Humor is the Best Balm

Is there one single person in the free world who is the least bit surprised that the Prez commuted Scooter Libby's prison sentence? Not I. I'm rather disgusted by it, but not surprised. I'm only surprised that he waited this long to do it.

It's a good thing I got a new book yesterday and was fully engrossed in it before hearing the news. For that reason, I didn't yell and cuss nearly as much as I might otherwise have. I was too busy laughing out loud and holding my belly to keep from rupturing something. I know you can live without a spleen; I don't know about the other stuff.

I don't talk so much about books, but I love, love, love Janet Evanovich's 'Stephanie Plum' series. The newest one is what had me so amused yesterday. If you're not familiar with the series, Stephanie Plum is a Jersey Girl-cum-bounty hunter who with her unique qualifications and insane supporting characters stamps out crime in the burg. I don't read this series for the mystery or for Stephanie's crime solving abilities, though. I read them because they are guaranteed to make me roll on the floor and pee my pants laughing (and to drool over the two men Stephanie is torn between). I'm only halfway through this one and already laughed myself into several bellyaches last night. So far, there's been a bashed up car (Stephanie goes through cars like I go through pantyhose), an exploding pot-growing house, a missing, presumed dead corpse, Granny in a push-up bra, a toupee beaten to death on the dining room table, and stuffed dead animal bombs detonated courtesy of a taxidermist who doesn't want to make bond.

I made the mistake of trying to read "Lean Mean Thirteen" (that's the title) while eating dinner. It's not a good idea to chew up some nice morsel and get ready to swallow it at the same time you come to a scene that causes a laughing spasm -- which causes the food to get sucked down the windpipe and end up snorted out the nose. It's a good thing I was eating alone. I can only imagine how gross and disgusting all that choking and snorting and coughing and gasping for air must have looked. I somehow don't think the word "charming" quite cuts it. I was reading one of these in an airport terminal once and attracted quite a bit of attention. Thank God I wasn't eating anything. They never would have let me on the plane.

Speaking of gross and disgusting, Roxan found us some prime specimens of Words Gone Wild today.

They might try to intimate, just ignore them.
Someone may attempt to imply something, possibly, or somebody just might try to get a little bit too cozy. I suppose the advice to ignore it is warranted. Maybe.

i just want to know if you have reciever the check now, if so kinsly get back to me okay.
I believe what this person is asking is whether the telephone has been swept for bugs that day. I'm not sure who Kinsly is. It could be the kinky person who bugged the phone in the first place.

checks all came from recurting.
First, we must determine what curting is. Could it be someone with a twang referring to courting? But if that's the case, and payment is involved, wouldn't that be something else altogether? I don't think those folks take checks, though, so maybe they're talking instead about somebody who gets paid to be rude and sarcastic over and over again; i.e., Customer Service people.


I just love this picture

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