I have a credit card that racks up points that can be used to purchase items on Amazon. I have bought the occasional box of chocs or bottle of antihistamines with my points, but the last three times I let my total build up I've purchased the following items ( Read more... )

Title: The Lighthouse Keeper
Author: gardnerhill
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD Canon)
Pairing: John and Mary Watson
Rating: G
Word Count:  1157
Summary: Freedom works both ways.
Author's Notes: For JWP 2013 Prompt #11: Ladies' Night: Use a female POV.

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Every December at work, I take up a collection from my co-workers to make small cash gifts to our support staff (the folks who empty our trash, clean our bathrooms, replace our light fixtures, provide Dumpsters for office cleanings, etc.). I say this not to toot my horn but to illustrate a point of human nature as true as when Jesus commented on it ( Read more... )

The other day I stopped by a Papa Murphy's Pizza (NOT Papa John's) for one of their marvelous chicken / herb-garlic pies. I'd phoned in the order and when I came in they told me the pizza would be ready in a minute or so (you buy the raw pizza and bake it at home - half the price of a regular takeout pizza). They were making it right now. I said, " ( Read more... )

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