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Re: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS - PART TWO, THE DAY BEFORE THE DO
« Reply #210 on: December 23, 2024, 10:04:01 PM »

Eight!
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« Reply #211 on: December 23, 2024, 10:04:03 PM »

Sounds like an ordeal.

It was quite the ordeal!
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Voldemort is basically a middle school girl: he has a locket, a diary, a tiara, a ring, and is completely obsessed with a teenage boy.

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« Reply #212 on: December 23, 2024, 10:06:52 PM »

I was at the computer and everything was going well.....when I was struck with a bout of some kind of sickness.

I have been lying down since 10:30 a.m. and feeling a bit better.

Oh, no! :o Glad you're feeling better, even a bit.
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« Reply #213 on: December 23, 2024, 10:07:39 PM »

I did get a pleasant little check so that was nice.

Cool!
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Voldemort is basically a middle school girl: he has a locket, a diary, a tiara, a ring, and is completely obsessed with a teenage boy.

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« Reply #214 on: December 23, 2024, 10:40:09 PM »

I just read Rodzinskis story about Fred and I’m crying

Thank you… and sorry!
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« Reply #215 on: December 23, 2024, 10:44:19 PM »

Pasta is made for the tuna pasta salad - now to add the tuna, red onions, and some mayo.
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« Reply #216 on: December 23, 2024, 10:44:31 PM »

I enjoyed listening to DR RODZINSKI's story.

Thank you!
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« Reply #217 on: December 23, 2024, 10:44:38 PM »

Page eight has made it's entrance.
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« Reply #218 on: December 23, 2024, 10:44:53 PM »

So it is written, so it shall be done.
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« Reply #219 on: December 23, 2024, 10:45:19 PM »

Catching up after a day down in normal Washington, doing passport stuff for the kids.
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« Reply #220 on: December 23, 2024, 10:45:21 PM »

I took home half my dinner, so I'm eating the other half now.
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« Reply #221 on: December 23, 2024, 10:45:39 PM »

Why not?
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« Reply #222 on: December 23, 2024, 10:45:49 PM »

Sometimes, you just have to do it.
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« Reply #223 on: December 23, 2024, 10:46:00 PM »

Can't let it go to waste.
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« Reply #224 on: December 23, 2024, 10:46:08 PM »

That would be unseemly.
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« Reply #225 on: December 23, 2024, 10:46:23 PM »

I am so ready for this day to be done.
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« Reply #226 on: December 23, 2024, 10:46:32 PM »

SO ready.
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« Reply #227 on: December 23, 2024, 10:46:41 PM »

Ready as can be.
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« Reply #228 on: December 23, 2024, 10:46:56 PM »

Ready as a can of Ready Whip.
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« Reply #229 on: December 23, 2024, 10:47:14 PM »

Ready or not, end the damn day.
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Re: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS - PART TWO, THE DAY BEFORE THE DO
« Reply #230 on: December 23, 2024, 10:48:30 PM »

TOD:

My favorite things about this past year are few, sad to say.   The most memorable positives are my two cataract surgeries which have allowed me to discard wearing glasses for anything (except sun glasses, that is).

Another positive is the truly wonderful tale of Fred written by Rodzinski.  I really enjoyed reading it, and it would make a wonderful feel-good movie with character studies aplenty.

I tried to listen, as well, but it did not sound like his voice to me.  Wasn't that an AI-generated reading?



Thank you for such kind words. If you clicked the FSI green podcast thing at top, it was me. I think the website also has AI read the stories on another spot you might have clicked. A third possibility is I sound very much like AI!
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« Reply #231 on: December 23, 2024, 10:49:01 PM »

Mmm ready whip…
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« Reply #232 on: December 23, 2024, 10:57:16 PM »

Ginny! Amazing news!
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« Reply #233 on: December 23, 2024, 10:57:43 PM »

Happy Birthday to Lord WFO!
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« Reply #234 on: December 23, 2024, 11:02:59 PM »

Ron, wish you could go to Pasadena and work on the float.
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« Reply #235 on: December 23, 2024, 11:04:22 PM »

BK, inexplicable shenanigans! Foiled by humans and technology both!
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« Reply #236 on: December 23, 2024, 11:06:43 PM »

ChasSmith was just a couple Hells short of Ida Lupino in Private Hell #36.
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Re: THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS - PART TWO, THE DAY BEFORE THE DO
« Reply #237 on: December 23, 2024, 11:15:51 PM »

Highs and lows of 2024?
Spent the year writing/editing stories about cemeteries and death care. The pay ain’t great but the schedule is flexible and the staff is nice.

Went on a couple nice trips. Got chased out of a cemetery in Hawaii which is what I get for mixing business with family time.


Managed to lose some weight I might just add back on this week if I’m not careful.

Got a grand niece and grand nephew on the way.

Downs?
Our gas oven is a lemon and we can’t get anyone to work on it, and I don’t know how we’ll get it out of the house ever.
Depressing state of world affairs; I’ll leave it at that.

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« Reply #238 on: December 23, 2024, 11:17:11 PM »

Trying to learn French. Slow and steady.
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« Reply #239 on: December 23, 2024, 11:17:34 PM »

Goodbye, this page.
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