a smile file, really for private consumption,
                                        but on the web anyway.
                                        don't tell anyone you've found it will you?

Wednesday

I sometimes feel like this, do you?

another moment of insight from Doug Savage


you should go along and follow the link, it's worth 10 minutes of giggling
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Tuesday

Stand true and suck it up


"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
Harriet Beecher Stowe


And that's something to listen to on a daily basis
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Monday

Eliot pops in to see his old dad

Eliot soon after the braces went on
Eliot soon after the braces went on,
originally uploaded by ninefish.
and spent some time here on friday afternoon, I was pleased as punch to see the boy, and had to take a photo of the new braces for posterity. Thanks Eliot

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