"Show Me" by Bree Sharp popped up in my iTunes the other day, and ever since then, the chorus incessantly drifts through my brain. And I pause each time, trying to remember who it is. I snap my fingers and mumble the beat, staring into space, forgetting it's her. Every single time.
It's a pretty good song, if you don't mind it stuck in your head ( Read more... )

When trying to find an exact lineage, it seems every man in the line you're tracing has the same first name, bequeathed down the generations, and very popular amongst various cousins as well.

Puppy's been following me when I go to take dad's BP readings. It's so cute; I think he's trying to help. I guess this makes him my sphygdoganometer. :)

Some people have never heard an Umbrella Cockatoo screeching. I think it's an experience everyone ought to have at least once. We have that experience here at least once a day with our Dudley. He's an old bird, but he's still got the pipes when it's feeding time, or "I'm king of the jungle" time, or "Hey, everyone looks too peaceful and quiet -- ( Read more... )

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I wasn't sure whether to laugh or applaud when I heard this one, so I ended up doing both. Texas woman attacks would-be intruders with billiard balls from her rooftop. That's the spirit, lob 'em harder! She's lucky they weren't armed, and they're lucky she couldn't find the arrows for her crossbow! (There's a William Tell joke somewhere in there ( Read more... )

Supposedly, these are from actual court transcripts, from the book Disorder in the American Courts. I've found some variations to some of these quotes, so maybe they aren't verbatim, but they're good for a giggle, at least ( Read more... )

Mid-afternoon, while cleaning the curtains in the living room, I notice an unfamiliar truck parking across the street. No big deal, and I go back to business. Then, from the truck, four Hispanic men emerge, dressed in black. And they all have acoustic guitars. Apparently they're arriving early for a reenactment of a mariachi showdown from a Robert ( Read more... )

Ah, criminal masterminds. Looks like somebody watched too much Looney Toons and not enough crime thrillers. 6.5 for graceful fall into shrubbery.

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Hi, all. Hope everyone's had a good day.

We were cleaning today, opened my mother's suitcase, and found a genealogical jackpot! Pictures, dates and records, obituaries/funeral mementos, and more. (Bonus for the handwriting being clear and legible! Unlike mine.) All from my mother's side, which I know least about. Apart from anecdotes from my ( Read more... )