Another April Fool’s Day is upon us unfortunately. I usually escape the day unscathed, but this year, that is not the case. Seems some clever “hacker” decided to “get” us tangents.org bloggers with false threats of blog erasures… I did not think it was funny. Maybe I’m not a good sport, but the joke hit where it […]
Came across this news story after linking to the one about the hugely tall spire they’re going to build in the Middle East: First Wedding Dress Shop for Pregnant Brides ONLY Opens I agree with the people who posted comments at the end of the article – what is the world coming to when maternity wedding
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Originally this post was called “CUBS WIN!!!” And I followed it up with: gee, I sure hope I’m not jinxing anything by posting this. And as I was typing that, the dang Brewers scored 3 runs! Now that I’ve changed the title of the post, the awful half-inning ended and the Cubs are now up
When choosing a best man for a wedding, a future groom generally would believe that the person asked to stand with him on his wedding day would actually show up. Tuesday night, my cousin’s fiance found out that his best man had to work Saturday, the day of the wedding. DUHHHHHHH!!! How long in advance
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SPOILERS AHEAD: IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE 3-27 EPISODE OF ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER (AND CARE TO) SKIP THIS POST) Last thursday night on the coming attraction for tonight’s “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader”, it was announced that someone gets to the million dollar question and answers it. I
CHEAP (yet ingenious) RATINGS PLOY Read More »
It took me 8 minutes to win this game. It will probably take you much longer. [swf]https://www.gigarcade.com/swf/20136.swf[/swf] Jamy Shaffer
A Stick Figure Role-Playing Game. Read More »
In case you haven’t read the comments at the end of my Mini-Golf – The Sequel! post, I talked about how much I didn’t like the new version I had posted because it was obscenely difficult. The first version was simplistic and easy to play after some practice. The second version I got (which was
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Thanks to my awesome husband for finding this… I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but I am about to, so I will post my best score… which will probably be at least twice the score of you “experts” out there! Oh well, they are fun… let’s see how this one compares: https://www.gigarcade.com/full-960-MiniPutt-3.html
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…is the title of an AP article I read the other day about the price of celebrity divorces, inspired by, of course, the McCartney-Mills divorce that’s been dominating the headlines lately. I took note of this article because I was surprised that the McCartney-Mills settlement was not in the top 5 most expensive divorce settlements. In fact, the
