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A parade rolled past our house a few minutes ago. I got a minute of it on video. Osiris and our dogs are at the end. Just an afternoon during Mardi Gras.

Rest in Power, Al Jarreau.

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down!
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Next week's challenge: This week's challenge is an easy one, but it's pretty. It comes from listener Michael Shteyman of Odenton, Md. Name some things commonly seen on a kitchen table. Switch the positions of the fifth and sixth letters of the word, and read the result backward. You'll name two things commonly seen in…

Not much this week, either. As noted elsewhere last week, the office receptionist, a former elementary school teacher, sat with me part of each day. Wednesday, she gave me a cookie and a thank-you note that read:

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. - Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882)

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931)

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. - Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)

Yes, that happens, too. Heck, in the 1990s I played both Mrs. Van Daan ("The Diary of Anne Frank") and Aunt Blanche ("Brighton Beach Memoirs" and a cameo in "Broadway Bound") in community theatre. My joke was "I'm not Jewish, but I play it at LCT."

The Cars!!!

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. - Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992)

Coincidentally, Monday night on Facebook, I asked "What is the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine porn parody called?"

Yes, and. . .

My name (and a picture of my hands and cup of coffee) can be seen at this link: https://www.youtube.com/use…

See my post, fellow white lady with unusual name.

I am middle-aged and white and as privileged as a woman can be. However, I have an unusual first name (named after my godmother/aunt who was named after a radio soap opera character) plus a Cajun last name. People don't know what to expect, but my first name seems to be thought of as a "black" name. (I've come across…

Osiris and I saw Cheech and Chong, with War, at the Saenger Theater, I guess it was summer 2015. Tommy Chong's wife, Shelby, was the opening "comedian". War would do a song or two, then there were comedy bits, then songs, etc. The finale was "Why Can't We Be Friends" with verses from Cheech, Chong, and Shelby thrown…

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you. - Brendan Behan (9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964)

Yeah, the ghosts are already there!