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First Ten JoJoisms

Some of you who are following me on Twitter or are friends with me on Facebook know that I've been posting, what I call JoJoisms for the past several weeks.  JoJoisms are my observations about life.  They use language in a fun way as to reveal life's sometimes hard truths in a humor-filled way.  Thought I'd post some of them here for Friday Funnies.  Here are the first ten. JoJoism #1 No matter how many bobby pins you own, you always need two more. JoJoism#2 Dusting is futile. Not dusting is…not so good either! JoJoism#3 Ironing isn’t futile.  It’s an arm exercise. JoJoism#4 Insomnia is God’s way of allowing you to get more done in a day. JoJoism#5 Trying to...

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Public officials w/Foot in Mouth Disease

My little character, FIMM (Foot in Mouth Man) is funny, but when you have politicians trying to set policy, you need to expect a bit more care when they speak. After all, they are using these facts or arguments in order to pass laws that affect the American people. Unfortunately, there is an epidemic of Foot in Mouth Disease among our public officials these days.  Some of them simply don't think before they speak and others just don't seem to have a firm grasp of the facts. Here is Democrat, Peggy West, Milwaukee County Supervisor sharing her thoughts on the Arizona immigration issue.  Um...Ms. West.  You might want to look at that map again. Here is Democrat, Paul Kanjorski, Congressman...

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Yes, Virginia, there are dumb homeschool questions!

This is the 7th and final article in my homeschool series, "A Question of Homeschooling."  Over the last several weeks, I've covered some important issues and questions about homeschooling.  You've heard it said that no question is a dumb question, but I don't subscribe to that theory.  Some questions, though you may stretch their meaning to include something that really isn't being asked, are indeed DUMB questions. As I said in my first article, I have been homeschooling for over 10 years.  In that time I have had people ask me some valid, pertinent, and important questions about homeschooling. I have had folks express their reservations about homeschooling.  Hey, I had them too!  And I have had people ask the...

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