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This ‘news’ is awkward for someone.

Fox News: Biden awkwardly pulls trustee into spotlight and calls him ‘Barack’ at portrait unveiling

The incident adds to a growing list of cognitive gaffes for the former president, who returned to his alma mater Tuesday

News reports like this indicate that the journalists have nothing, and are trying to make a story.

Jeffrey Scruggs does look like Obama.  The awkward part is that Biden thought that joke was funny and needed to be spoken.

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Sparky is no help with patio furniture.

I wouldn’t post on a furniture assembly project, but Sparky was adorably disruptive.

Dogs can sense human moods through a combination of superior scent detection, keen observation of body language, and vocal tone recognition.

Sparky is wise in the ways of man.  He sees that I am moving around and concentrating.  No food is involved.  Sparky squirmed in between me and the chair, and tried to look innocent, like he just happened to be standing there for no reason.

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Time to paint.

After Mom had her cataract surgery, she looked around her house and complained about how filthy it was.  Nobody said, “No shit, that’s why we sneak in to clean the place whenever you are gone for the day.”  We were hopeful that her better vision might usher in a new era of modern cleanliness.

We forgot that people have a remarkable ability to adapt and overlook, if that’s what it takes to not have to change or do anything.

Mom would have liked Rusty and his rustic bathroom habits.1  After Rusty moved out, the empty-the-room deep clean allowed me to notice the nicks and scratches that had accumulated on the door thresholds and trim.  My new project is patching and painting.

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Sparky is in open rebellion.

For the third night in a row, Sparky has slept on the couch. 

Last night, I scattered throw pillows to make the couch seem impossibly high to a furry piglet with too much junk in the trunk.  The house rule is that Sparky can come up onto the couch when invited and there is a bedsheet or blanket.  I removed the bedsheet and wadded it up on the back of the couch.  

He is clearly insubordinate.

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