by jphilo | Jan 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
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This year, our annual holiday Lord of the Rings trilogy orgy extravaganza included the jotting down of favorite movie quotes. Here’s a very subjective list of the ten that rose like cream to the top.
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2. “No parent should have to bury their own child.”
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Are you a Middle Earth junkie? Then leave your favorite Lord of the Rings trilogy quote in the comment box.
by jphilo | Dec 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
- Once again, yesterday’s second piece of cherry pie may have been too much.
- Our tradition of watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy during the holidays is alive and well. As is my conviction that filling Suraman’s fighting Urak hai cast of thousands was a financial boon to professional football players, WWF wrestlers, and beefy athletes everywhere.
- I’m trying to decide whether to take down the tree and Christmas decorations today or wait until New Year’s.
How long do your decorations stay up?
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by jphilo | Apr 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
- The new initiative to map the human brain has this former elementary school social studies teacher wondering if the powers that be have considered several important details. How will north, south, east, and west be determined? Where will the compass rose be placed? What kinds of symbols will comprise the map key?
- A pair of deer have been hanging around our yard lately. The buck only has one antler, and lack of symmetry is so disturbing, I can barely keep from shouting, “Either grow a new antler fast or ditch the old one!” How OCD is that?
- Call the Midwife, set in 1957 is the BBC’s latest hit to air on PBS. It’s really good, but I object to labeling a show taking place the year after I was born as a period drama.
What do you object to this week? Leave a comment.
by jphilo | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
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by jphilo | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Box elder bugs, presidential politics and Halloween hijinks led to these three creepy, crawly thoughts for Thursday.
- This fall, I’m not sure what we have more of at our house–box elder bugs crawling around the foundation or political flyers in the mailbox.
- I wonder if the Republican or Democrat parties will release statistics about how may box elder and other kinds of trees gave their lives to made into political flyers.
- Favorite Halloween memory: I was seven and dressed as a flower girl (the best Halloween costume ever) when some big boys tried to steal my candy during Trick or Treating. Fortunately, they couldn’t find it because the candy was stored beneath the fake flowers in my flower girl basket.
by jphilo | Sep 25, 2012 | Top Ten Tuesday, Uncategorized
I spent most of last week blowing my nose and wondering why God saw fit to allow the common cold into creation. I’m still waiting for an answer to that questions. In the meantime, I came up with the top ten positives and negatives associated with having a cold.
10. It’s a chance to finally sing bass. Then again, with a throat that feels like raw meat, who wants to sing?
9. Those with stock in a tissue company can feather their own nests. But who takes out stock in a tissue company?
8. Colds are easier to weather now that I’m not teaching school. Then again, I don’t get a lot of sympathy sitting around the house all day.
7. Plugged ears are a good excuse for not listening to people. But they make it hard to keep up with the latest gossip.
6. People are more respectful of personal space when someone has a cold. Either that or they’re too grossed out by hanging boogers to stand nearby.
5. Colds create the perfect excuse for taking a nap in the middle of the day. Which means there will be more work than normal to do upon recovery.
4. Colds provide a legitimate reason to say “no” when someone needs a volunteer. But colds turn potential volunteers into emotional weaklings who say “yes” when they should say “no.”
3. A cold gives sufferers an opportunity to rest and recover while watching daytime TV. Then again, does anyone define daytime TV as restful?
2. A cold makes a person appreciate good health. Except colds make most people are so miserable they think they’re gonna die and never be healthy again.
1. A cold is one of those gifts that keeps on giving, the kind to share with anyone and everyone. Unfortunately, people sometimes give it back.
