Tag: humor
member name: Annina Anton
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April 19, 2006 07:05 AM EDT --
I admit it. Neferkiti and her brother, Cheech, own me lock, stock, and kitty treats. They also lay claim to my husband and son. They would probably claim Diamond the Ditz Dog and the Skippity Doo Dog, . . . more
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April 28, 2006 09:35 PM EDT --
Forwarded to me by a fellow lover of hard science:
A major research institution has just announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named "Bushcronium." . . . more
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April 20, 2006 06:21 AM EDT --
This little tale, was written in a fit of nostalgia for my childhood in the Borscht Belt of the Catskills. If you are mystified by the Yiddish herein, I heartily recommend, The Joys of Yiddish, by Leo . . . more
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June 01, 2006 05:30 PM EDT --
Today's Word of the Day is actually two words, effervesce and effervescent, but the fun is in the two sentences which give examples of usage. Why, you ask? Because it really happened!
Enjoy!
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March 31, 2006 12:35 AM EST --
For the past couple of days, Gather members have been responding to and commenting upon my original proposal that we come up with a generally accepted term for Gather members. We ended up with thirty . . . more
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April 20, 2006 03:51 PM EDT --
Last night, Erik, my beamish boy of 22 years came home from work all excited about his mortgages and loans class at the credit union where he works, and all hepped up on too many Mountain Dews.
He was . . . more
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May 21, 2006 01:34 AM EDT --
Maybe we can't achieve world peace, but hey, if a mere 600,000,000 people in the Western Hemisphere all jump at precisely the exact moment on July 20th, we'll trigger a planetary orbit shift, which . . . more
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May 15, 2006 06:40 PM EDT --
Ten things...no extraneous commentary. I think I can do this! Okay, I blew it on number 16 and possibly on 18. So sue me!
11. I always wanted a white pony. Still do.
12. I believe . . . more
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April 19, 2006 11:04 PM EDT --
Dear Tom and brave, knowledgeable Minions of Gather,
Take heart! All is not lost! The word is getting around about the Great Gather Glitch of 2006 and it will all soon be a not-so-fond, but fading memory. . . . more
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May 21, 2006 01:43 PM EDT --
Yep...I live in Florida and I'm in Central time. Deal with it. Look at a map...I told you Pensacola was really Eastern Lower Alabama (East L.A. if you prefer).
That dealt with, why am I pleased that . . . more
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April 19, 2006 09:54 PM EDT --
She was born and raised in Minnesota at the turn of the nineteenth to twentieth centuries. One day she rode her father's horse to deliver a message to her father who was helping out a neighbor in his . . . more
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April 01, 2006 02:27 PM EST --
Some time ago I began to refer to discount thrift bakeries as "used bread stores." After all, they sweep the items from the supermarket shelves and truck it back to the thrift store to sell as . . . more
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May 24, 2006 12:36 AM EDT --
True Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) tales from the files of Baroness Aliste von Falkenhof, aka Annina Anton:
A friend of mine, worried that the costume police might pounce upon her hand-studded . . . more
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June 09, 2006 02:58 AM EDT --
Don't do unto others until...
Do unto others if they don't...
Um...
DO do unto others before...
Do do?
Oh, yeah...
Until they do it unto you, just do it and be done with it.
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March 03, 2006 11:18 AM EST --
Even if she knew what it is that I do with keyboards and paper and pen, Neferkiti would be unimpressed. She is typical of her breed in this way--blissfully unaware, no better still, unaware by intention . . . more
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April 27, 2006 02:42 PM EDT --
Just who thought up the term, "bug," to represent an upset tummy and other gastrointestinal nasties?
Yesterday was a fast day, not in speed, but the simple fact that the only thing I could keep . . . more
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May 13, 2006 11:22 AM EDT --
Just in time for Mother's Day, comes this new group, dedicated to celebrating motherhood and kids. Join if you've ever participated in the care and feeding of our most precious resource--a child! . . . more
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June 15, 2006 04:48 AM EDT --
rheumy \ ROOM-ee \
adjective
1: Moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and rheumy damp of night air"
2: Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy . . . more
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June 17, 2006 05:03 AM EDT --
preception pre-CEP-tion
noun
A precept:
1 : a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
2 : an order issued by legally constituted authority to a subordinate official
Etymology: . . . more
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June 20, 2006 04:12 AM EDT --
bamboozle \bam-BOO-zul\
transitive verb
1. To take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink.
Entymology: First noted in 1703, originally a slang or cant* word, perhaps Scottish . . . more
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