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The neighbor dogs have successfully defended themselves from the horrifying monstrosity that is the Push-Reel Mower. They don’t seem bothered by the electric mower, and I’ve seen them ignore other folks’ gasoline machines… Maybe it has something to do with the whirling, spinning blades at the back. Or maybe it makes a high-pitched squeek that drives them insane. In any case, they were following me along the fence line, barking furiously at the wheels of the thing while I was trying to do some back-yard maintenance. Rather than have them die of an apoplexy, I figured the lawn can wait until they’re back indoors.

My Wife found this:

He’s absolutely right.

I wonder how many characters the blog titles will take? Anyone care to take wagers? I’ve got two more blog entries to guest write, we can make it an experiment!
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Hi all! It’s day 4 of the December blog a day challenge and this is your Sunday guest reviewer boo! I was going to do this theme thing with Christmas and pictures and fancy shmancy artsy fartsy and all that, but it didn’t happen. Instead, I’ve got a couple snaps of what we’re doing this fine Sunday, sort of a day in the life if you will.
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Oh sure, lots of people will say that electricity is the flow of a current through a conductive medium, but it’s all just a hoax. Ask someone who really knows what’s going on and they’ll tell you about the magic smoke.
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Things learned at work today:

There is no need to add the suffix “-palooza” to anything involving database mechanics unless you want your co-workers to snort coffee out their noses.

Especially when a similar effect can be achieved with the slightly more time-tested suffix “-O-Rama”.

In about an hour and a half it’ll be the start of the Origins vacation… Not that I’m counting down or anything. I’m just getting psychologically prepared.
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You know where the Lone Ranger takes his garbage right?

To the dump, to the dump, to the dump-dump-dump!

Yeah. Bad joke. But guess where we went today!
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bold the states you’ve been to, underline the states you’ve lived in and italicize the state you’re in now…

Alabama / Alaska / Arizona / Arkansas / California / Colorado / Connecticut / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Hawaii / Idaho / Illinois / Indiana / Iowa / Kansas / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maine / Maryland / Massachusetts / Michigan / Minnesota / Mississippi / Missouri / Montana / Nebraska / Nevada / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New Mexico / New York / North Carolina / North Dakota / Ohio / Oklahoma / Oregon / Pennsylvania / Rhode Island / South Carolina / South Dakota / Tennessee / Texas / Utah / Vermont / Virginia / Washington / West Virginia / Wisconsin / Wyoming / Washington D.C /

Go HERE to have a form generate the HTML for you.

Just a quick image to share with y’all. I have no idea what’s going on here. It’s a line drawing from a sketch that a doc dropped off. It looks like a bobble headed bottle bodied person with a strange spinal condition. Personally, I think it’d make more sense if the neck was more bent in part ‘A’ and less bent in part ‘B’, but I’m not the one with the expensive letters after my name…