybe you didn’t get the job because you included one of these statements on your resume. I’m still laughing at the following, which could have come right off of my computer, except for the “good at math” bit: ” Excellent memory; strong math aptitude; excellent memory; effective management skills; and very good at math.”

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If that doesn’t show, try this. Hat tip:  Lulu

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This is one of my all-time favorite scenes in a movie, simply because it’s so rare to hear someone speak the way I type:

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I have to appreciate a writer who can bring this kind of depth to the topic of moles.  Yes, you heard me correctly:  moles.  All sorts of different moles, including moles I’d never even heard of.

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We’ve been reading a lot about Republican movie habits versus Democrat movie habits.  It turns out, though, that there is an even simpler way to figure out what movies people will like.  Some basic math will magically determine your favorite movie out of a list of 17 movies.  It’s true.  Try it out and you’ll [...]

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Never heard of them before, but I am impressed.  Here’s how to do it: And here are some of the things you can do: Hat tip:  Charlie Martin  

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A friend told me a very funny, and apt, story that I want to pass on to you.  It came about because, while he was talking about one thing, I interrupted him to raise another subject that seemed pressing at the time.  When we’d worked through that second subject, I apologized for bringing up something [...]

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In keeping with my happy theme, I highly recommend this post, which celebrates the brilliant snarksters who cleverly upgrade well-meaning signs.  Anything that has me laugh until I cry is okay with me.  (Hat tip:  Ace of Spades) (Speaking of laughter, if you’re over 18, check out Damn You, Auto Correct.  Often obscene, but invariably [...]

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Is it possible that I never got around to posting this political ad?  Shame on me.  It is, without doubt, one of the most charming ads I’ve ever seen.  Without know anything about Roger Williams, I do know that he had the smarts to hire an incredibly good ad agency:  

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I got the following list list of Jewish jokes in an email.  I think most of them originate in one way or another with the old Borscht belt comedians. They’re definitely sexist, but they’re also awfully funny: I just got back from a pleasure trip. I took my mother-in-law to the airport. I’ve been in [...]

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Jack Nicholson has apparently been around for a lot longer than I realized, per a story in Britain’s Daily Mail: Clicking on the story itself reveals that Nicholson bought the “pad” (?) in 1973. Snark aside, I’m sorry for his loss.

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Do you remember your first serious Internet moments, back in the early 1990s? Someone was explaining these primitive experiences to a few imaginative youngsters, and we got this, the original, unaired 24 pilot:

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I couldn’t figure out if this was real or scripted — and by real, I mean that the computer algorithms were really playing through by themselves — but I enjoyed it nevertheless:

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Floccinaucinihilipilification is a great word.  Twenty-nine letters to describe something as valueless.  It’s an entirely accurate word to describe Biden’s recent foray into defining the virtues of brevity and clear communication: In the old days, the king’s fool frequently served a useful purpose.  Not only did he entertain, he was also the one who could, [...]

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I am a genius.  Heh!

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It’s not very funny but, because I lived in Yorkshire, I find it sufficiently amusing to pass on to you: Hat tip:  Maggie’s Farm

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