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Category Archives: just for fun
Challenge
I get all my best jokes and puzzles from Car Talk. The answer to this puzzle is a word. Take away the first letter of the word and you get a homophone of the first word. Add the first letter … Continue reading
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A Shameless Request
If someone (or multiple someones who want to give me a gift together) would like an idea for what to get me for Christmas, I am really missing Kristen’s Alison Krauss CDs, particularly the Live album (which is two CDs) … Continue reading
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Beat This
Go to http://www.typingtest.com. Click on “Start Typing test” and choose “Fishing In Finland” as your test text. Type as fast as you can. See if you can get a net speed of 91 words per minute or faster. If you’re … Continue reading
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Because I don’t have time to write…
Amuse yourself by going and seeing what the moon looked like when you were born (or on any other random day that holds significance for you). It’s pretty cool! I was born under a full moon and Nik was born … Continue reading
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And for yet another non-interesting detail about Laura’s life
Motorola did indeed only charge me $75 (plus tax) for my brand-new phone. So I made the right choice to try to get it fixed (as opposed to buying a new one from Cingular for $115).
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A New Method for Recovering From Jet Lag
“If you can’t beat it, join it” – this method works particularly well when you’re traveling west to east. This is how it works – just pretend that you’re still in the time zone that you came from (for example … Continue reading
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I am so rich…
…and highly influential and important, (in case you couldn’t tell), which is why I fly first class. I can only assume this is what Captain Denny Flanagan of my Denver to Baltimore flight was thinking when he wrote me this … Continue reading
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Wanted: A man who needs a wife who:
1. Can clean rotten wood and dirt (and who knows what else) out of a 1920’s septic tank, without falling in or throwing up (using a post hole digger, a garden rake, and a shovel). 2. Is willing to use … Continue reading
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Salmon and Souvlaki 