Gardenwife’s Plot

A plot can be a garden, a grave or a story.

Two dollar bills

What a bust the two dollar bill was. I’ll never understand why the feds printed them in the first place. Did they really think they’d catch on? Way to save us space in the old wallets, there. I received the following in an e-mail today and it made me laugh aloud. I’ve run across people […]

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Mutt Madness 2008 continues - the energetic eight!

We just learned that Sarah’s video made the cut! That’s right, she’s now in the Mutt Madness Energetic Eight! Our BIG thanks to everyone who’s voted for her video so far. The competition’s getting fierce now, with several great videos up against hers. The good news is, she’s #2 seed in the competition (I had […]

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David Sedaris’ Stadium Pal

David Sedaris is a playwright and commentator, an NPR favorite of ours on This American Life. We download their podcasts every week and it’s a treat to hear his voice and settle in for a good story. His sense of humor and timing make us laugh aloud. Here’s a video as an example for you. […]

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Ordering a pizza in the year 2010

Politics aside, this clip from the ACLU is both scary and funny. Companies already use caller ID data to bring up callers’ information and order history, so this isn’t that much of a stretch if other entities were linked into a huge database.

I have to give them this: they found a pretty creative way of […]

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Can’t sleep, clowns will eat me


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Antagonistic to the juiceless forms of hot up


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Conan O’Brien as a boy?


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Cat hat


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eBay buy more e-mails


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Snapdragon I am


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