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Wood Fairy, top ten, and H1N1 vaccine

by Barry Bauer

We got another load of firewood from Ferrall’s last Wednesday afternoon and started the process of stacking it along side the driveway with the other firewood we’ve already stacked. We don’t rush into it like we used to. Given that the weatherman promised a couple of nice days there was no reason for us to do that.

When we got up the next day Betty wondered if the Wood Fairy came during the night and finished the job for us.

“It did,” I said.

“How do you know that,” she asked?

“I found wood splinters under my pillow this morning.”

Now you can bring on Old Man Winter!

Next on our list to do is mow/mulch the leaves in the front yard, put the mowers away for the season, and pack outdoor things in the garden shed so tightly there’s hardly any room for mice.

No, we didn’t forget the d-CON.

They talk about fall being a beautiful time of the year. It’s also the time when things die or hibernate for the winter. It’s kind of an oxymoron to say things are beautiful and things are dying all in the same breath.

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The following falls under the category of the, “Top ten ways to improve David Letterman’s late night show.”

And the number one top ten way . . . turn off Paul Shaffer’s microphone. Even though he’s a famous musician he has the personality of a door knob. All we hear from Paul is, “Ha-Ha-Ha, Ho-Ho-Ho, Hee-Hee-Hee, whenever Dave says something that’s sort of funny. Paul acts like he’s heard them all before. On top of that he repeats half the stuff Dave says as if we’re hard of hearing.

I watch David Letterman because he’s got more class than Conan O’Brien. Never mind that great sex story they uncovered about Dave. Single man, single woman – now that’s a shocker! It was a slow Hollywood type news week and they had to come up with something I guess.

My number one favorite late night host was Johnny Carson. Even though Jay Leno will never be a Johnny Carson, he’s pretty damn good. Besides, Jay is much funnier than the other two late night host put together.

NBC was dumb enough to bump Jay downstairs. No wonder he makes fun of them.

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Should we all take comfort in the fact that Wall Street firms have been given access to the H1N1 vaccine for their employees while the common folks are scrambling around and making phone calls trying to find a source for their shot?

I don’t think so, Gram.

We are getting constant reminders of whom and what is important in this country and certainly, what isn’t. Somehow we’ve gotten ourselves on the wrong list folks. Think about that during the next major election.

Until the next time . . .

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