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Once upon a time Jack received an email addressed to him and many others including his old friend Jill and until this point he had no idea where she was or how to reach her during the past 10 years so he clicked “Reply to All” and then deleted every other email but Jill’s and [...]

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I watched half a movie on the flight yesterday.  It’s not what you are thinking.  I didn’t see only the first hour or the last hour.  It was two hours and I watched for the full two hours.  But my seat had an obstructed view, with the overhead blocking half of the screen.  I believe [...]

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Yes, this is a family website, but I’ll be tame.  It should be a basic rule: never park your car near a store, club, etc. where you would not want to be seen.  Yesterday, as I walked to my car (in the lot across from “Love Jungle”, where really, I was not visiting), a friend [...]

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I can’t draw; my pigs look like dogs.  In every guide to getting a children’s book published (here is one), it is stated that publishers prefer that children’s book authors submit their work without pictures.  The publishers want the job of pairing the authors with illustrators.  I sent my first children’s book, Lawrence the Laughing [...]

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Question.  If you are sitting comfortably on a plane, in your stocking feet, and need to use the lavatory at 30,000 feet, must you put on your shoes?  For one, it can be uncomfortable fitting your expanded feet into your shoes at this high elevation midway through your flight.  More important, does it matter if [...]

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