Category Archives: laugh

23
Dec, 2005

bah

on the first leg of our trip, i noticed lots of colorful christmas light displays. my favorite was large, lighted letters facing the highway that spelled out “ba humbug” [sic] right beside a clunker car decorated with more lights.

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06
Dec, 2005

salt on my car

here in the cold cold north there is frequently salt on the road. which equals salt on my car. which is not necessarily a happy thing. but this evening, as i was pumping hard earned cash into my gas tank, … Continue reading →

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10
Oct, 2005

fawlty towers

last week, i got a dvd of episodes of fawlty towers. this is a british comedy that my family discovered when i was a kid and enjoyed immensely. i think we must have taped them off of the tv, because … Continue reading →

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14
Sep, 2005

reflective and…not so much

this evening, there was a long string of honking canadian geese that flew overhead as i got into my car. there was something graceful and beautiful about them. i have a greater appreciation for migrating birds ever since watching the … Continue reading →

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07
Sep, 2005

my cat’s breath smells like…corn chips!

on sunday morning, i was eating breakfast and i heard rustling behind me. i turned and ginger was on top of the table in the kitchen with her paw dipped into the container of corn chips. she dipped her paw … Continue reading →

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23
Aug, 2005

ok. this article cracked me up.

does this link work for you? i ran across this article today at work and it cracked me up. maybe non-children’s librarians won’t be amused, but…it’s funny ‘cuz it’s true!

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16
Aug, 2005

brad the gorilla

i love reading this blog. it’s just the right dose of silly for my day. (but don’t tell brad. he might get offended.)

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08
Aug, 2005

my daily comic fix

here are the comics that i check on a daily basis: for better or for worse rose is rose foxtrot unshelved i can usually get a smile, a warm fuzzy or a giggle from at least one of them. the … Continue reading →

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03
Aug, 2005

tres bon!

today during storytime, i was reading a story in which a little boy says, “oui! tres bon!” so, i read the words with my best french accent (but without the nasal “haw, haw, haw”) and then i heard, from the … Continue reading →

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25
Jul, 2005

ginger’s favorite movie

last night, we were watching winged migration and ginger walked into the room. there was a small songbird hopping around on the screen, making appropriate songbird noises. ginger immediately went into the semi-crouch mode that we normally see on windowsills … Continue reading →

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