Jon Swerens » Odds and ends http://www.jonswerens.com Songs and stories Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:21:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 FWIW: My new glasses, for those who asked (and those who didn’t). http://www.jonswerens.com/2011/07/fwiw-my-new-glasses-for-those-who-asked-and-those-who-didnt/ http://www.jonswerens.com/2011/07/fwiw-my-new-glasses-for-those-who-asked-and-those-who-didnt/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:05:45 +0000 Jon Swerens http://www.jonswerens.com/2011/07/fwiw-my-new-glasses-for-those-who-asked-and-those-who-didnt/
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Happy Canada Day! I'll be celebrating by pretending I'm a Canadian rich and fortunate enough to get health care in the U.S.
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After media grilling when sins ketchup to him, Weiner can't cut the mustard. Opponents respond with relish.
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Maybe we 'should give up and u'se apo'strophe's before all 's's, not ju'st to 'show po's'se's'sivene's's.
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“When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.” — G.K. Chesterton

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I asked for advice on lawn mowers. Facebook offered advice and free mower. Twitter recommended scissors and a goat. #NoHelpFriday
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Obviously I need to set up Outlook to automatically change "Tahnks" to "Thanks."
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]]> http://www.jonswerens.com/2011/04/another-test/feed/ 0 Testing Blackbird Pie with a dumb joke http://www.jonswerens.com/2011/04/testing-blackbird-pie-with-a-dumb-joke/ http://www.jonswerens.com/2011/04/testing-blackbird-pie-with-a-dumb-joke/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:04:27 +0000 Jon Swerens http://www.jonswerens.com/?p=1427
Just remember: a one-L lama is a guru, a 2-L llama is an animal and a 3-L lama is a really big fire! #dumbjokefriday cc @
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  • Were there any cow-sualties?
  • This photo is really moo-dy.
  • What, was the truck T-boned?
  • I’d always heard that beef could clog arteries …

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