imagine my delight
when discovering this spring baby giraffe
in the woods near my home
i had no idea that they were native to michigan.
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“however much you know giraffes, to see one in the wild for the first time feels prehistoric.”
-jane goodall
this really has put a damper on my plans.
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“plans are things that change. “
-fujio cho
that moment when you see your pilot
looking a bit world weary
after taking a spin
on the last chance
wheel of fortune
before boarding the plane.
—
“confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.”
-virgil
(united airlines 1st class – 747 flight in the 70s)
—
after booking an upcoming flight
i may have a few misplaced hopes and expectations
that this will be my experience in the air
—
“let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.”
-ryunosuke satoro
happy groundhog day – at last it all makes sense!
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image credit: quotesgram
who is scam likely?
an old friend from elementary school?
someone i went to camp with?
an indy band?
someone i met at a carnival?
sam likely’s twin?
i’m not sure, but scam calls me often
he/she must feel rejected
as i never take their call.
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“cats have a scam going- you buy the food,
they eat the food, they go away;
that’s the deal.”
– eddie izzard
not me, but the same look i get when i realize i’ve forgotten a part of my only joke, yet again.
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i love to tell stories, laugh, talk, improv, and share amusing tid-bits
but for the life of me
i absolutely cannot tell a joke
forgetting a line
mixing up the order
messing up the punchline delivery
all that
and
i only have one joke
and that’s no joke.
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“i don’t know how to tell a joke. i never tell jokes.
i can tell stories that happened to me… anecdotes.
but never a joke.”
-lucille ball
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image credit: pinterest
“the present is the ever-moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. in that lies hope.”
-frank lloyd wright
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wishing you a happy new year, when midnight arrives in your part of the world
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art credit: dan reynolds
for those who may be unsure
i’m going to just go ahead and say it:
a stop sign in not meant to be a suggestion.
(good thing there’s a backup here for a second chance to get it right)
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‘if you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
-orson welles
not me, nor anyone in my family, but i love the spirit of ‘pocket pancaking’
all families are unique, with their own quirks, traditions, and ways of communicating – and the holiday season often serves as the perfect showcase for these interconnected elements. so when tonight show host, jimmy fallon asked his viewers to tweet funny examples using hashtag #myfamilyisweird, the responses did not disappoint. one person shared their relatives’ tradition of hiding leftover pancakes in each other’s pockets, while another posted a photo of a ‘hideous hand-me-down elf ornament their mother keeps trying to throw away each year, but hilariously ends up back on the tree. customs we cultivate with our kin can do more than just make us laugh, studies have long shown that establishing family routines and rituals positively benefits our health, relationships and well-being.
does your family have any unusual traditions? in my family we had a super creepy automotron mange-y looking furry toy cat that kept coming back. we bought it for a visiting grandie and just thought it was an ordinary stuffed animal, but what we soon discovered was that it would move or make noise at random times. people who received this gift ending up reporting that they kept in their garage or basement or closet, because it creeped them out so much. even with all that, they housed if for a full year, just for the opportunity to ‘gift it’ to someone else in family at the next christmas gathering. people went to great lengths to disguise it when wrapping, so the recipient would let down their guard and open it. we gifted it back and forth to each other for many years, until one year it just disappeared….
“remember as far as anyone knows we’re a nice, normal family.”
— homer Ssmpson
I didn't have my glasses on.... 