New Stuff

I am very disgusted with the way the Republican members of the House Oversight Committee acted as Michael Cohen gave testimony.  They call him a liar.. but who encouraged him to lie?  Who edited his statements before he gave them in his prior appearance?  Hypocrites!  What is trump holding over their heads to get them all to act alike?

Anyway.. you know why I am writing a lot of blog entries lately... yes, I am avoiding doing my Income Tax.  Ye procrastination god.. thou art my muse.

Aging

Someone sent me this new take on a famous prayer:

The Senility Prayer

Grant me the senility to forget the people
  I never liked anyway, the good fortune
     to run into the ones I do, and the
        eyesight to tell the difference.

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Math Question (from the American Legion Magazine)

Teacher:  "If there are seven flies and I hit one with a ruler, how many are left?"

Student:  "Just the one you squashed."

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Literature (from New York Times Book Review)

Chelsea Clinton mentioned something she read in a Perez-Reverte novel.  One of the characters said: "Never trust a man who reads only one book."

El presidente may have never read a book.. and... his own book The Art of the Deal  was ghost-written.

In my years on the boards of several non-profit organizations, I had to interact with lots of people who have never read anything but the Bible.  Yes, I have read it too. (Some of it.. because some other parts put me to sleep, I'm sorry to say.) But.. one must read other things because the Bible should not be taken as the complete guide for everything one does...  Some of the preachers that I interacted with proved to be hypocrites.. IMHO.  However, some were wonderful people... IMHO.

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Weird Stuff  (from a  recent Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me)

Clothes

One of the famous designers (Laurent?) has designed some high heeled shoes with wheels attached.   Are they like the funny sneakers that little kids have?  I have a hard time visualizing some tall, skinny super model whizzing by in her rolling high heels.

Fast Food

There now are oyster vending machines in France.

How on earth would they keep the oysters fresh?  Stick a franc (or euro) into a slot and get to slurp an oyster (except during certain months.)  Also, how on earth do you keep them cold?  Wait a minute, we have ice cream vending machines, so I guess it is possible to keep anything cold in a vending machine.

Quite a while ago, I read about a High School class that went on a European trip and discovered that they could get a can of beer from a vending machine.  High times!

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