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  • This is just wrong..... Ten Top Trivia Tips about Pwunderthebus! You would have to dig through four thousand kilometres of pwunderthebus to reach the earth's core. All shrimp are born as pwunderthebus, but gradua…

  • I have to give DU credit. She tried really hard, in spite of her 24/7 morning sickness, to plan and carry out an ultimate birthday party for her 5 year old step-son. But she ran into an insurmountable object: the out-…

  • One of my favorite sources of entertainment from Slate Magazine is an on-going compilation of Bushisms: the president's accidental wit and wisdom Bushism of the DayBy Jacob WeisbergPosted Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, at 1:20…

  • Want to have your eyes opened? http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/ Want to laugh yourself silly? http://thesneeze.com Happy blogging. pw

  • So...... I guess I won't be nominated for a Grandmother of the Year Award any time soon. (Not that I expected to be.) Aside from being the World's Greatest Procrastinator™ I excel at nothing, and I'll be the first to …

  • Tomorrow is Mozart's birthday! Tomorrow is also my step-grandson's birthday. He will be five. I have no idea what to buy him for a gift. (Didn't we just do Christmas? I've exhausted my gift-idea-brain-cells.) …

  • This really does explain everything: Bats and BallsWhy males grow bigger testicles and smaller brains.By William SaletanUpdated Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, at 7:46 AM ET Female promiscuity gives males big testes and small…

  • I found this too humorous not to share. Or possibly, too much information. Insert your own punchline. Thanks, Slate.com. The Diarrhea PillHow to lose weight through "anal leakage."By William SaletanUpdated Tuesday, J…

  • Opened my blog to this message this morning: "Hi pwunderthebus! It's been 368 (wow, that's a big number) days since you joined Xanga... won't you support us by going Premium?" No. Now step off and stop asking. ~*~ ~*…

  • Quote of the Day

    As heard on The Diane Rehm Show (NPR) 1/23/06 Taken from an email, read during the discussion on Lobby Reform: "I feel about petitioning the government the same way I do about sex: when it's done for one's own person…

  • You Are 44% Abnormal You are at low risk for being a psychopath. It is unlikely that you have no soul. You are at high risk for having a borderline personality. It is very likely that you are a chaotic mess.Y…

  • It pays to read the fine print: (preferably days, even weeks, before the deadline) * Essays that have previously appeared on Web sitesare considered published. Plbbbt. Maybe next year. Happy blogging. pw

  • I have been thinking about entering one of my past posts into the Erma Bombeck Writing Contest. Not that I am capable of writing anything remotely resembling her work, but just for the experience of being able to say I …

  • Stand back, I feel a rant coming on.... The idiocy of Hoosierville. This used to be a nice (albeit nowhere) place to live. Not-My-Man-Mitch is seeking to change all that. (For those of you who don't know, Mitch Danie…

  • Happy Hump Day. Rejoining the work force today. Never got those candles made. Did a bunch of Domestic Goddess stuff instead. My life is a thrill a minute. I was crawling around on the web last night and found a …

  • Hey, I worked yesterday, too! It's today I have off. Thanks to the USPS, that scheming bunch of racketeers. No mail delivered. Therefore, today is a day of rest for me. Since I'm not working, I'll write about work…

  • For The Working Stiffs That Don't Get MLK Day Off:

    Happy blogging. pw

  • A couple of things before I get to today's subject. First, a big thanks to everyone who chose to respond to my question about blogging. It was most helpful, reassuring, and to the detriment of your mental health, I've …

  • What am I missing?

    As I wander through xangaland, I sometimes wonder if I'm going about this whole blogging thing wrong. Are people really out here just for the comments? Let me explain... I've read several entries by various folks ov…

  • A Whiter Shade of Pale

    Myseniormoments (a neighbor of sorts) asked me (in comments) if I saw the sun yesterday. Was it shining in SB? Not here. I did notice during my drive to work a slight differentiation of brightness, like it was trying …

  • Happy blogging. pw

  • We saw the sun yesterday. That's once, so far in January. (Yes, I'm keeping track.) Today it's back to normal. Gray. Christmas is back in the box. The basement, which was a wreck from the Christmas decorations bein…

  • It's that time of year. Awards. http://www.wackywarnings.com/ Happy blogging. pw

  • The story of Harvie Krumpet Happy blogging. pw

  • My Out of Xanga Experience

    Yesterday afternoon after work, I signed on to catch up reading a few of my subs, my xanga page had totally changed. It was in some kind of grid format, with a new set of buttons in the left module. It also had a new r…

  • Wow. Something happened to my xanga. Are we still on the road? pw edit: never mind....it seems normal now. OMG maybe I'm realllly losing it....

  • Guess what color it is outside today?? Did you guess GREY? Or GRAY? Ugh. Things have gotten so drearily boring that I watched part of a golf tournament on TV last night. No, I'm NOT a golf fan. One of the most bo…

  • Yet another gloomy day. I can't remember the last time I saw the sun and it didn't look like twilight from dawn to dusk. You can only tell the time of day by looking at the clock. All else is grayness, eternal graynes…

  • Whatcha looking for? There's nothing here today. For a pleasant distraction, wander over to Doahsdeer's site and read the collaborative novel in progress. Happy blogging. pw

  • Looking Ahead (with one eye over my shoulder)

    Main Entry: res·o·lu·tion Pronunciation: "re-z&-'lü-sh&nFunction: nounEtymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French resolution, from Latin resolution-, resolutio, from resolvere1 : the act…

  • Happy New Year

    Out with the old, in with the new. (SSDD) In order to be PC for the upcoming year, I thought it would be a good idea to post Lake Superior State University's list of banished words, just to keep everyone informed of th…

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