Category: Thought For The Day
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Bad House Day
We were having dinner with our friends Kory and Suzie the other day, discussing all of the house flipping in our neighborhood. All of these houses are being “Magnolia-d” in black and white, including painting the roof tiles black. My wife astutely observed that once the next rain comes, these houses will look like Rudy…
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Party Planning
Our Brazilian friends throw the best parties. Here’s how you know you are at a Brazilian Party: Your friends electronic invitation says Invited Guests Only The counts on the invitation are as follows: 11 invited, 23 accepted. Well over 40 showed up. And the host was planning for 50. We had a great time.
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Why did the Duck Cross the Road?
This morning I was riding my bike back home from the beach, along a very busy street. A person walking their dog frightened a family of ducks, and the Mom and her 9 kids were standing in the gutter. The Mom hopped up, but the kids could not. OK, time for a mitzvah. I’m going…
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Taxing Times
I’m part of the “Sandwich Generation” now. We help with our kids, and we help with our parents. I expected this to happen, and its fine, but for one thing: No one had told me that I would have to do all of their taxes.
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What is Sarcasm?
The definition of sarcasm is a guy in a man-bun, wearing a T-shirt that reads: “Sarcasm is among my many talents”.
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Counting Down
Some exciting news for my friends at “the office”. We will now have Four Sons Brewery downtown. I call it “One Stop Shopping”.
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How Ironic
My wife and I are strolling back to our car after watching the sun set over the island of Catalina. Sounds peaceful, but this is PCH we’re talking about. To that extent, we are standing at a street corner and there are 3 very loud motorcycles waiting to turn in front of us. The type…
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Not News of the Day
Front Page Breaking News Headline from Star Magazine: “Daughters Driving Their Parents Insane.” Obviously written by a journalist with no children (boy or girl). I leave it to my journalist daughter to defend herself.
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Going Gnome
I found a book at a craft store today that promised “Year-Round Gnomes”. Does this solve the age-old problem of seasonal gnomes? I will confess that I am unaware of what gnome is appropriate for January in LarryLand.
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Princess Kate
At the supermarket, I saw In Touch Magazine. Apparently after Saving Christmas she “Answers your 25 Burning Questions”. How did she know that I wanted an explanation of the US Internal Revenue Code?
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