How to make the best cup of coffee

June 22, 2026
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☕ I love me a good cup of coffee! But what do the experts say about what the best cup of coffee entails? I did some research. Now, let me go on record and say I do not follow these directions entirely or even mostly. But they're good to know, because hey, one day? I just might take it a bit more...
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You say "naughty" like it’s a bad thingR

January 14, 2013
Don't know what it is that I love about these Anne Taintor Vintage revisited funnies, but they never fail to crack me up. All images from www.AnneTaintor.com, where you...
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What’s on your ideal bookshelf?

January 13, 2013
I've always been a bookworm and love everything about bookstores: shelves of words wise, funny and otherwise. The ability to pick a book up and flip through it,...
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handy reset

January 12, 2013
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Naked people in a theatre

January 12, 2013
Naked people in theatre, a card. Here's what I wonder: What did it take to get people to pose for this? And more to the point: why?What is it supposed to say?...
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Defining beauty

January 11, 2013
Emerson wrote that in 1860, but it has special meaning today, since beauty has become a medically-commercial commodity that he could have never anticipated. It's...
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Death

January 11, 2013
What is there to say?One day I will die. and so wil; he, and you and every one of us under this roof. You must put these things in porportin, MRs. Patmore.--Mrs. Hughes,...
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The god of frolic

January 10, 2013
Riley goes for a ride Held securely in the back seat by me (so no airbag will deploy on sudden stops) with the window open just two inches or so, Riley enjoys a...
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Peace in the house

January 9, 2013
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Heartbreak overload

January 9, 2013
There's so much bad news in the world it's easy to get on heartbreak overload--so many people in pain, hurt in such awful ways. For that reason, I'd purposely avoided...
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Downton Abbey’s back!

January 8, 2013
Those of us in the U.S. are getting Season 3 of Downton Abbey well after the U.K., so lots of spoilers are out and I'm avoiding them like the plague.  I love everything...
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