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I'm Catch-22. Take the Book Quiz at the Blue Pyramid to find out what book you are!

You're Catch-22!
by Joseph Heller
Incredibly witty and funny, you have a taste for irony in all that you see. It seems that life has put you in perpetually untenable situations, and your sense of humor is all that gets you through them. These experiences have also made you an ardent pacifist, though you present your message with tongue sewn into cheek. You could coin a phrase that replaces the word "paradox" for millions of people.

Another good line

As Good as It Gets is one of my favorite movies. I just watched the last 20 minutes or so and caught a good one-liner: "I'm drowning, and you're describing the water." Melvin says this to Simon when tormented about whether or not to risk it all and pay a late-night visit to Carol to declare his love for her.

That's a good line!

I was for Tia.

I wanted Tia to win the spelling bee so badly! She is so cute and perky! I almost teared up myself watching her miss "opificer". I would have probably spelled it like she did, with a leading "e" instead of the "o".

We didn't even turn it on until about 9:15 and as such missed a lot of the drama. I'd heard that Sameer, the winner, was amusing throughout the day. What was the funniest part to me is all the questions that all the contestants ask! "Are you sure there are no other pronunciations?" "What is the etymology one more time?" "Am I pronouncing it correctly?"

Who would have thought that spelling bees could have so much allure?

Proverbs

Proverbs makes me want to act less foolishly, be more honest, kinder & wiser... and refrain from being a quarrelsome wife! Proverbs says at least a couple of times that it is better for a man to live on the corner of a roof than with a quarrelsome wife!

There are so many beautiful Proverbs:
 - Truthful lips endure forever.
 - A soft answer turns away wrath.
 - A happy heart makes the face cheerful.
 - How good is a timely reply!
 - Commit to the Lord whatever you do.
 - A wise man's heart guides his mouth.

There's a nice prayer in Proverbs chapter 30. I'd heard it before but never realized it was from that particular book: "Two things I ask of you Lord: Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches but give me only my daily bread..." It goes on for another verse or two and really is a meaningful little prayer, much like the now famous prayer of Jabez.

Ride at your own risk!

Gone fishin...

Indiana Jones to the rescue!

Southern Sushi

I had the most interesting and delicious appetizer last night at a party: Southern sushi, and it's my kind of recipe with only three ingredients! Basically, you take a slice of sandwich ham (like Plumrose), spread cream cheese on it and then place two trimmed pickled okras at one end and roll up like sushi. Then, you cut it into sushi-sized slices. Hmm... I wonder where you can get pickled okra? Anyway, the next time I throw a party, my guests will be eating Southern sushi!

Looking good!

Mama had a great day! She got her hair done, which really perked her up, and Charles fed her lunch afterwards. He said she was holding her own fork and even uttered a phrase or two. I'm so happy!

Aluminum Foil Trick

Another tip circulating over email:

"Subject: Reynolds foil box

I didn't know this, did you? Checked my boxes today, and lo and behold, there it is!

I've been using aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great stuff, but sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in the middle of doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.

Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, "Press here to lock end". Right there on each end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a  generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box  of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran wrap roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.

I'm sharing this with my friends that did not know this. I hope I'm not the only person not in the know."