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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Sunday Funnies

I can relate.

Posted by Dick Tremayne at 2/22/2009 01:55:00 PM

1 comment:

Kup said...: I'm about as entertaining as an STD....; February 23, 2009 at 4:07 PM

some light reading....

In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose Had It Coming
BY AARON SORKIN -- Huffington Post

IT'S TRUE!!!

Tea parties are for little girls.

Please Keep in Mind

If you're not drinking, you're not paying attention.

Reagan's '80s

(some of us remember)

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1. an excessively or blindly optimistic person.

–adjective
2. unreasonably or illogically optimistic

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