36/11 What is your favorite thing about going to see the doctor? Oh, you don't HAVE a favorite thing about going to see the doctor? Well. Maybe if you imagine...
36/12 How y'all doin'? Laughing is always always always better than being glum, right? So. Which presidential candidate makes you laugh the hardest? Also, how...
37/1 Ain't SUMMER grand? I cannot believe it is already half over! I better get to work on my Christmas shopping. ~~* * A JOYFUL HEART IS GOOD MEDICINE * *~~ ...
37/2 Olympics in Athens. I guess this promises to be a very exciting and HISTORIC Olympiad. But then, EVERY iteration of the Olympics is historic, by ...
37/3 Hey. I'm wondering if the "300 pillows on your bed" fad will ever be over. Don't you think this is a decorating picadillo that has seen its day? I mean,...
37/4 "Conventional Wisdom" You've heard that phrase, haven't you? What on earth does it mean, really? Oh, yes, I know. It conveys the idea of consensual...
37/5 I saw a musical concert line-up today that will make your head spin! I don't how "into" music all of you are, but I think even the mildly interested will...
37/6 Oh, my! Today is Martha Stewart's Birthday (63rd). To confirm this, I did a quick Google search. Sure enough. But guess what!!!?? Did you know there is...
37/7 Wow. What an amazing month and a half!!! The Athens Olympics, Back-to-School, the issues and non-issues of Campaign 2004, a new TV season, baseball...
37/8 There we were at our desks, innocently going about our daily tasks, when suddenly all of us began to feel slightly dizzy, almost nauseous. Biochemical...
37/9 Well, hurricane season is not actually over yet, but activity seems to have subsided for the time being. Our spate of earthquakes has calmed, and Mt. St....
Hi, there, Everybody! Once again I have been warned by Yahoo! that LAFFMEDS is about to be de-activated if there is not some activity in the group. Therefore,...
Greetings one and all! Did you know you are still active in the LAFFMEDS group list? Well, apparently you are. That is a good thing. No, really. It is....
Ramblings of a Barely Coherent Collection of Dazed Brain Cells - I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has...
37/10 Here I am happily reverting to my long lost format. Although I have sent out a few "generic" messages since the last "officially numbered" issue, I now...
37/11 In my last issue I wrote, "Maybe I will slowly regain momentum." I guess if your definition of "slowly" is something like – next to me a glacier could...
37/12 OK. So. As the fourth quarter begins, the Cowboys are losing to the Raiders 13 to 6. Potential for a very exciting game. I know many of you reading...
38/1 MERRY CHRISTMAS, Y'ALL!!! I hope all of you are having a truly joy-filled Christmas season. ~~* * A JOYFUL HEART IS GOOD MEDICINE * *~~ 8 days til 2006 ...
38/2 Well, I could wax eloquent with all the syrupy "new year" feel-good stuff about fresh starts, resolutions, choices, time flying, etc etc etc. But I...
38/3 QUICK! Before I allow three whole months to go by without posting a new issue of LAFFMEDS, I reckon I'd better get on the stick. I never thought that...
38/4 Had a discussion at work today as to whether a certain idiom was originally "vicious circle" or "vicious cycle." I was arguing in favor of "vicious cycle"...
38/5 I noticed last night when I sent out Volume 38, No. 4, that TODAY, 9 June is actually the 7th anniversary of the inauguration of LAFFMEDS. The very first...
38/6 - 479 I had the distinct pleasure this morning to take a lengthy walk along the beach. One of my coworkers takes her three dogs for walks on the beach...
38/7 # 480 * T * I * M * E * I have personally taught countless sessions on so-called "Time Management." The key point was always that all of us has the same ...
38/8 # 481 Hey, y'all! I am about to solicit input from you FIVE TIMES. Please pay attention. I was contacted by one of "my" subscribers this week to update...
38/9 # 482 Unusually hot weather we are having. Here at my current outpost, "unusually hot" equals something along the line of "spectacular!" Just came off of...
38/10 We went to see "Our Town" yesterday afternoon. It had been so long since I last saw this wonderful play that all I really remembered was that it was a...
38/11 Bet you've never heard this one: "I spend so much time on the computer at work, I don't want to be on the computer at home!" Right. As true as that is...
Happy Holidays to one and all! I'm stealing a moment to send out a quick request. I have no idea how many of the addresses in the LAFFMEDS membership are still...