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The $600,000 Quarter - A True Story
The $600,000 Quarter - A True Story
By Rocky Ramsey
My father has what can only be described as fantastically good
luck or horribly bad luck. You'll have to be .....
Over visiting a neighbor the other dayThe $600,000 Quarter - A True Story
By Rocky Ramsey
My father has what can only be described as fantastically good
luck or horribly bad luck. You'll have to be .....
Would you like a cup of coffee? he asks. I just roasted the latest batch.
Yes. Coffee sounds great.
How do you take it? he asks as he grinds the beans.
Black; no sugar, no milk.
Well, we have no milk anyway, only cream.
In that case, Ill have it with no cream.
We could water the cream down to make milk, I suppose, if youd prefer.
Thats ok, I say, No cream is better than no milk anyway.
My Mother's Amazing Meatloaf Mystery
Every mother harbors a mystery of some sort. Many handed down from one generation to the next forming a bond so strong no man can penetrate. I came .....
Well, actually, I prefer cream also, he says, but like you, I dont put it in my coffee.Every mother harbors a mystery of some sort. Many handed down from one generation to the next forming a bond so strong no man can penetrate. I came .....
What about milk? I ask.
Never.
Unless its a caf au lait? I venture.
Of course, says he, or a cappuccino.
Exactly. I say.
Just so.
[Not So] Outgoing Mail
I am currently perplexed by the concept of outgoing mail. I mean, I understand it in theory, but today I tried talking to it and it didn't even respond. What's so outgoing about that? I think it needs to be renamed "shy mail" or .....
Sartre sans sucre? I ask.I am currently perplexed by the concept of outgoing mail. I mean, I understand it in theory, but today I tried talking to it and it didn't even respond. What's so outgoing about that? I think it needs to be renamed "shy mail" or .....
No. Nein. Niet-zsche, pas de lait. He gets in the last word. Almost.
I sip my coffee (black) in silence (white).
"Ever wonder where coffee originated?" he queries after a spell.
"Brazil?" I guess, "or somewhere in the Americas?"
"Not so," he replies, "Some say it was in Yemen, the Port of Mocha. Others say it was Ethiopia, in the district of Kaffa. In any case, it is Arabian."
"Aha, I say, "hence The Thousand and One Sleepless Nights."
Market Your Way To Professional Success
Article Title: Market Your Way to Professional Success
Author Name: Joanne Victoria
Contact E-mail Address: mailto:joanne@joannevictoria.com
Word Count: 721 including signature box
Category: Mar .....
"Just so," he says and silence returnsArticle Title: Market Your Way to Professional Success
Author Name: Joanne Victoria
Contact E-mail Address: mailto:joanne@joannevictoria.com
Word Count: 721 including signature box
Category: Mar .....
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