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The little girl behind me just voiced a concern of hers about her younger brother: “When I grow up, Liam will punch me back!”
Her mom agreed with her before hollering: “Liam, get out of the garbage!”
I’m not sure how much that little girl needs to worry … either not at all or a lot.
Back home for a wedding last weekend and going through his boxes of old junk, Mike found his rather sizable (nearly 100 in all) key chain collection. Not having a use for them any longer, he put them up on eBay.
After only one day, he’s already made $40! Looks like we’re going to be able to spring for that extra-fancy flatware for our wedding after all!
Nearly forgot deodorant for the five-day trip to Glacier National Park with my almost-inlaws.
Yikes! Divorce diverted!
OK, so Google Voice is a pretty amazing contraption. You can make calls for free, and when someone leaves you a voicemail, Google automatically sends you an email that transcribes the message. Admittedly, the technology isn’t perfect.
Here’s the start of a message I got the other day:
Needless to say, I needed to listen to the actual message for this one.
Who’s that handsome man in the blue puffy coat teaching kids how to make balloons out of garbage bags?
One hint: I’m going to marry him!
How come they didn’t have engineering classes when I was a kid?
It’s a fine line …
My phone battery is dead as a doornail (which makes it rather awkward when I accidentally hang up on people like my Dad, my friends, the person I’m interviewing, etc), so I retrieved the battery from my old phone to save myself the $30 cost of a new battery.
Alas, the old battery was too small. So in a stroke of genius, I took a small piece of paper, folded it accordion-style to make it thicker and jammed it into the small spare space.
It now fits!
It’s now charging!
And I don’t have to buy a new battery!
Wahoo!