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We have family visiting for the weekend, one of whom is my one year old niece. I tried to help keep her occupied at breakfast by giving her a "horsey ride" on my knee. When my kids were little it was a tactic I used quite often, usually while humming the theme to Bonanza which only served to confuse them since they'd never heard of the show. Anyway, I figured some things are timeless and that making my niece feel like a female version of Little Joe would work as well as it did with my kids.

Not so much. She kind of got this glazed look in her eyes, and as soon as I put her down she went running for her mother. I guess I've earned the title of scary uncle instead of fun uncle.
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Disaster One had a seminar in the TAA classroom today and they had a little coffee left over. They put it on my desk hoping it would get me through lunch, but I'm thinking it's not enough.
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It's official: I love Jimmy John's. We order from them quite a lot at our office and they always do a great job. This morning they stopped by and dropped off some free sandwiches to show their appreciation. I say again: I l-o-v-e Jimmy John's.
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Not surprising, unfortunately.
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If you live in an area that’s experiencing a drought you really should
consider hiring me to take a business trip to your area. I truly have
a gift for bringing wet weather with me. Today I’m bringing the
remnants of a hurricane with me to Atlanta. In November. In June I
brought a flash flood with me. To Vegas.

Put it this way: if I was an astronaut they’d find water if they sent
me to the moon or Mars.

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  Sex is one of the major triggers for the baffling medical condition called transient global amnesia in which patients lose their ability to retain immediate memory."

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  I'm telling you if they don't stop doing medical research we're not going to have anything left to do that can't somehow kill you or at least bring you serious harm:

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  Sex is one of the major triggers for the baffling medical condition called transient global amnesia in which patients lose their ability to retain immediate memory."

  (tags: weird interesting)

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  (tags: winston-salem politics religion)

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  (tags: winston-salem commercialrealestate)

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  (tags: nonprofit)

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