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Why high school girls shouldn’t announce play-by-plays

Welcome back!The high school my daughters attend has a class in radio broadcasting. That means that they actually own all the necessary equipment and licenses and the kids run an actual radio station, under the management of their teacher.
One of the responsibilities that falls to the kids who’ve been in the class a while is […]

misquotes can be funny, right?

We recently watched Young Frankenstein and the girls have found one line in the movie that they think is terribly funny and, apparently, it gets funner the more it’s repeated. My only gripe is that they’re misquoting it.
The line is spoken after the monster leaves the hose of the blind man who, while trying to […]

Speaking of children and holidays…

Daughter Number One is living away from home with her boyfriend and will be preparing Thanksgiving dinner on her own for the first time. Her boyfriend has made sure this will be a Thanksgiving to remember, too. He went shopping and came home with a 22 pound turkey for the two of them. He got […]

He’s right. It’s a piece of S&%t!

My younger sister sent me this video By Lou Dobbs on CNN talking about the Amnesty bill for illegal immigrants.
In the beginning of the video, Mr. Dobbs quotes the Senate Minority Leader as saying the bill is “a piece of … expletive deleted” and, after watching the report, I’m inclined to agree.
We don’t need to […]

What to do about the alcoholic cat

My wife and I were cruising ebay last evening looking for Christmas presents when we ran into an auction that clearly stated “This item comes from a household with a non smoking cat.”
After we finished laughing at that, we gave up and watched “It’s A Wonderful Life”.
This morning I was still thinking about the “non […]