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Brigid

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March 2, 2014

No coke! Pepsi!

For no particular reason, other than it's one of the funniest SNL skits ever:

March 2, 2014

Just saw an ad for a dating site for those of us over 50, and .

At one point, one of the women said, "I feel like I'm back in high school."

Now why would somebody over 50 want that? I'm 55, and I know I don't.

March 1, 2014

Forgot the season primier of "The Vikings" was on Thursday night.

Or maybe after a long, cold winter that isn't even over yet, I just wasn't in the mood to watch a show set in Scandinavia, a place that has . . . long, cold winters.

February 28, 2014

IN may the next WV or NC.

We have more of those coal ash sludge lagoons than any other state. We allow them to be located in flood plains and near drinking water sources. They are not required to be designed by engineers. The EPA rates 60% of them as "poor" on structural integrity.

David Hope, who unfortunately no longer writes a regular column in the print version of NUVO, has the story:

http://www.nuvo.net/Hoppe/archives/2014/02/21/hospitality-cut-with-coal-ash


February 28, 2014

Well, off to the grocery store.

Gotta get ready for yet another winter storm. *Grumble grumble* Stupid groundhog *Grumble grumble*

February 27, 2014

We are Siamese if you please . . .

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February 24, 2014

A little classic Bill Cosby: Noah



"How long can you tread water?"
February 22, 2014

Chris Rock on a certain issue we talk about a lot around here:

I felt a little guilty laughing so hard at this, but his humor has just the right bite to it.

Chris Rock on how to deal with the police:

February 22, 2014

To anyone who may think those Confederate flags are nothing to do with racism:

I'm watching a doc about the history of the KKK. Lots of old footage of KKK rallies and the like with Confederate flags prominently displayed. Just sayin'.

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