A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.
CARL SANDBURG
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For her 40th birthday, my wife said, "I’d love to be ten again." So that Saturday, we had a heaping stack of chocolate-chip pancakes, her favorite childhood breakfast. Then we hit the playground and a merry-go-round. We finished the day with a banana split.
"So how did you enjoy being a kid for a day?" I asked.
"Great," she said. "But when I said I wanted to be ten again, I meant my dress size."
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I was feeling pretty creaky after hearing the TV reporter say, "To contact me, go to my Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, or try me the old-fashioned way-e-mail."
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My grandfather was sipping a beer when he confessed to me he’d drunk more than usual the day before. "What’s more than usual?" I asked.
"A case."
"You can drink a case in a day?!"
"Well," he grumbled defensively, "it doesn’t take all day."
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I have no respect for gangs today. They just drive by and shoot people. At least in the old days, like in West Side Story, the gangs used to dance with each other first.
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My sister and I decided to reframe a favorite photograph of our mother and father from when they were dating, some 60 years ago. After removing the picture from the frame, I turned it over, hoping to find a date. I didn’t. Instead, my mother had written, "128 lbs."
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"How was your blind date?"
"Terrible! He showed up in a 1932 Rolls-Royce."
"What’s so terrible about that?"
"He was the original owner."
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Even at age 88, my mother was vain about her looks. At a party, an old friend exclaimed, "Edith, you haven’t changed in 20 years."
"Oh," said Mom, horrified. "I hope I didn’t look like this 20 years ago."
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The biggest loser at my weight-loss club was an elderly woman. "How’d you do it?" we asked. "Easy," she said. "Every night I take my teeth out at six o’clock."
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I’m bald–well, balding. I like to say "balding" because it sounds more productive. And I don’t like to say I’m losing my hair, because that makes it sound like had I been more responsible, this wouldn’t have happened. "Where’s your hair?" "I lost it. You know me. Where are my keys?"
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After I bought my mother a compact-disc player and some CDs, she was excited to discover she no longer needed to rewind or fast-forward tapes or move the needle on her record player.
Knowing she was not that technically astute, I called her a few days later to see how she was managing. "Fine. I listened to Shania Twain this morning," she said.
"The whole CD?" I asked.
"No," she replied, "just one side."
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A nurse friend of mine took a 104-year-old patient for a walk in the hospital corridor. When she got him back to his room and sat him down, he took a deep breath and announced, "That was great! I don’t feel a day over 100!"
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Her class assignment was to interview an "old person" about his life, so my niece asked me, "What was the biggest historical event that happened during your childhood?"
"I’d have to say the moonwalk," I replied.
She looked disappointed. "That dance was so important to you?"
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Good morning everyboomie.
Today is the last work day of this week. Won't ever be another one. Gone forever.
I'll never have another chance to work that day.
Do you ever think about when this world ends.....maybe it's destroyed.....maybe human life is just wiped out completely......but for whatever reason, it's all over. That every thing that society held up as so valuable, that people sacrificed their hard earned money for, or fought for and sacrificed their lives, or lied or cheated for, or killed for, is just gone. The gold and other valuable minerals, and all the gemstones like the Hope diamond. The crown jewels of England. Fort Knox. The most prime real estate in the world. The biggest mansions. The most valuable cars. The nicest clothes.......or tennis shoes. Either all of it has been destroyed with the rest of the world, or there are a lot of roaches living the high life.
We are gone, and whatever your belief is, and wherever you are after that, none of that stuff matters or mattered.
What mattered, what really mattered, is how you treated the people you came into contact with.
Have a happy day everyone.
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Good Morning Joe, Space, Ana and everyone. Joe I agree! Space enjoy! Ana sounds like a full day! Coffee and tea are ready. Wishing everyone a great day! 
