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There is no such thing as a weird human being. It’s just that some people require more understanding than others. ~ Tom Robbins

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“I think,” said Christopher Robin, “that we ought to eat all our food now, so we won’t have so much to carry.” ~ A. A. Milne

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Never again will I think that human relationships are complicated.

Symbion is a tiny animal about half a millimetre long, shaped like a bulbous tube with a ring of tiny hairs - cilia - at one end.  They live on the hairy mouthparts of Norway lobsters, with tens or even ( Read more... )

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The evil that men do lives after them.
The good is oft interréd with their bones.
~WS

Cloves
Cloves are the dried unopened flower buds of a species of evergreen tree and boast a sweet, peppery flavor.

Cloves are potent and should be used sparingly. Because whole cloves are ( Read more... )

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So if any of the following people are searching for their long lost twin, you should know that they’ve been spotted either in Philly or Belgium.

• Brian P.
• Terry B.
• Tarleen S.
• Lavon S.
• Sarah B.

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So do me a favor.  Before you send me an email, make an effort with it, please?

I recieved the following a few weeks ago:

Subject: hello

hay

u want 2 do lunch later?

~J

I almost didn’t bother to respond to him, but my conscious got the better of me.  He broke many of my email ( Read more... )

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Remember how I said we should not go too fast?  Well here’s more of the same.

In our rush-aholic world slowing down seems subversive. In the workplace we have to be “seen” to be working. Even though doing a task more slowly can often produce a result faster, many of us get ( Read more... )

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Murphy’s First Law:
Nothing is as easy as it looks.

Murphy’s Second Law:
Everything takes longer than you think.

Murphy’s Third Law:
In any field of scientific endeavor, anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

Murphy’s Fourth Law:
If there is a possibility of several things ( Read more... )

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This song is usually entitled, “Adieu to Cold Weather,” and can be dated back to an early English broadside.

My love is on the ocean;
I think I’ll let him swim,
For in my heart I feel it,
I’m just as good as him;
His love is in his pocket’
It’s a little in his heart;
The way he ( Read more... )