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L. Frank Baum would be pleased to know that in the Land of OZ, there will be crudité for all.

The Lone Arranger

One of the ladies that comes to assist us is very nice, but she has an "organization complex."  The last time she came to help me she rearranged almost everything in the kitchen, including medication.

When she left, everything looked nice and neat, but I had no idea where anything was now located.

Today she was here to help Elaine and I saw her glancing hungrily at my current kitchen mess.  I had to steel myself and tell her to bypass my beloved mess.

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That reminds me of the famous W.C. Fields routine where W. S. has a massive desk with a pull-down cover.  In the desk are piles and piles of loose papers and files.

His boss comes by and says, "Give me the Smith file."  W.C. reaches into his desk piles and pulls out the requested file, making his boss very happy.

One day, W.C. was ill and had to stay home for a couple of days.  Meanwhile, a new office aide decided to improve the looks of the items in W.C.'s desk and arranged all of the paper and files in neat stacks. 

When W. C. returned to work, he noticed the change and sat down to think about it.

Just then his boss came by and said, "Give me the Jones file."

W.C. then got up, pulled down the desk cover, picked up the desk and twisted and shook it for two minutes.

He then opened the desk cover, reached in, and handed his boss the requested file.

Click, Clack, Moo

WAPO satirist, Alexandra Petri related this famous children's book to the world situation today.  Click, Clack, Moo was written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Irwin, and tells about a farmer's cows who find a typewriter and learn to type.

After they had become good typists, they wrote a letter with demands for better working conditions.

The farmer refused to be intimidated at first, but after intense "give and take," they all agreed and bucolic peace reigned again.

This book is probably banned in Texas because it teaches little kids about "compromise."

A Different Museum

I just learned that there is a Museum of Bad Art based in Somerville, Massachusetts.  It has 700 works of art that critics have panned or ignored.

There are three locations in the Boston area, where these (mostly paintings) can be viewed. 

I've seen pictures of some of these "works" and I must say I liked what I saw.  However, I do think that some of my kids' artwork looks better, especially the animal paintings.

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