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Monday, June 26, 2006 -- Conversation "Why are you looking at me like you don't know what I'm talking about?" "Because I don't know what you're talking about." Wednesday, June 21, 2006 -- Summer Shopping First day of summer. It's HOT. What happened to that "June gloom" I always look forward to? Raymond and I went thrift shopping today. Once again I ran into a friend at the thrift shops as, it seems, I often do. Apparently I run with a real upscale group of people. Sunday, June 18, 2006 -- Sixty-four "Will you still need me, Will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four?" Paul McCartney turns sixty-four today. Saturday, June 10, 2006 -- Phone Call I recieved a surprising phone call today. --- "Hello. Is this Sue F?" "Yes it is." "Do you have a grey cat?" "Yes I do." "Well, your cat is the father of seven kittens. How many of them do you want?" (Shocked silence before I came to my senses.) "None. All of my cats have been spayed or neutered, as yours should have been. I would love to take all of the need-a-home kittens, but I can't." (It's not like I'm the irresponsible party here.) "Oh. There must be another grey cat in the neighborhood." Yeah, I guess. Where did this guy even get my name and phone number? (Amended June 12) - Rhode Island has recently become the first state to pass a law requiring cats to be spayed or neutered by their owners. (Cat breeders are exempt from the ruling.) According to Gov. Carcieri, this legislation will "reduce the number of impounded cats that are euthanized in cities and towns throughout the state. . . [and] also save money by cutting down on housing and feeding costs at city shelters." (Between 2002 and 2004, over 5,000 unwanted cats were killed in Rhode Island alone.) As Raymond commented, "Bob Barker has been saying it for years." Friday, June 2, 2006 -- Free? The tube of toothpaste was $2.39, but the exact same tube of toothpaste packaged with a "FREE" toothbrush was $2.89. This may be petty, but it seems to me that if something is free it should not cost anything. Sunday, May 28, 2006 -- Second Place My nephews have a quirky sense of humor. For example, they once collected over 60 "House For Sale" signs and placed them all in the yard of an unpopular high school teacher. However, they may have outdone themselves with this latest shenanegan. They made a huge second place ribbon and, in the middle of the night, hoisted it up some 30-odd feet (not an easy task) over the head of the Confederate Soldier statue that stands in front of the courthouse in the Oxford, Mississippi town square. That's funny, yes? Saturday, May 27, 2006 -- Independent Thinking I came across a pile of old school papers in a box that's been in the garage forever. This is what I wrote when I was ten years old. "Independent Thinking" "You have to think independently to be creative. Independent thinking means to do things your way, not having someone tell you exactly how to do it, to be free to think your very own way. We use independent thinking very often. If we didn't ever think independently we would not know how to do anything without help. If the people we asked for help didn't think independently we would be lost and wouldn't ever know how to do anything. It is very necesary to use independent thinking." My teacher's comment - "Sometimes group thinking is good." (A concept I still have not accepted.) Thursday, May 25, 2006 -- Towel Day Today is Towel Day, celebrated every May 25 as a tribute to Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. On this day, fans carry a towel with them throughout the day because a towel, the Hitchhiker's Guide says, "is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have" and (as Strags, or non-hitch hikers think) "any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with." (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) Sunday, May 7, 2006 -- Birds Last night, just before 2 a.m., the birds outside all started chirping. Not just one or two, but many of them; chirping, chattering, peeping, tweeting, twittering - calling to each other through the darkness. Then, all at once, they stopped, and it was quiet again. I thought, "If this were a movie, that would surely be a warning." So I waited, fully expecting an earthquake, a lightning bolt, a spaceship landing, something. But whatever their message was, too important to wait for the light of day, it is still unknown to me. Monday, May 3, 2006 -- Lashes The make-up artist on T.V. was showing the latest in false eyelashes, including a pair of $10,000. lashes enbedded with diamonds. We have truly reached a new level of decadence. "Everyone can benefit from false eyelashes, she said. "When it comes to your eyes, I don't think it's ever too much." Ooh, ick. I hate those long, thick, heavy, spikey eyelashes. I don't even like mascara. I hardly ever see a picture of a model and not think, "too much eye make-up." Monday, May 1, 2006 -- Leaving Just heading out the door, we noticed a dead mouse in the entryway. "I"ll take the cake, you clean up the mouse," I said. "I could have taken the cake," he mumbled.

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