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Chin up, Grindstone - she'd rather you "Smile", the song she requested for her send off luncheon...or perhaps rewatch one of the favorite nitwit movies we saw together, such as Animal House, Blazing Saddles or Bananas. She left the 1st gen iPad to my darlin M. Steele, but would have loved this site and likely reads it in her new home in cyberspace:)

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"Smile, though your heart is breaking...?" Really, Mike, none of my coworkers need to see me ugly cry right here at my desk. Did you make it through the luncheon?

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It was a joy, and her devoted fans lifted us through the event. Many read tributes they had written, or told funny Flo stories. We passed around a guest book so folks could add a recollection, and set up a table of keepsakes for the to take along: favorite recipes, gardening books, costume jewelry, stuffed animals for,the grands, etc. The nicest thing someone said was that she'd have loved the luncheon, had she not been the guest of honor:) Just FYI: we've lost a number of close friends/relatives in recent years and every wake has been upbeat and uplifting. My cousin was a golf pro. His attendees lined up in their best Caddyshack gear, and sequentially drove their 21-ball salute into the bay. It was epic!

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I can do 4 and I am a pop culture dunce so.......hrm

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I had heard somewhere that Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Falcon) had endorsed Trump, and how awkward that project would have been approaching him, turns out he was pulling off sarcasm as well as The Donald. But he still wasn't in the PSA.

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Whoa! It's like the waiter placing a steaming dish of your favorite food in front of you, then whipping it out and pissing all over it. No secret about that sauce!

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It has been said. So let it be written.

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Improv from the Gassy Bowels of Hell.

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Oh, they know he doesn't mean it. And he knows they "know" because they are a bunch of Yuge Rubes.

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And as he pointed out, he is an immigrant with no pants.

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Robert Downey really is a great actor. And this is a brilliant piece. Kudos to Whedon!

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Good People. Many thanks to everyone involved.

This is a watershed moment for the country and there are no do-overs. If the unhinged orange man-baby ends up in the Big Chair, all bets are off.

http://www.nytimes.com/inte...

http://responsiblescientist...

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Maybe a tune would make everyone's earholes feel Moar Better?

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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who is the intended target of this trifle, Trump or his followers? Anyone who is sane understands that the leader is the one who exploits, either willfully or out of ignorance - and unfortunately where there is someone posing as a leader, there you will find followers, either out of fear or attachment so that one's self importance is given meaning, however misguided. Be neither a leader nor a follower. See flattery and insult as the same stupidity. And always leave a tip.https://youtu.be/YPAwrtm-JK8

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Grrrrrr.....

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