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Margaret and Helen Make Me Laugh

It’s been a hard day at the office for me.  Rules, deadlines, federal laws … all kinds of things getting in the way of me doing what I want, when I want.
6:16 pm and I’m getting ready to head out the door but decide to take a quick peak at the traffic back-up on I-90 [...]

Centraal Station Antwerpen gaat uit zijn dak!

This made me smile and sent chills up my spine. Life is so wonderful if we only remember to stop, smile, and engage.

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LOL with my BFF Abe Lincoln

I love “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me.”   I usually laugh outloud.  Sometimes I snort my coffee.   But I always smile.  Today’s show made me spit out my milk.
Turns out, Abraham Lincoln used a in one of his speeches.    Go figure.  But of course, Mo Rocca can’t leave it alone.  Take a listen.  [...]

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source

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I am thankful for small mercies

writes  Ralph Waldo Emerson.

“I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate goods.” [...]