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Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

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  • Sacrificial Sheep

    Friday, May 7th, 2010

    sheep cuts

    Twas a rowdy group imbued with raucous laughter watching the black curling smoke lazily ascend into the bright morning sky above that cloaked hilltop mound. Indistinct chants and strange music filled the clear bright air with a fog of curious excitement. Crashing down the forested mound and spilling onto the meadow below the demonic sounds from the obvious debauchery floated across the meadow assaulting those innocents peacefully picnicking at that remote forest service site.

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  • New Jokes

    Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

    Sigh...We can't be that old, can we? I guess apparently we are! I didn't think so. In fact I still consider us a young couple but several recent incidents seem to belie that perception.

    Grandma Oddball received an urgent call from our youngest grandson (age 6) the other day who wanted to know if we had seen that “new joke” “Who's on first?” by Abbott and Costello.

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  • Gardening and Painting

    Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

    Child Gardening

    Joy and concentration radiated from her while diligently doing what can only be described as a very important job. She didn't know it but important jobs are scarce and she was lucky to have this one. Fortunately it didn't matter because she did it for the pure delight she felt while helping tend the garden.

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  • Montana Mud

    Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

    Cows by a stream

    They eyed me with a decidedly mean look as I struggled through the barbed wire fence with my saucepan in tow. All eyes rotated in my direction even those that could not see me directly. Nervously I monitored their disposition as I made my way to the small stream that meandered through the culvert under the road. Slowly edging ever closer to me the leaders seemed to tense up as they prepared for action. Clearly they were on the verge of becoming a mob instead of a herd but I had no choice. I had to press forward. We needed the water.

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  • Campsite Surprise

    Monday, February 15th, 2010

    Los Padres National Forest

    When we were younger grandma oddball and I spent a lot of time relaxing by camping and hiking. At the time we naively assumed that official maps and literature describing forest service and national park trails and campgrounds were somewhat descriptive of the areas we planned on visiting. Unfortunately (more...)

  • It Got Lost

    Monday, January 18th, 2010

    toy train rngine

    Lost! I felt terrible. I'd looked long and hard for the perfect toy for our son and now it was lost. How, I wondered, could my wife be so calm, so unconcerned, so almost satisfied in the face of this misfortune?

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  • Whips and Chains

    Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

    whipping_post_550

    Do you know the difference between a therapist and a sadist?

    Answer: A therapist is relentless!

    And a good thing too. Without them I'd probably be dead by now. learn why »

  • The Winter of 1968

    Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

    burr! winter-cold

    Skeptics! That's what I've produced. Generations of skeptics. I try telling my children and now my grandchildren how we muddled through life and their eyes roll up in concert with with a look of almost pained disbelief. It's almost as if they're blurting out, "Oh no, here we go again!"

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  • Sound Surprise

    Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

    Old_Man_With_Walker

    Have you ever tried to sneak up on somebody using a walker?

    I can tell you from recent experience it doesn't work. With therapy I am able to use a walker but sneaking around is another ballgame! (more...)