Month: September 2016
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Unsuccessful soap ad
You think maybe they had a falling out with their advertising illustrator?
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Laugh tracks
I read an interesting article today on BBC news about the origin of “laugh tracks” for television shows. It’s an interesting read – http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160926-where-does-canned-laughter-come-from-and-where-did-it-go All of my current favorite shows […]
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In the latest Hipster Cat vs. Badger news…
This article was in The Local. My question (besides why I never get to see these badgers and beavers that apparently walk all over town ) is, how did they […]
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Menu with pictures not a hit
I thought I’d start a new thing at home where I make a menu of what we will have for breakfast during the week. Normally the kids love sausage & […]
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My experience in a parallel world
I had a parallel world experience yesterday. I went to pick up my son after school. I walked into his section of classes. After looking everywhere, noting that they had […]
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Important news
This is the only story I felt was worth reading today on CNN. It was far more interesting than tennis injuries and political fighting. More of this please, CNN.
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Our visit to the doctor’s office
My youngest son got a tick in his head this weekend. It was removed by a camp doctor but unfortunately, the head broke off and is stuck. So my son […]
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Butt roll-on with fox scent
I’ve been doing some translating work on beauty products this week and thought I would share with you how tricky it can be at times. This particular company has a […]
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Life NOT better for Brits in the 80s
I’m not talking about Margret Thatcher or the Falklands War. I’m talking about THIS horrible show, watched by British children in the 1980s. A moment of silence please, for the […]
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Everything was better in the …
… insert decade here. I’m sure you’ve gotten one of these emails before, or seen a post on Facebook about how much better it was in the 1950s. “We didn’t […]