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I don't know if it is a weak faith or weak mind, but I get spooked easily.  The dog and I walk past Datsko Park most every morning and it is a small, light-less place that cast shadows and the occasional reflection of something.    It is my Kitschland equivalent to Emerald City's South Lagoon. I try to keep looking forward instead of fixating on the place.  But every so often there are things that happen that still make your hair stand on end.  







And if that wasn't enough for this morning jaunt, we encountered a stray dog that didn't like us walking on the sidewalk outside a deserted health complex.



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Two words that don't go together:

New tradition.



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Because my body seems to have two of most everything, my new ENT guy, Dr. Saeks (I call him Mercy) has given me two tubes, in both ears.  Cool.  Twice as many trips ( and co-pays) to get them replaced.  And if that's not enough, I remain nasal polyp free.


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Warning:  Political Stuff Ahead

Yes, I know I promised no politics.  But I am warning you here.  Let's call it: 


"Stuff You Won't Know If You Watch Fox"

Funny #1 

When a White House reporter asked Trump about Western liberalism after the Great Wars, last week, poor Trump didn't have a clue what it meant and launched into a diatribe about Democrats on the West Coast, specifically Los Angeles and San Francisco. 



He didn't have a clue what the question was.


Funny #2

NBC News reporter Kristin Welker asked Trump what he thought of court-ordered busing to integrate schools in the '60's, '70's, and '80's.  

Trumps response was, "...there's so many ways you can get to school."

Trump thinks busing is literally the way kids get to school.  He refers to himself as a stable genius.  He might just get another 4 years. God Bless America.



OK, It's safe to come out again.  No more politics.


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I think I have it in me to be an ice cream in-store-container-licker copycat.



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We seem to spend a lot of time telling other nations they can't have nuclear weapons.  Is it patented?  What gives us the right to tell North Korea or Iran that they can't have one but every permanent member of the United Nations has them?  Just asking.


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Stowaway.  Made it from my place to Kenzie's. There were three other vids, but YouTube is screwed up all of a sudden.  

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Making slime yesterday.

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