tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132159692012-01-01T09:07:51.865-05:00Fourth Dwarf's Place for Solitary Reflection4th Dwarfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078187712957062528noreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13215969.post-50036536822669290892007-09-21T00:42:00.000-04:002007-09-21T00:45:58.417-04:00

A Google Poem for the Irregulars:Maybe everything would be all right if everyone realized that the goal of schools capable of wasting no human talent is eminently worth pursuingMaybe everything would be all right if the public just realized the nobility of the goal it has set for the schoolsMaybe everything would be all right if Terrell Buckley wore liftsMaybe everything would be all right if he

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I don't deserve to put pen to paper. I don't deserve my middle class status I don't deserve to be strung along.I don't deserve to participate in any event of oral cleansing. I don't think that I deserve to stay married to youI don't deserve the life I have. I don't deserve the trees. I don't even deserve the rain on my face, which I felt today,I don't deserve to be lovedI don't deserve youI don't

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I haven't been posting because I began posting on two other blogs.I haven't been posting because I haven't uploaded any food pictures and a blog is just so much more exciting with food pictures.I haven’t been posting because my girlfriend and I have been debating about whether this color I used as a background for a form on a webpage is yellow or pink.I haven't been posting because I've been

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What really matters is whether that particular client will give a recommendation...What really matters is: did we had fun?What really matters is that we find a way to educate students who face much bigger problems than the vast majority of kids here can even imagine. What really matters is how a company executes the every day tasks of serving their customers and clients.What really matters is the

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I have lost and gained weightI have lost all of the motivation I once hadI have lost count the number of times I have laughed almost to the point of collapse at work and said to myself "I must put that on the blog". I have lost my voiceI have lost five days I have lost 20GB of family picturesI have lost core strength, flexibility and stamina in just a couple of weeksI have lost my Search optionI

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I'd like him better if he were my friendI'd like him better if his sig said HeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeI'd like him better if he spelled his name rightI'd like him better if he brought you backI'd like him better if he didn't ponce about so muchI'd like him better if he didn't punch me out every time he saw meMaybe I'd like him better if his name was Jake ForkI'd like him

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I want more than just a blog.Because I want more than just milk!I want more than just Wal-Mart. I'd like some larger department stores.(I want more than just summer, I would take Fall too)That used to be enough for me, but lately, I want more than just the physical.In other words I want more than just good design, I want cutting edge technology as well.Do I want more than just sex?I want more

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Old is the New NewYellow Is The New BlackVegetarian is the New PriusParenting is the New Blackthe Holocaust is the new medium of resistanceSmall is the New Big"One Ford" is the new "Bold Moves"Divorce Risk is the New Market RiskPreppy is the new hipsterAwake is the New SleepSausage is the new baconspring is the new fallThursday Is The New FridayTom Cruise is the New Christ?Free is the new

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I blame The Patriarchy I blame you Federer. There are good players out there, but I don't want to watch them after seeing you play so magnificently. I blame Condi... I blame the plastic I blame her or my long hair… I blame it on Valerie I blame men for it, and especially white men, but the patriarchy in general ... I blame xes for my constant backache I blame it

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I'm sorry, but I'm just thinking of the right words to say.I'm sorry, but there are no other rooms available tonight.I’m sorry, but PHP sucks!I’m sorry, but BitTorrent is still a den of thievesI'm sorry, but this is impossible.I'm sorry, but I'm skeptical that they care about the team,I'm sorry, but I don't know where to put thisI'm sorry, but the world's still roundI'm sorry, but I really sort

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Here's my new Google poem, culled from this search:don't want to talkI don't want to talk about her to my family or friends.I don't want to talk about the weather, I don't follow sports, I don't know anything about cars and very little about computers.I don't want to talk about:that book;guy on guy rape;the trial;McDonald;the law;the Beach House;the federal leadership;something I don't know;my

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You know I love making things and I love a groovy beat, so Spins'n'Needles is my kind of fun. This month it was especially crowded. Maybe because it got Make'd this week.They gave us clocks to decorate and I set to turning mine into a representation of the Vendetta II on a 60-second circular orbit of a small planetoid.Between my difficulties getting an even coat of paint and all the people there,

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It occurred to me this afternoon that "let's assume that i agree" would be a good line for a song. So I googled it to see if some hack in Nashville had beaten me to it. Looks like, no. And google had so many great things to go with the sentence that I cut and pasted them into this lyric. Now I just need a tune.let's assumelet's assume that i agreewith that, toowith everything Jesus saidthat there

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I had my first internet dream last night. I'd opened the Fifth Muse's blog and above her Well, it is time for a break posting, there was a new posting. It was completely different from her previous postings because it had buttons to download podcasts.The podcasts were recordings of her and R. The first one ran 90 seconds and it became clear as it played that it was R and 5M at marriage class. I

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The rumours are true!An all sock-puppet version of the story of 5M and R is in production. An inside source at the studio sent me this advance artwork of the poster.Exactly which celebrities have been signed to do voices is cloaked in secrecy. However, Ed the Sock has refused to deny rumours that he will be playing "the Dude".

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Sad news for the Muse today. ["The Importance of Bling"]Does anyone have R's address? Perhaps we should chip in and get UPS to deliver him a Princess Diana (only $60US). Or would we need her ring size?There's nothing wrong with cubic zirconia!

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The noisy officemate looked promising. Father Joe might still come through on the marriage classes. But the only thing that I've been able to think about is that blue lingerie from Mom for the wedding night.

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It's taken everything I have to hold off on posting. Surely, I thought, if any news would bring Aggie and Conchie out of their shells (ha! get it?) it would be the news of Musie's pending nuptials. Alas, the lasses simply won't be drawn out.Of course, we've all been wondering, what's going on? What is it that she's not been talking about? Will it be the sort of news that means her blog will

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On February 4th, they're going to toss a spacesuit loaded with a radio transmitter out the airlock of the International Space Station to create a new satellite. [link]It will float in space broadcasting a signal that ham radio operators will be able to receive with cute little surprise messages. Until its orbit decays in about six weeks and it burns up in the atmosphere.Meanwhile underprivileged

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Our friend the 5M is not usually known for subtlety, but we have to credit her this week with drawing the Coyote out of his lair. All she had to say was "Poets have also seemed particularly pretentious to me, so that I don't want to count myself among them..." [link] and our furry friend hopped out like one of those bunnies he always talks about with two comments that illustrated her point.

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Friends, I've been at a loss. What to say about that dastard R? With his wandering eye and unsupportive ways.But today in my inbox, it's a new issue of Coaching Compass with these tips on love from Jackie Black. (Not to be confused with actor Jack Black.)Here are 3 Simple and Loving Behaviors to remember and use: Listen with your heart. Tell your partner that he or she matters to you and

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Now, now, Coyote, there's poor Musie sleeping alone pining for companionship and you go suggesting that cats are better for eating.Why just last week a cat named Tommy in Columbus, Ohio called 911 when his owner fell out of his wheelchair. [story]On top of that, some of 5Ms old regulars had started to come back thinking the ESIs were all dead. But why is 5M sleeping alone? Are she and R on a

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Here's this week's advice from Milana Leshinsky who is with the life coach people:There is a fine line between being a successful coach and being a shameless self-promoter. No offense to Debbie Allen (author of Confessions of Shameless Self Promoters), but those coaches who shamelessly promote their products and services are secretly regarded as peddlers of hype, spam, and B.S. The Fine

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No need to go to Montreal, Canadian Tire has the Foldaway BBQ [Product# 85-1020-4] for $19.99:And if it gets him cooking like a man, so much the better.

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Holy frig! "You can't be all things to all people, 5M," I said, "Maybe you should let the soup lovers go."She's decided to focus on a niche with a vengeance and gone after the soup lovers. And not your Campbell's or Heinz soup lovers. No Knorr packs for the Muse. Oh, no, it's spagetti squash with red peppers or roasted red peppers with blue cheese and balsamic vinegar, black olives,

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I've not been passing on the weekly coaching advice. I apologize for that. This week we have:Focusing On Your Niche Discovering and capitalizing on your niche can be the single most powerful concept you develop for your coaching practice. Defining your area of expertise and marketing that to the world differentiates you from your competition and allows you to operate from a position of strength

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Have you ever had that feeling that your safety tether has snapped, you're out of reaction mass, your transponder has failed, you're slowly drifting away from the only source of oxygen within a million miles of vacuum in every direction, and flapping your arms ain't gonna help?I've had that feeling. But I'm still here. Things worked out.

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Great news from 5M today: She's not going to see M for a while. She's decided it's better that way. Amen.Meanwhile, R is not respecting her feelings. He's doing the staring at other women thing. Looking right over Musie's head while he does it, too.I know exactly what she's talking about.Well, not exactly. None of my girlfriends have been big on staring at men while they were with me. A few were

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I'm struck by yesterday's posting from 5M. She's chided me in the past for suggesting that depression might be a factor in her life. Yet it seems that a problem that is costing her $50 a month has made her unable to write in her blog. My mind leaps to depression as the reason this makes her not write, but perhaps it's red hot anger? $50 a month is worth paying attention to, I'll agree, but making

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Where is the wee she-demon? Silence since Thursday. What was bothering her and keeping her awake at night? Where on that big blue ball are my old friends Agatha and Conch Shell? Are they even alive? When Musie says "A work of post-modern/feminist/colonial fiction" is it "postmodern, postfeminist, and postcolonial fiction"? Or does the "post" only go with the modern? If it's the one where

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I pretty much always like Musie's poems, but I don't generally say anything, because I figure my reviews fall in the "don't know much, but know what I like" category. So I don't say much about Coyote's poems either, even though I like them too.The other night I ran into Coyote at the Cantina and he brought up the poem 5M wrote on November Sixth. (The one with the "your leg against my thigh and

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Remember Agatha? She had that way of cutting right to core of a topic.

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It's been a long time since I've shared a tip from the Life Coach people. I still get them every week. This week it's Misconception Busting on Websites:Misconception #1 If I create a website that will appeal to everyone, I’ll get more clients.The Better Approach: Create a website that is designed to attract one distinct target market.Misconception #2 If I start by surfing other coach’s websites I

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It looks like Musie is trying out for the Chair's Blog with her latest piece on relationship stages.I find it interesting that she sees the 3 month mark, which will be Jan. 7th, aswhen you determine whether or not you are in love or have the potential to have a long-term, committed relationship.I'm sure some of you are thinking exactly what I'm thinking: Jan. 7th? That's less than a month before

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It's been an eventful week for the muse. This morning she writes of saying farewell to the kitties. Breaks my heart, it does. I'm tempted to swoop over to the Humane Society and take those little critters home myself. But a space capsule is no place for a cat. Mice, hamsters and monkeys perhaps, but cats need gravity.I just had a look at the Humane Society's Adoption page. Lily and Simon don't

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I'm sure we all wish 5M well on her trip to New York. It's a good long car ride. And New York is an intense place to be.Am I the only one who is worried that if this trip goes well, we may have a far less interesting read ahead of us?

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It is delightful to hear the Muse in her current state. "Entirely intoxicated"! Just what she needs for these cold, dark days.I wish my old crew-mates were around to enjoy this delightful news. Which reminds me of something odd I discovered yesterday.I was out looking for other bloggers interested in outer space, the solar system and planetary bodies when I came across this site called Singing

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Oh, dear, it looks like R and the Dude have an X-factor. Always an interesting situation that X-factor. There's the Seinfeld episode where Jerry finds out his new girlfriend used to date Newman. To Jerry, someone who could have dated Newman couldn't possibly be right for him.That's not quite the situation 5M has. For her it's R used to date X, and X used to date the Dude. If X could like the Dude

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...I like talkin’ about you, you, you, you usually, but occasionallyI wanna talk about me!Toby Keith, I Wanna Talk About Me lyrics Official siteFor 5M this is a problem with men, for Toby Keith it's a problem with women. So why don't they ask questions. Here are some possible answers: They think they know all the answers anyway: In their mind, they've got you figured out already. You look and

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Remember that unresolved issue I had? I've resolved it. I'm turning my back on the sea and setting my sights on the stars.There are rumours that I'm not the only ESI to have survived the disappearance of the Vendetta. (I'm not at all sure she sank.) Good news if true.Musie has been busy with her re-focussing.R was getting to be too good to be true, but now we've seen the tip of the iceberg with

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Dear me. If only Aggie and Conchie hadn't gone missing in the hurricane. They know all about these "alternative" therapies. I've had excellent results with physiotherapy on my lower back, especially when I do the exercises they told me I should do. But physiotherapy is mostly evidence-based (I say mostly because I don't think there's a lot of support for those electro-vibrator suction cup things

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Back on Thursday, 5M suggested that Nice Guys:...never put themselves down, as though fishing for reassurance and putting you down at the same time,...Saturday, she told us:The Dwarf always seemed to see me as particularly dreary, whereas most people who know me in person seem to find me funny. She also gave us a quote from Linda Hutcheon on the use of irony. (The quote uses expressions that I

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Early this morning at 2AM, the Fifth Muse was asking herself many questions. I wonder if she's noticed this sign in front of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, just across the street practically from the Bridgehead.And now here's the Chair, ready to wade into the "nice guy" issue with her.It's interesting that neither Bob nor the Chair seem able to measure up to the standard that Musie has

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Had some trouble parsing the Muse this morning. I couldn't find yesterday's Ian Brown column in the Globe. I imagine it would have helped explain what she means. how incommensurate to compare the visual consumption of women's naked bodies to that of unadulterated curiousity about difference.incommensurate: adjective, (often followed by 'with') not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a

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All I remember is stumbling in the dark below decks, a crashin' thump on the back of me' skull and I awoke in a stormy sea, with a carpet bag lashed around me neck fer a life preserver.I floated fer several days. Me only sustenance a tin o' lemon squares in th' carpet bag. When I began to give up hope of ever seeing land again, a US Coast Guard cutter rescued me. I'd a fine time convincin' them

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Creating harmonic music with others is a transcendental experienceWorking with others forces you to listen more carefully and pay attention to your tuning, rhythm and tone. This deepens your appreciation for music and makes you improve. Having a deeper appreciation for music will add to the pleasure you experience every day.Improving at something so worthwhile will give you pride and a sense of

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All right, so I missed the audition weekend, but I've still got a chance to get my gnarly self in the Pirates of the Caribbean. Or at least my gnarly hands:Johnny Depp’s hands too girly for a ‘Pirate’!London: Fans may consider Johnny Depp a ‘macho man’, but according to the producers of his upcoming movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, the actor’s hands are so ‘girly’ that they have to search for a

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So this Coyote is behind a bush relieving himself when a prairie dog comes along. "Say," asks the Coyote, "does shit stick to your fur?""Oh, yeah," says the Prairie Dog, "big time."So the Coyote picks up the Prairie Dog and wipes his arse with him.There's a version of this story where a bear asks the same question of a rabbit and the rabbit says no and the bear uses the rabbit as toilet paper.

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Y'know, although I could use a longer summer break and have been enjoying life at the salt mine, I'm looking forward to my last year at Pirate School.Here are the courses I've signed up for in the fall semester:SHIP ORGANIZATIONS: There are many different choices in organizational structure with a ship. My ideal is the democracy of a pirate ship with every pirate taking their fair share of the

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The Amazon took me to the Loblaws this afternoon. In one of my favourite aisles, the one where they keep the giant cans of tomatoes and the big bags of walnuts, they also keep big bags of pitted dates. An urge suddenly came over to me to make date squares. This is remarkable for a number of reasons: I don't bake (unless you count lasagna); I've never made date squares or any other kind of dessert

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Yes, I missed the audition for the pirate movie. The car broke down on the way and I wound up kidnapped by circus folk. When BlogAdmin realized I'd gone 16 hours without checking in to the ESI site, he knew something was wrong. It took him until Monday morning to track me down and rescue me.

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My top 3 Talking Dog jokes: Number 3:These two horses are talking to each other about feed. "For stamina, I really like oats.""For my part," says the second horse, "I like alfalfa for a burst of speed in the home stretch."Before the first horse can reply, a dog pipes up from a corner of the stable, "hey, have either of you guys tried beef?"The first horse turns to the second horse with big wide

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It looks like my ship is coming in

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My favourite postings of the Chair: The story of M Bonus comment from: The Independent Alvina Ruprecht ObserverDorothy and Judy Fine scholarship, well illustratedTop 6 reasons why the 5M hasn't posted of late By J.P. Sartre The Chair at his urbane wittiest 5M, where are you? Great photoshop wit Of Heisenberg and 5M's behaviour One of the Chair's most influential piecesHard Wired for the Artist

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Now that the Chair is gone, I figure it's all right for me to reveal he was a plaid recliner.

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the messy hair;arrives late at meetings, draws pictures, colours them in, leaves early;carries unlicensed equipment;doesn't participate in the coffee fund; buthas an excellent relationship with the receptionists and cleaning staff;socks might not match;moves his own computer, doesn't call IT;showers alone;looks good on a Vespa; andgets the job done.

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So I was thinking of checking out the security software available from Rogers Yahoo.Thought I should actually read the EULA first. Here's one of the things I'll be agreeing to if I click "I accept":b. You represent and warrant that YOU WILL NOT:vi. use the Yahoo! Software to operate nuclear facilities, life support or other medical equipment, manufacturing or construction equipment, weapons

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Spent half an hour at Canadian Tire in the automotive section looking for products recommended at Cool Tools. Couldn't find any of them. Finally asked a clerk. She located all three within a few minutes.So when I went to the tool section, as soon as I saw a guy in a red shirt, I said, "drill bits?" Then after I got set up there, "drywall anchors?"I'm telling you it's the way to go.Mind you, it's

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Last evening when I got home from the salt mine, I noticed some fresh dandelion leaves beside the stump outside my cave.Plucked them, rinsed them, put them in a bowl, added some salad dressing from a bottle in the icebox and ate them.Tasted okay and no ill effects.I realized half-way through that if I did have ill effects, I'd have to still try them again because the salad dressing in the icebox

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The sweet receptionist is using my coffee now. She's just not using enough.

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When somebody famous says "Nicely done" for something your secret identity did, your public identity can't put the quote on the back of a book.Mysterious gaps in your resume.The answer to "how are you?" is always complicated.So is remembering all your passwords.Different allergies.

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I wheeled past the Lady Dive up in Confederation Square today. It takes all I can do to not yell at the tourists, are you crazy?What do you think, could we get a web mob together some day? All along their route people could yell things like get off the bus! and don't do it! and we could carry signs with messages like Remember the Lady Duck!".

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To get away from the coffee situation (let's not talk about it, enough to say, I failed to make the switch yesterday) I had lunch at the Shawarma Queen. My first time there. Of course I've been to the Shawarma King. The Elgin and the Bank Street both. And at the Bank Street Shawarma King I learned that they were owned by the same people. Along with the Shawarma's King further north. (The

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"I made coffee again," she said. "How was it yesterday?"And with 89 days still to go to Talk Like a Pirate Day, I merely said, "it was fine." But I've got a plan. Mix some Nicaraguan Dark with her unpalatable blend and see if it perks it up tomorrow. (Ha, get it? "perks it up"? I'll have to save that for my pun-loving friend Coyote.)Meanwhile, it's good to see the wee ducklings practicing up for

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Got some good news this morning. Seems next year I'll be working an upper tunnel. So stopped at the Bramasole for a celebration breakfast. Great western sandwich, great homefries, terrible coffee.So here at the Salt Mine, was all set to mix up some Nicaraguan Dark Roast, but one of the other miners had made coffee already. "Help yourself," she said. Couldn't see a way to pour her stuff down the

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know all the words to Barrat's PrivateersC'n rrreally rrroll my arrrsHave used a cutlassand fired a pistolcould double as ship's cook when not actually piratingnot much experience with wenching but willing to give it a trynor with that card game with the pairs and the flushies but also willing to learnvery good with mapspassed my swimming testexcellent sneer

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Cowboys have better songsSo do sailorsand train engineers (but not accountants, managers, or lawyers, so make that #11 on Why Mining is fun)Heat and humidityNot enough showersWhen rats get in, you never get them outThose poor wee canariesNo herbal tea in kitchenetteNo kitchenetteSomeone blowing up a paper lunchbag and smashing it to make a loud bang behind the guy who survived the methane

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poisoned apples raretunnels echo nice for singing and whistlingexplosivespickaxeshelmet lampsno earwigsno talk radiopolitician visits rarebig bootscool rocks

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