Good piece of advice for my kids
Read Taylor Lewis‘ answer to What common mistakes do people make when choosing a life partner? on Quora
Good pun
The local news channel hired a Russian weatherman named Rudolph. Every day he called for rain, but it never happened. My wife said, “This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about!” I told her, “Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.”
Speedster Sam
Raced Sam around the Braeburn block this afternoon. He won. I thought I still had a few years before he was going to be thrashing me. Sadly no. he won fair and square. I had nothing left when we turned up Autumn Hill and he easily blew by me. Sigh. …
- Those Darned Squirrels
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
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