Today I feel like a bitter old hag.  Watching stupid chick flicks always brings out the best in me.  It brings me to a place of remembering some things I have heard along the way, from various sources who will remain anonymous.  These statements weren’t pointed at me.  They are statements I have heard […]

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I do love art.  I am quite picky about art.  I like impressionism and realistic art.  I do not like any art with people.  No fruit, no vegetables. 
I love Monet, Jim Booth and David James.  Here are a few pics.
 Houses of Parliament - Monet                     
 
The Storm - Jim Booth (Hurricane Hugo)     
 
Reflections - Jim Booth                               
 
 

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Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal. (1729)
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Will you please stop saying “Irregardless”?  It makes me cringe, and it makes you sound uneducated.
Stop using the word “loose” when you mean “lose”.  You don’t “loose” things unless you are “loosing the cattle.”
Stop ending sentences with a preposition.  It’s not “Who does the bell toll for?”. So why should you butcher the language?
Grocery shopping.  […]

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