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Jan 11
Overheard: 28 yr old women
Chick #1: do you say the word ‘hiccup’ when you hiccup? Chick #2: yes.
Jan 07
Quotable: G. K. Chesterton
“Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde.”
Jan 04
Review: Bates City Café
Heather and I stopped in at the Bates City Café last week. Having lived in Bates City for one miserable year, I try to avoid the town. However, since the gas station became a Valero franchise it’s really the quickest way to stop and get gas between Kansas City and Concordia. When Heather and I …
Dec 27
petticoat government
n. A government by women, especially at home. “…instead of being a subject to his Majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States. Rip, in fact, was no politician; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him; but there was one species of despotism under …
Dec 20
Adorable
We just got our Christmas card from my friend Kaleb and Mrs. Kaleb. Of course it has a picture of their baby on it. They have the World’s Most Adorable Baby, and they don’t want you to forget it. Every few months they find some occasion to send out a new card: Our New Baby! …
Dec 15
Overheard: 32 yr old male
“How much caffeine is in that Excedrin? ‘Cuz I am trippin’ out right now! I never do caffeine!”
