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March 5, 2010

Obsolete Jobs

This from NPR about jobs of yesteryear. I think the one that intrigues me the most is the lector. I could do that. Just sit on a stool and read to people as they rolled cigars…. Showed this link to the rugrats, both of whom were amazed. Of course, today C asked me how they [...]

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February 3, 2010

The best blog post EVER….

It’s been the day from someplace hot (hotter than TX in the summer) and as I sat down to the computer, I had a Great Idea for what to write to upload in the morning.  That was about 1.5 minutes ago. (fyi, day consisted of an Entire Freaking Day of errands, ending with a crashed [...]

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January 27, 2010

You nimrod, you!

So, for years and years, I assumed nimrod was just another slang insult. Something you tossed out at your friends when they did something idiotic. “Did you see Doug Dufas? He just snorted milk through his nose to get Pansy Popular’s attention.” “Won’t work. Pansy knows he’s a total nimrod.” Ah, but it’s not so [...]

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