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Post of the Day

So, yes, the Post of the Day is over here. I converted this morning’s Scottsdale Business Association presentation to a blog post. Turned out better than I expected. Longer, too.

Hm. That squib elicited a like from this WordPress blogger, a fellow named Anthony Vicino who writes an engaging book review. If he can emit fiction as entertaining as his reviewing, it surely must be worth checking out his books.

Otherwise quiet on the home front. Spectacularly beautiful day (sorry, you Easterners). Nice doggy walk. No bills in the mail. No burglars in the living room. What more (or less) could anyone want?

The other day Anne remarked that it must be possible to save even MORE dollahs than planned by not visiting a grocery store every week. Ah, but no, argued I: lettuce and other fresh veggies don’t last more than a week in these parts: surely refraining from a grocery visit was IMpossible.

But nay: score 1 for Anne, minus 1 for Funny. I wuz wrong. This morning there was no real reason to visit a grocery on the way home from lovely uptown Scottsdale. I did make a brief run on the gourmet market, but for a non-grocery item. Anne could be right: with careful planning, it may be possible to evade even an ordinary grocery store for ten-day to two-week stretches. Hot diggety!

In other fine news: I just got excused from jury duty, on the Mayo’s say-so. Thank you very much, WonderSurgeon and staff! The alternative was a 90-day extension, which might have been OK, but in fact I have no idea whether I’ll be able to wear a shirt for the entire day by then or not. So that’s good. I guess.

Students are quiescent. So far no one has bellyached (much) about the quizzes I substituted for the reading reviews. Very nice…and it sets me up to have to read a whole lot less drivel.

Meanwhile, a small mystery: in one section only a couple of classmates (of 22) elected to turn in the extra-credit rewrite of the first District-required essay. These things represent 50 extra points — 50% of the value of one of the required essays, a free give-away. Most of the other section returned edited versions of one variety or another. But this bunch: ?????  I have no idea why they didn’t take advantage of such an easy opportunity to rack up free points.

Oh well. That much less to have to read.

And it frees up this evening to work on drafting the Boob Book!

 Dolly: Funny
Talent Scout Dude: Future employer
Auditioners: Freshman comp students

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4 thoughts on “Post of the Day”

  1. I just finished shoveling the latest snowfall from the driveway….all 10+ inches of it…and this AM it’s 9 degrees. So what you describe at your home would be heaven and welcomed with open arms in this neck of the woods. This has been a memorable Winter. Kudo’s on the efforts to limit shopping at the grocery store. We are trying to do the same….our biggest challenge seems to be a “bloated inventory”. So we are trying to use up things before they go bad. Glad to hear you’re starting the book on your journey…of “not having cancer”… Please keep us up to speed how it is coming along.

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