“Y’all have to go to bed early tonight.” “Why?” “Because the time changes, and we have to move the clocks forward an hour.” “No, we don’t. We turn them back an hour. We get to stay up an hour later.” Evidently in the mid-70s, spring forward and fall back had not been coined yet. If […]
Blabberings
I just have a lot to say.Archive for October, 2014
October 29th, 2014 by celesteconner@comcast.net
Daylight Savings Time and the Night I Missed Carol Burnett
Tags: Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, Daylight Savings Time, fall back, Mary Tyler Moore, paneled station wagons, spring forward
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My friend Cindi’s love language is cream of chicken soup. Her husband Michael’s love language is winning. The reaction from their combined love languages looks like this: (Click here to see Much Ado about Very Little.) Maybe Maria von Trapp and I need to start at the very beginning. It’s been over a year now […]
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