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Lots of activity.

Elaine had to go to the hospital because of an infection.  I'm kind of lost without her here.  I think she'll be home very soon.  Even our cat, SuZee misses her.  She keeps running to Elaine's bedroom door looking for her.

Going on a foreign trip?

The price of a U.S. passport is about to rise to $165 for a new one, and $130 for a renewal.  I don't know how much I paid for my passport, but I'm sure it was a lot less.

A Blessing

My beautiful daughter, Diane just left after spending two hours helping me figure out some finance issues.  She also showed me some TV watching tips.  She is super smart and I learn so much from her.

Interesting Bed and Breakfast

I think I might have mentioned before how my late wife and I occupied a suite at a delightful New Jersey B+B a long time ago.  The couple who shared the suite immediately before us were named Clarence and Ginni Thomas.  Don't ask me how we knew that.

Question and Answer

Q: Why don't persons who contributed to a phony fund sue to get their money back? 

A:  Would you want people to know that you acted so stupid in donating to a grift?

Shazam!

Enter Superworm!  Scientists have found a worm-like creature that eats Styrofoam.  The larvae of a darkling beetle called zophobas morio enjoys such a dinner.  Since Styrofoam fills 30% of all waste material, let's keep the little creature well fed.

Books, books, books

Presidents like to write books.

Mensa Wordsmith Richard Lederer wrote in2020:

President Grant wrote Personal Memoirs: Ulysses S. Grant.

Herbert Hoover wrote 19 books, including "Fishing for Fun and to Wash Your Soul.

Kennedy earned a Pulitzer Prize for Profiles in Courage. (I recommend it.)

Jimmy Carter wrote an amazing 33 books!  One was a novel called: A Hornet's Nest, about the Revolutionary War in the South.

But nobody has topped Teddy Roosevelt who wrote 47 books including the popular Rough Riders in 1899.

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