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  • News you REALLY need to know... According to a study done by Hagerty Classic Insurance of Traverse City, MI (they insure collector & classic automobiles)....the following are the 10 Most Dangerous Foods To Eat While…

  • there's NOTHING like looking up the word ass in a dictionary and finding the FOLLOWING word as part of its definition... Main Entry: pe·ris·so·dac·tylPronunciation: p&-'ri-s&-"dak-t&lFunction: nounEtymology:…

  • my favorite prediction about the future was written in 1899. the writer predicted that by 1999, at the then-current growth rate of the horse population on manhattan, the entire island wood be buried in horse poop! th…

  • well, i was a GOOD chief assistant! so now the wallpaper's all put up in the BR (done by my wife; my part lay in scraping the old w'paper off). bead board tomorrow & the place'll have a whole new look!

  • never, never, never wallpaper walls. you never know when you'll want to REMOVE it & put up something else. like DIFFERENT wallpaper!

  • is it possible to get paid for thinking? 'cause that's what i do best....

  • xangan onefishtwofish used this word, one of my favorites... Main Entry: hodge·podge Pronunciation: 'häj-"päjFunction: nounEtymology: alteration of hotchpotchDate: 15th century: a heterogeneous mixture: JUMBLE ...is i…

  • conspectus (kuhn-SPEK-tuhs) noun...A general survey, synopsis, outline, or digest of something. hey, as a lifelong generalist...i can do this! i hereby announce my new occupation as the conspector general....or conspec…

  • it's not only administrative personnel day (or whatever it's called)....it's DICTIONARY DAY (as declared by Xanga's own missfrizzle )! Main Entry: clar·i·ty Pronunciation: 'klar-&-tEFunction: nounEtymology: Middle E…

  • If I lived in Middle-Earth, it would be in:Lothlorien or Rivendell You prefer the tranquilty and peacefulness of nature and enjoy the milder seasons of the year. While you know it is necessary to keep in contac…

  • Here's a new AWordADay.... orihon (OR-ee-hon) nounA book or manuscript folded like an accordion: a roll of paper inscribed on one side only, folded backwards and forwards. "Look!...what's that object over there, on the…

  • hmmm, something of a rambling blog today....yet another musical tragedy, with layne staley of alice in chains found dead this past friday. apparently an overdose. if our government had any smarts, they'd legalize certa…

  • More Xangaquestions...do you have SIR where you MUST read all the comments left by other readers? Do you have SIR where you zoom over all the other comments JUST to add your own? Do you have SIR where you go BACK and r…

  • SPEAKING of questions...is it boredom or Xangaddiction that makes one go BACK to sites one's already visited & leave more comments?..... NO BLACK JELLYBEANS! THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION!!! If you feel the same way, jo…

  • Ever notice that Life's Big Questions have no ready answers? Or that what seems like an answer for one person may be the total opposite for another? Even smaller questions have no ready answers. Example: who's the be…

  • ....and let the pun CONTINUE! 5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication. 6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were stan…

  • Let The Pun Begin! 1. Two vultures board an airplane; each is carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger." 2. Two boll weevil…

  • I know, I know....another post, but this quote from Xanga's own cheshired (and yes, i'm always quoting her too) is too good not to put out here in the cyberworld.... this is my life. it will be taken at my pace, not som…

  • Stuck in the 70's....my musical eclecticism started even back then! I liked everything from Alice Cooper (and still do...Love It To Death and Killer are still some of the finest hard-rock recordings you'll ever hear) to…

  • I have this Gordon Lightfoot song stuck in my head.....Don Quixote Through the woodland, through the valleyComes a horseman wild and freeTilting at the windmills passingWho can the brave young horseman beHe is wild but …

  • ...for anyone who thinks jazz can't rock as well as swing or that acoustic music can't rock like electric music does...GET a copy of Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio!

  • Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you....

  • GO read the poem by Carl Dennis on faithless 's site...it's absolutely wonderful & thought-provoking. Did anyone know he won a Pulitzer for poetry? Neither did I...

  • Everyone, PLEASE go click on the button at http://www.thehungersite.com ! When you do, a hungry person gets fed by one of the site sponsors (thanks for bringing this to my attention, imperialviolet .....)... In the spi…

  • Why does everyone get so pissed off about Bill Gates & Microsoft? MOST of us online now would NOT be were it not for BG & Microsoft. Does anyone recall the mishmash of operating systems in the early '80's...and…

  • Anyone want to come in here & make BORING outbound calls to Saturn dealers to ask them inane questions???? I didn't think so... Stolen philosophical thought-du-jour (thanks, cheshired ........................we nev…

  • First of all, a new-to-me quote from Mae West, who, along with Oscar Wilde, is a favorite... "I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit."... "What one has to do, usually can be done."--Eleanor Roosevelt....and...."G…

  • I'm a little late, but here you are, light_and_fluffy .......with many thanks to Sada for creating this for me for you....

  • I Love Rock N' Roll (J. Hooker/A. Merrill) I saw him dancin' there by the record machine I knew he must a been about seventeen The beat was goin' strong Playin' my favorite song An' I could tell it wouldn't be long Til…

  • 'Morning, all! I don't have a lot to say at the moment. This time change thing always messes up my internal clock. I have things on my mind, too....so, more later as the spirit moves.... ....more found words from the…

  • From this day forward, all trolls are required to find bridges to lurk under.....

  • 1st posting via the Weekend Quotalizer...(helped by the one bottle of Heineken, yeah, alcohol gets to me fast.....) I let the book of quotes fall open to where it would...and found Ian Dury... "Sex and drugs and rock a…

  • THIS blog is inspired by the one below!..... 1. "Signs" really WAS done first by '70's obscuros the Five Man Electrical Band...2. Tesla (the band) covered the tune in the '80's (?)...3. Tesla were named after Serbian…

  • "Sign, sign, everywhere a sign/Blockin' off the scenery, breakin' my mind/Do this, don't do that/Can't you read the sign?"...........O 5 Man Electrical Band, where are you now??? Here are the rest of the signs sent to m…

  • For your amusement and/or edification....signs seen 'round the world....... Cocktail lounge, Norway: LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR...At a Budapest zoo: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. IF YOU HAVE…

  • "Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises."--- Samuel Butler .....and using the cup of found words to compose something inspired by the above quote...dig THIS... ...Start beginning/Y…

  • "Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl."--Benjamin Jowett

  • Work in progress....this may change by the time you come back.... Inspired by the example of missfrizzle ...and having not ONE phone call the first hour here at work....I cut random words from the otherwise-boring GM Ed…

  • ramada (ruh-MAH-duh) noun...An open shelter roofed with branches...[From Spanish, from rama (branch), from Vulgar Latin rama, from Latin ramus (branch).]...The word "ramify" branches out from the same root "ramus".... S…

  • All you cool Xangaloids, go leave comments & prop new-to-Xanga milfoille ....she's a longtime internet bud of mine from my long-ago Firefly website days who's just set up a page here...fill that guestbook!... Bluegr…

  • BIN LADEN DIES!..... > > > .........Abdullah Awad bin Laden, uncle of Osama bin Laden, died at the age of 75...... I'd like to suggest that the following quote applies to our Currently Selected Leader, and …

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