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What's in a Name?

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Do you know what a Clerihew is? Light and humorous certainly. It basically consists of "two couplets of unequal length often with complex or somewhat ridiculous rhymes," and it presents a Comic bio-snap of a famous personage or historical charact...

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Changing of the Guard

posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
Friends:

My favorite [only] computer [Damn Thing] is now in its final death throws. While it's been terribly sick these last few months, this past week has been a trying experience, with increases in: freezes, jumping cursor, constant system rest...

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Keeping Up With the Joneses Part Two of Two

posted about 1 year ago, updated 5 minutes later | 0 comments
In case you were wondering, this essay is a continuation of the Jones saga.

James Athearn Jones (1790-1853) wrote as Captain Matthew Murgatroyd: THE REFUGEE (1823,) a two volume romance of the Revolutionary War; TALES OF AN INDIAN CAMP (1829,) th...

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Keeping Up With the Joneses - Part One of Two

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Why must we always “keep up with the Joneses?” Well, why not? They're all around us. Mr. & Mrs. Jones are really Mr. & Mrs. Average, everybody’s neighbors. Jones is the fourth most prevalent name in the U.S. In France, it would be the Dubo...

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My Computer and I - An Endangered Alliance

posted about 1 year ago, updated 3 minutes later | 2 comments
My computer and I don't get along very well. I always thought I was in charge and told it what to do. In actuality, I tell it what to do, and it does whatever it wants---much like one of our teenagers. I've always treated it well. You know: cards,...

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