Here are the results of a recent game of Acrostic scrabble between cynnerth  and me.  Scrabble words are in CAPS down the left margin of each poem.

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Really
Embarrassed
Display

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Mouse runs
Around
Zeroing in on
Edam

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Breakfast
Raisin
And
Nut muffins

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Orange
Nightlight

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Muscles
Operate
Van
Everything
Relocating

( More short poems )

I thought this was very interesting.

If you're researching geosciences programs at colleges/universities in US & Canada, check out this page put together by University of South Dakota.

It's a timesaver!!

House chairman temporarily gives up position

By HENRY C. JACKSON – 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Pete Visclosky, the chairman of a powerful House appropriations subcommittee, said Tuesday he is handing off control of a key spending bill, the latest sign his ties to a troubled lobbying firm are weakening his standing in Congress.

The Indiana Democrat's announcement came less than a week after he disclosed that a federal grand jury had issued subpoenas to his congressional and campaign offices and some of his employees as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into a now defunct lobbying firm, PMA Group.

Jacob Ritvo, a spokesman for Visclosky, said he could not confirm when the subpoenas were issued. Later on Tuesday, Ritvo said that Visclosky's longtime chief of staff, Chuck Brimmer, had resigned. He declined to say why or when Brimmer made the decision.

 

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Not of of you offered up another bit of bananas.

pffft.

Guess I'll have to do it myself, then.

My friend jeanerk1 reminded me of a couple of banana songs.

I couldn't not share!


This is one of my favorite banana songs:



And this one, with it's singing bunches, tells it like it is....banana can't grow alone




What banana sketches will you share with me?

cynnerth and I had some fun writing a story while playing Scrabble the past couple of days. This story turned out to be about Escher, Cyn's one-eyed kitty:
(Scrabble words in CAPS)
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My old cat resists taking her medication with the VIGOR and will of a young bobcat.

A pirate bobcat, that is.

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh," she exclaimed through a tightly bound muzzle as I held her mouth shut until the medicine appeared to be gone.

She swallowed.

I hesitated a second before finally loosening my grip.

Escher bounded to the floor as if to escape, but as she approached the door, she stopped short and thREw a disgusted look back at me with her one good EYE that seemed to say, "How could you, you mutinous traitor?"

"You ARE AGILE for an old fart," I laughed. She just twitched her tail with a harumph, stalked out of the room, only stopping for a split second to spit out the pill on the floor.

I looked at the pill.

She looked away from me.

She looked at the pill. It glistened in the sunlight.

As I reached to pick up the pill, she put her paw on top of my hand as if to hold it down.

"Parley?" she queried, still looking away.
( Escher, Fierce Pirate Cat )

I just read a story at NPR.org that amused me.

There was a World Beard Championship competition in Anchorage Alaska yesterday. 

This site maintained by the team from the USA  includes a tutorial on the types of beards commonly groomed. 

Laughed at first at saint_magenta 's place.

( Silliness )

cynnerth  and I played over the weekend.  This was a good game;  I laughed many times.


AVEVA = A two-way street.

KLEW = subtle hint from a child that they aren't doing their spelling homework.

SEATWAX = Lube a luger lathers on their luge.

XNUN = Catholic sister caught making out in the confessional with a close friend.

WEERD = The feeling you get when you type BUSSES and spellcheck wants you to change it to BUSES.( more sniglets )

I've just gone through the first stack of mail that's piled up during my very busy last week. 

I dare say I sigh as I look at this new slew of insurance paperwork waiting for my attention.   But wait!!  There's more!!! waiting my discovery in stacks two and three.

Think I'll go grocery shopping.

( How'd THAT happen? )