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This ‘n That

3 years ago By Virgi Laska This And That

THIS AND THAT * Schlemiel, Schlimazel, Hasenpfeffer Incorporated! Sorry to hear about the passing of Cindy Williams. I loved watching the TV show “Laverne & Shirley.” * I remember when toilet paper and eggs were so cheap, we teepeed trees and egged windows.

We never stop learning

3 years ago By News Staff

No matter your age, it is important to continue to learn, whether by book or by experience. Actually, some of the best things are learned by experience—and not always in a good way. Here are a few things that have come to my mind recently.

Happy Birthday!

3 years ago By Virgi Laska Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! My Daughter A daughter is a wonderful blessing, A treasure from above. Her laughter, warmth, and special charm, Her thoughtfulness and love.

Linkletter: Back when television was really funny

3 years ago By Nancy Becker

The more you hang around kids, the more you learn. It may be weird stuff, but it also may be profound. When I was a kid, and television was in two colors only — black and white — there were several shows that we made sure we never missed. One thing about television in those days: we only had it on when there was a show that we watched. Of course there were only three channels, and the TV was small. We planned ahead to watch a television show, and would sit down as a family to watch together.

This ‘n That

3 years ago By Virgi Laska

* For all those years, I thought I watched Jeopardy because I liked the show since it is so challenging, and it is always fun to learn new things. That was never the case because I have not watched a single episode since the passing of Alex Trebek.

* After actor Jeremy Renner’s (Hawkeye) snowplow accident, I can now say I know who the strongest Avenger is!

* I think my favorite song, for the time being, is Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.”

10 new words you should know in 2023

3 years ago By News Staff

If there’s one thing we can count on it’s that our language is always changing. And just when you think you can hold your own on intelligent conversations with family and friends, the wordsmiths who don’t have anything better to do than come up with new words to expand their vocabularies, well, they come up with new words. Actually, they don’t make up the new words; they listen in on conversations and observe how people are communicating on social media to “get the pulse” of our language. If you ask me, our language has gone to H-E-DoubleHockeySticks. With the pace of social media and the speed of which news travels, dictionary gurus can’t possibly keep up.

This ‘n That

3 years ago By Virgi Laska This And That

THIS AND THAT * Just so you know, the Critics Choice Awards TV show only had 1.1 million viewers as opposed to any of the football playoff games during the January 14th weekend, with the lowest rating being over 11 million. The average viewership for the football games was 18 million.

Introducing: The Word of the Year 2022

3 years ago By News Staff

It’s that most wonderful time of the year when we find out what the dictionary brainiacs determine to be the Word of the Year. Sometimes there are surprises, and other times, duds. You just gotta “take what you git and don’t pitch a fit,” and then start using the word in your conversations, just to ramp up your style. The folks at Merriam-Webster huddled together, and three days later came out of their cave and announced to the English-speaking tribes of the world: “The Word of the Year for 2022 is... gaslighting.”

This ‘n That

3 years ago By Virgi Laska This And That

THIS AND THAT * Harry and Meghan get over yourselves and grow up! Every family has some kind of drama, so we don’t need to listen to yours. * I recently read this article written by Thomas Catenacci on January 5th…“The Biden administration published a congressionally mandated report highlighting the positive economic benefits the Keystone XL Pipeline would have had if President Biden didn’t revoke its federal permits.

Grace Notes

3 years ago By News Staff

So far, I think I’m batting a thousand on writing the new year correctly when I write the date. Usually I do pretty good at the beginning of a new year because I’m still thinking about it. It will be some random day in February or March when I mess up the date.