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My English Diet
I have eaten more packaged sandwiches since September than I had in the preceding 45 years.
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Either your backyard in the snow, or a moldy apple.
ReplyDeleteMelting snow, I assume. Is this supposed to be a metaphor for the increasing concerns over global warming? Maybe I'm over-analyzing this.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, I think I see a rabbit face in there. Trippy.
ReplyDeleteDead bulbs.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a balding human head to me...
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It looks like a balding human head to me...
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looks like updog.
ReplyDeleteIt's some dish soap I left in a frying pan for two weeks. It separated into this beautiful pattern. The photo doesn't really do it justice.
ReplyDeleteTwo weeks? Dang, you're worse than I am.
DeleteWell, I hadn't been in that house for two weeks either.
Delete"It separated [from the water] into this beautiful pattern."
DeleteI kind of figured that you were probably away for a while. But I am definitely pretty bad when it comes to washing the dishes, I have a bowl that never finds its way to my cupboard. I just wash it before I use it (usually when I'm making an omelette) and then it goes right back to the sink when I'm done. The sink is its permanent home.
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