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News you can’t use.

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Because the useful news is too depressing these days.

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Like my mother used to say…

It’s always the last place you look.

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Not my idea of a stylish pendant, or pin for that matter.

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Sounds like the perfect vacation spot to me.

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Love it.

Going old school to deter cheating.

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Now, that… would be impressive.

As well as terrifying.

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If the average male height in America is 5’9… and you multiply that by a barnacle equivalent of 8? You get an almost 46 foot long human member.

See?

Terrifying.

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In ancient Fiji, it was crustacean shells. Can you imagine what kind of leftover food islands we’re building now?

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If it’s on my daily breakfast banana? That bowl of oatmeal just got a lot more interesting…

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Not what I kneeded to hear.

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The good news – my primary doctor referred me to the orthopedist I requested and their office called with an appointment.

The bad news – their “board” determined I should see their orthopedic physician assistant instead.

I protested. I politely requested. I argued. Okay, I may have begged.

No dice. No orthopedist.

After a recent examination, my primary doctor said she heard bone on bone crunching. She said my muscles were compromised and not supporting the joint properly and I probably had some bursitis. If that, and the fact I’m in constant 24 hour pain with days I can hardly walk, isn’t enough reason to see an actual orthopedist … what is?

The even worse news? I can’t get in to see the baby P.A. (I researched him. He looks 12) until the end of June.

I am one unhappy camper.

Yes, I requested to be put on the cancellation list but it’s going to be a long, painful few months.

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😩😩😩

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Let’s play.

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Because it’s Friday and that’s what we do here.

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Okay, I’ll date myself.

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Anyone else remember Barnabas Collins?

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An obscure short lived British comedy from the mid ‘70’s.

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What can I say? I was obsessed with dinosaurs when I was young. Even as a child I knew it was stupid… but it had Stegosaurs and Triceratops. Claymation et al, I was hooked.

So.

What long defunct television show did you watch way back when ?

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Greeting card oddities.

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Sadly, it’s been a while since we’ve had to send any Mother’s Day cards.

I lost my mom in 2014, the husband lost his a few years later in 2017.

But I fondly remember choosing pretty, heartfelt cards expressing love, thanks and gratitude for selfless maternal sacrifices.

Though by the looks of the recent advertising I’ve seen online?

Things have clearly changed since then.

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Crabs?

If we’re wishing our mothers crabs…

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And cat turds?

Things really have changed.

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A solemn day.

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My husband took a long weekend trip recently.

A 12 hour drive to Washington DC, or more precisely…

Arlington Cemetery.

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I’ve never been, and wanted to go… but the 12 hour drive down and 12 hours back for a one day stay that involved hours of walking and standing is more than my bad knee can bear.

My husband went to Arlington for the funeral of his old commanding officer. The full bird Colonel he stood next to after recovering the bodies of six Marines killed in the Beirut bombing in 1983.

Never having been there before, he arrived early and explored.

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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Famous graves.

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Robert E. Lee’s former home.

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And then it was time.

My husband is a Marine. They’re pretty stoic fellows. But a full honors funeral at Arlington National Cemetery of a man he greatly respected?

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Even my husband choked up.

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Do you know the significance of the backward facing boot on a riderless horse?

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The boots are placed backwards in the stirrups of a riderless horse (or “lone charger”) to symbolize that a fallen warrior or leader is taking their final journey and will ride no more. The reversed position represents the deceased looking back at their troops, family, or comrades one last time. 

It’s probably a good thing I didn’t attend, because that’s enough to make me weep like a baby.

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A solemn day indeed.

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Around town funnies.

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Every once in a while I check out local Facebook pages… you never know what you’ll find.

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Exciting.. and quite possibly dangerous.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if my husband has something similar in our cellar.

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I didn’t know this was a thing.

But I am hoping that isn’t the (newly painted) mortar round from the previous story.

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Send recommendations, but please be quiet about it. The poop requires silence.

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Did your mother have a button box, drawer or tin? I don’t remember my mother sewing very often when I was a child, but we were never allowed to throw out a button.

Waste not, want not.

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News you can’t use.

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This first story isn’t useful, but it definitely made me chortle.

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Yes, you read that correctly.

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I don’t know how I managed to miss Sirocco’s escapades the first time around, but rest assured I won’t allow that to happen again.

I dare you not to laugh.

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https://youtu.be/9T1vfsHYiKY?si=l5G8m1i7x9FHZBaR

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Science.

It’s a beautiful thing.

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Not soap. Not shampoo.

Not remote controls or coffee makers.

It’s towels. And apparently people are swiping them at alarming rates.

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It is a stupid song .

With stupid, annoying, nonsensical ear worm lyrics.

It’s Horse With No Name by America.

Long live the ban.

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To what…

Please don’t pee on us?

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Don’t bother, there are plenty of brainless donors in Washington DC right now.

Let the harvest begin.

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