on the rack at the used book store – kind of scary
what could it be?
any guesses?
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‘well it’s not secret that the best thing about secrets is telling someone about your secret,
thereby adding another secret to your secret collection of secrets, secretly…’
-sponge bob squarepants
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‘a week is a long time in politics.’
‘harold wilson
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source credit gary larson, the far side
this family has really chosen well.
their new lamp can even walk itself out of the store.
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‘ i like change. a new lamp, a piece of art, can transform a room.’
-Madonna
knight in blue steel on four wheels
fixing a lot
now this is my kind of knight.
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‘We are no longer the knights who sa,y Ni! We are now the knights who say, Ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoom-boing!’
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-quotes from The Office, NBC TV
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beckley park, ann arbor, mi, usa – summer 2025
a small sampling of some of the things that Pete the Cat
has taken into his lair and placed in his special box
sparkly pipe cleaners, a kitchen sponge, a sheep (now just a shaved body),
and a stuffed animal shaped like a peanut
but now
I have to ask:
‘hey, Pete, where’s my shoe?’
I woke up with one of my Birkenstocks
next to my bed
sometimes when I’m sitting down and wearing them
he takes one off of my foot
carries it around
so I have no idea where he found that one
wonder where the other one is
I looked everyhwere
finally
hours later
he casually walked into
the living room
carrying it and setting it down on the rug
no big deal
he must have another secret hiding place
where he keeps the rest of his stash
I wonder what else is missing?
‘my dear, i’m a cat. everything I see is mine.’
source: the red pyramid
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Below are a few funny comments from people on reddit about cats stealing things:
Does anyone else’s cat steal socks and carry them around the house? I found four
just yesterday and decided to try to sock shame her. I’m sure she was unfazed.
when i sit in my stylist’s chair
she asks me what i’d like to have done
i’m pretty casual and relaxed about my hair
looking to my right
I say
well, actually the exact opposite
of whatever is going on
with the woman’s head in the mirror next to us
and i’ll be happy, thanks.
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‘happiness is meeting the right hairstylist.’
-author unknown
in a meeting with a group organizing a series of upcoming events
I was casually chatting with a friend sitting next to me
my hands were part of our conversation
as is my habit
(being half Italian after all)
the leader called on me
thinking I had raised my hand
to volunteer for something
(no idea what it was)
so i quickly blurted out:
” sorry, I was talking and tend to talk with my hands,
but I don’t want to actually volunteer for that, am I in trouble?”
which got a good laugh, as they are all quite good-spirited
(sudden flashback to my student days, not sure why I blurted that out?)
he took mercy on me and let me off the hook but it was a bit awkward.
I pictured myself accidentally volunteering
to be sent to the moon or enlisted in the army or?
‘i often find myself in situations where it seems to me
like everyone else has read the instruction book.’
-jeff lindsay
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photo credit warner brothers, private benjamin 1980, goldie hawn
just another day spent
keeping my community safe
by fighting off a few t-rexes.
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author note:
(yes, I nerdishly looked up the plural for t-rex,
but do think I invented the word, nerdishly)
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“we are all here for a spell. get all the good laughs you can.”
-will rodgers
get your bonnet on and bake your cake, easter is coming!
‘creative people don’t have a mess, they have ideas lying around everywhere.’
-lori mcnee
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image credits: pinterest
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