There are several reasons. Here are five. 1. Children not allowed to talk to people on their block. 2. Online equivalents simply aren't as much fun. You can't hand someone a copy and say "That'll be five cents, please." 3. No 10-year-old wants to be…
A) "No. Not at this time, thank you." B) "Not really. Could we reschedule?" C) "This really isn't a convenient time." D) "Could we do it later?" E) "You know, I'm kind of busy right this moment." F) "Well, how long will it take?" G)…
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Quite a few years ago, a member of my extended family who had not grown up around lots of Catholics encountered a woman she knew who had a dark smudge on her forehead. So my relative, who was a teen or young adult at the…
Who can't see ads for a local Glen Campbell appearance without thinking of this booking mug shot from a few years ago. www.absolutenow.com
How far away is your current home from the place where you watched John Glenn 50 years ago? (I'm about 2,000 miles away.)
Back when it was cold: Mary Jane Pynn's son Dave has a big orange cat named Blazer. Well, one night while it was snowing, Dave got in the hot tub out behind his house. Not wanting to be left out, Blazer jumped up on the…
"I have done surprise parties twice," wrote Marie Scott. "The first was for my husband when he turned 60. I did as much as I could ahead of time and on the day I 'went to work as usual.' What I actually did was go…
A fraction-creating slash mark was missing from the sign at the fast-food place at Third and Howard this morning. The result was a reference to a "1 4 pounder with cheese." Something tells me you would need a nap after polishing off one of those.…
Was listening to NPR's "Morning Edition" today and the broadcasters kept referring to the mountain tragedy that took place in "Washington state." Is the state identifier really necessary in that context? Do they have a lot of avalanches in the District of Columbia?
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