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    Laugh A Little

    … on new lights (not so simple)

    This light’s not mine This light is new The old one broke (By you know who). A ball kicked high A ball kicked low... Read More

    Tags: soccer, poem, poetry, empty nest, kids leaving home, high school graduation, sports

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    Laugh A Little

    … on craze and contemplation; last leaving the nest

    My life has been reduced to piles. And boxes. And more piles. And a list (or seven). This month, Number One Son Sam will... Read More

    Tags: empty nest, humor, college graduation, secrets to happiness, high school graduation, last to leave home, youngest leaving home, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a multimedia behavioral study (ish)

    I just read another one of the bazillion (or so) articles out there that point to the internet or social media or access to a keyboard,... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, nastiness on-line, on-line anger, on-line hostility, musings, comedic writing

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    Think A Little

    … on growing up magic

    Remember the Peter Pan song from the Disney movie version… I won’t grow up I won’t grow up I don’t want to go to... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, kids growing up, childhood magic, growing up, magic, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on the importance of the straight man

    Oh that face. The one on the right. The big one? The one on the left? He just doinked the little one on the... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, joy, New Orleans, NoLA, Audubon Zoo, straight man, Wolf's mona monkey

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    Think A Little

    … on sweet snow… and snow test

    Yesterday morning, JoHn and I woke up and decided to head over to Cafe du Monde.  Our flight didn’t leave until noon, and we... Read More

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    Think A Little

    … on brighter places (and people) test

    I have often found that some of the ‘thats which’ and ‘those who’ have been through the worst imaginable, come out the other side… glowing just... Read More

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    Think A Little

    … on a message from your sponsor

    Dear kids, I see you. Yes you. Growing up. I see you in your ‘in betweens’ – between high school and college, between college... Read More

    Tags: musings, everyday life, family, empty nest, college graduation, advice to adult kids, high school graduation

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    Laugh A Little

    … on sweet snow… and snow

      Yesterday morning, JoHn and I woke up and decided to head over to Cafe du Monde.  Our flight didn’t leave until noon, and... Read More

    Tags: comedy, humor, photography, New Orleans, NoLA, Beignets, Cafe du Monde, dyslexia, musings, learning disabilities, comedic writing, Loyola New Orleans

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    Think A Little

    … on brighter places (and people)

    I have often found that some of the ‘thats which’ and ‘those who’ have been through the worst imaginable, come out the other side… glowing just... Read More

    Tags: musings, photography, New Orleans, NoLA

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    Laugh A Little

    … on clouds in my coffee (and everywhere else)

    Yesterday we boarded a plane to New Orleans, where Number One Son Sam has a big and huge requirement before he graduates from Loyola... Read More

    Tags: musings, humor, photography, cloud photography, clouds, New Orleans

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    Think A Little

    … on spring’s reminder

      This spring morning I awoke to the conversations of a thousand winged beings.  And as I yawned and stretched I realized… This was... Read More

    Tags: spring, musings, poetry, just pondering

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Spanky Baby Jesus

An expletive you can utter any time you need an expletive or you want to express surprise (like, “Jesus H. Christ” or “Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick”). It came about when I misread my friend Katherine’s description of her toilet paper nativity scene, where she noted her ‘sparkly baby Jesus’. Sad. True.

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