On the weekend I washed walls and Scott sanded and primed them in preparation for painting. Here he is, hard at it.

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When Cathy was a kid, in the days when Mao Tse Tung was in the news perhaps, they had a cat they called Mousie Tongue.

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Was doing the last Tibetan Rite, the “dog stretch” repeated 13 times, when Everett started telling me about my brother Cameron’s purchase of a computer and how he calls Gord all the time for help figuring out how to operate its programs. Everett repeats the conversations word for word and I collapse on the floor, laughing till I cry. Everett worries at first that he’s “killing” me. Every time he imitates Cameron— incredulous, confused, complaining about how his computer works, or doesn't work— it cracks me up.

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This ad is now showing in Norway (thanks Pat). Ladies, take your calcium!

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It's 20 degrees Celsius today, and too nice to be indoors. I must go out.