Category: Just for Fun
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Book Fact: Length Doesn’t Matter
Les Misérables contains a sentence that is widely cited as being 823 words long in English translation. This exceptionally long sentence appears in Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 3, within a detailed description of the Battle of Waterloo. It is known for its sprawling, detailed prose, characteristic of Hugo’s writing style, and has been cited in past editions…
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Book Fact: Books Can Shorten your Stay
In Brazil, reading books can reduce a prisoner’s sentence. Under the program “Remission for Reading,” a prisoner can reduce their sentence by four days for each book they read and write a report on, up to a maximum of 12 books per year. This allows inmates to potentially reduce their sentence by up to 48…
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Book Fact: Chess is Fun
And I don’t know how to play chess. Book fact #7 there are over 20,000 books written about chess. Love & Light, Lori
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My Dog Tells me When
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? My dog, Harley Quinn starts shaming me when she is ready to go to bed. Usually 2200. Photo as proof. Wake up is usually 0700 but here lately I have been awake at 0300. I would like to get more sleep. Love & Light,…
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Happy, Happy, Happy
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? 1. Coffee in my favorite cup 2. Colorful post it notes 3. My lamp 4. Throw pillows 5. Soap that smells good Light & Love, Lori
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Depends Where I Am
What is your favorite restaurant? I really like mom and pop local places, so it depends what city I’m in at the time. I like Jason’s Deli, Boomerang Pizza and McKinleys, and The Hanger here at home. When visiting family or friends and traveling, my favorite is wherever they choose to go. Light & Love,…
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Sh*t Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby Review
The Greek goddess Cassandra has the gift of prophesy but no one believed her visions of the future, only because she refused to have sex with him. The stories in this collection focus on women supposedly from Cassandra’s perspective – those from history and those from today’s time and age full of feminism and the…
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Sh*t Cassandra Saw by Gwen E Kirby
Incase you want to read my bookcase right along with me, I am starting way out of my comfort zone with Shit Cassandra Saw. I don’t even remember how I acquired this book. Maybe it was the cover. Here we go.
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Today is my Day!
Today is my birthday! As tradition, I make a resolution to myself. Last year I decided to take a social media fast for a year. The year of no social media was not easy at first. It got easy fairly quickly. I spent significantly less time scrolling. I allowed myself to go directly to my…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 