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It's hot outside. I know this to be a fact for a couple of reasons. First, I've been outside. You can't walk from your house to the mailbox without sweating like you've just finished the Boston Marathon. Second, I know it's hot outside because every person who walks into my office tells me so. More ... I've been busy looking through my toybox to see if any of my favorite toys are on Mattel's recall list. Of course I don't have any of the new toys and my Slinky, Silly Putty and Etch-a- Sketch are so old they won't show up on any recall list. More ... Two more notches... It's hard, real, real hard to find anything positive to say about armadillo. However, I may have something... they're nocturnal! So? You ask. Haven't you been paying attention to the news? It's hot outside! More ... Yeah, it's hot. Bad hot. But it's not that hot yet. The thermometer has toyed with the century mark recently, but we haven't seen the hottest day of the year yet. Not even close. Take my word for it. Experience proves my personal weather prediction system beats computer models, wooly worms or the "Farmers' Almanac" hands down. More ... Dear editor, A few days ago I found a kitten on the sidewalk at the end of Cotton Street. It was dehydrated and very weak. It had laid down on the sidewalk to die. It has a 50 percent chance of survival. I am doing everything I can to save it. To the person who committed this horrendous inhumane act, I have a question for you. Are you an atheist? More ... You've probably heard of Larry the Cable Guy. But what about Glenn the Idea Guy? Glenn is nearly as funny as Larry. He also whips out more big ideas than Larry does one-liners. You're likely to hear more of Glenn in the future. He may be trying to run for governor. More ... This spring, I reminded readers about a 2006 column of mine. That original column warned that America was headed off a cliff with its commitment to a bloated housing market, and that the mortgage industry would come tumbling after. More ... 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 28, 1997 MIKE "Tadpole the Clown" Barnard shared the secret of rope tricks with smiling clown student, Rey Kineard, in a special workshop Saturday sponsored by the Arts Council and the Recreation Department. More ... |
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