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In case you’ve never seen or heard the term, mondegreens are misheard lyrics, such as the famous “‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy” instead of “‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky” from “Purple Haze.” There are many, many web sites devoted to mondegreens, the most famous, appropriately, being Kissthisguy:  The Archive of Misheard [...]

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As some of you know, we are planning a big trip in December of this year.  Usually, the only big trips we all take are to my parents’ house, which is a 7-8 hour drive (that includes our frequent stops) and lodging at their house.  Because of the length of this trip, there will be [...]

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. . . are eluding me. I know my loyal readers (both of them) have been clamoring for another post, but frankly I haven’t come up with anything interesting to write about.
I will, however, make a couple of recommendations for you:
1) Ed Eubanks has a post about the words we use for our mealtimes, [...]

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I was just reading about this year’s Golden Spurtle winner.  Now I want some porridge.
I love me some porridge.  Here are some fun facts about porridge.  (Unlike Late Show Fun Facts, these are actually factual, to the best of my knowledge.)

According to tradition, porridge should only be stirred with a spirtle, not a spoon, as [...]

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(To be sung to AURELIA. HT to Vrouw Jonker for this one.)
Our church is mighty spikey
with smells and bells and chants,
And Palestrina masses
that vex the Protestants.
O happy ones and holy
who fall upon their knees
For solemn Benediction
And mid-week Rosaries.
Though with a scornful wonder
men see our clergy, dressed
In rich brocaded vestments
as slowly they process;
Yet saints [...]

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. . . two days ago.  I forgot to wish you all a happy Jackie Washington Day!  We did not have any salmon in the house, so we could not make salmon patties, but we did put some peppermint sticks into some dill pickles and suck on them all day.  And of course we had [...]

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Paul posted a scan of his ticket earlier. He’s going to a 3:15 showing. I’m going to at 3:00 showing! (But he’s on Eastern Time, so he still wins.)

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Watch the clip.  As it says on the page, Simon Cowell’s expression at 2:55 sums it up.

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Our long national nightmare is over.
Travis would love to see Syesha could pull off an upset and win the whole thing.  How about you?
I think it should be Syesha or David Cook. Last year’s winner (Jordin Sparks) showed us that a very young winner may well translate into very low record sales, which of [...]

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. . . that I am the only person in the US of A who is at this very moment sipping Twinings Tea from a Pudsey mug.

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