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Salient Insights, Vol. 1

December 02, 2006

1) If there are four or more plastic-wrapped newspapers lying on your house's walkway, you are either:

a) away, and on the outs with your neighbors;

b) away, and a very poor planner;

c) or dead inside your house, and no one has bothered yet to check. Perhaps because you were on the outs with your neighbors.

2) Dogs which bark at intruders but not passers-by are much more impressive to me than those which bark at both.

3) Scientific research shows that no less than eight of ten "book discussion groups" are either a forum for women to complain about men or for liberals to complain about conservatives.

4) Cupcakes are overrated. Likewise giant muffins.

5) It's only fair that pitchers get steriods, too.

6) It's impossible to make fun of men wearing socks with sandals anymore after you see a tough guy with a military haircut sporting same.

7) If you have children, let them make your Christmas or Hanukkah cards this year.

8) There was quite a bit more to FCC Chairman Newton Minnow's' 1961 cautionary "vast wasteland" speech about television than that celebrated catch phrase.

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Comments:

There is yet one more assumption to be made about a neighbor with four or more plastic wrapped newspapers lying on his front sidewalk. Across the street from me a man subscribes to both Seattle dailies, and leaves ALL of them still wrapped out there until Tuesday evening, at which time he gathers them up, opens up the recycle bin, ready for the garbage man Wednesday morning ..and in they go. Yes, week after week, year after year. Nor is he some old coot, either, he's in his late 40's.

Posted by: Lorna at December 3, 2006 02:46 PM
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