I received an angry email from a young lady I know, calling me a perverted bastard.

I answered back asking her why.

There was nothing wrong with most of the message, but the closing made me see how she could get angry.

I told a little joke 'If a clown farts, does it smell funny?'

Perfectly innocent, right?

After the joke I wrote "This makes me think of you." I had intended on putting (wink - wink) after that to show I was being funny.

Well, what was there in print could definitely make a casual acquaintance angry.

Instead of (wink - wink), it read (wank - wank).

I wrote back and sincerely apologized, blaming my mistake on auto-correct.

She forgave me and all is cool now.

Two things came to mind later:

1. I don't use auto correct.

2. The 'i' and 'a' are pretty far apart on the keyboard.

Was it possibly a Freudian slip?

I think that from now on I had better do a butter job of prufreading before I hit send.

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On my way home from work last night, I was passed by a three wheeled dune buggy.

It had cool blue running lights all around the frame and white lights in the wheels.

It almost felt like being passed by a UFO.

Since I don't have my phone turned on when I'm driving, I have no picture of it.

You just have to take my word for it.

Tres' cool!

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The last of the college teams I was rooting for (Notre Dame) was eliminated from the NCAA tourney Sunday, so now I won't be watching the rest of it.

The high school basketball tourney finals will be this coming Saturday. Even though high school basketball in Indiana was ruined by dividing into a class system (think of the movie 'Hoosiers', which was how it used to be, all schools participating in one tourney, not four), I will still watch the games on t.v. to see who wins the trophies.

After Saturday, basketball season will be over for me, since I don't watch professional basketball.

The upside for me personally is that Major League baseball starts April 7th.

Unlike a lot of people these days who only watch one sport and deride the rest, I still watch all the sports. In season.

Take from that what you will.

I'm happy.

It's officially spring today. High of 58 degrees outside.

I took half the blankets off the bed and changed my sheets to my lightest flannel.

I turned the heat down to 68.

I put my long johns away.

I'm wearing a jacket outside instead of a winter coat.

Yep, it's springtime in the midwest.

After seeing this movie about what Stalin did to them in the early '30s, I can see why Ukrainians don't want Russia there:

I was born and raised in Indiana.

I root for the college teams from Indiana during the NCAA Tournament.

Indiana University had an uphill climb.

They had to play a game to get INTO the tournament,

then fly across the country to play a very good team in Portland with less than a day's rest.

It showed. They lost by around 30 points.

I tip my hat to those young men for even attempting their journey.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

That said, I won't be:

wearing green.

drinking green beer (or anything).

dancing on the bar (or anywhere).

eating corned beef & cabbage.

But don't let me stop the rest of you from becoming fake Irish for a day.

It might just do you some good.

I've just been there and done that.

Now I smile and watch the rest of you party.

I'm good with that.

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Today and tomorrow the high temperature is predicted to be in the low to mid 70s here.

I plan on shocking my neighbors by sitting out in the yard to get a start on my summer tan.

Rude comments and perhaps a police visit are expected.

The #2 song of 1911:


And all of the psychological problems it implies.

Happy Pi day (3/14/22)

They'll try anything to create another holiday.

Brushy Bill Roberts

Was he really Billy the Kid?

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