About a month ago the back of my watch fell off and disappeared. Knowing that Christmas was coming, and that the state of my watch would give me a perfect answer to the question, “And what can Santa bring YOU, little boy?,” I put off the inevitable replacement. I reached for my roll of duct tape, cut out a quarter-size circle, and stuck it over the watch’s innards.
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Ever roast the gizzard and other assorted parts inside the bird?
Come on … you can confess. We’re all friends here.
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Prior to Saturday’s disappointing game, Spartan football coach Mark Dantonio gave Spartan Stadium ushers a nice surprise.
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A direct quote from an ad promoting Lansing’s Silver Bells in the City celebration in the Nov. 20 LSJ: “Lighting of Michigan’s official Christmas Tree in front of the state Capitol.”
Hallelujah.
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Nothing in my cross hairs yet but Bambis and Bambettes. Not to worry. After the regular firearms season, comes more archery, muzzle-loader season, the late does-only season, harpooning …
Just kidding about that last one.
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After this, I won’t be blogging again until Thursday. In the meantime, I’ll be hoping for an encounter with Bambi’s father.
Are you rooting for him, or me? You can be honest.
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While a possibly disabled veteran was enjoying a free meal at the Okemos Applebee’s on Veteran’s Day, a civilian handicapped-parking enforcer wrote him a ticket.
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Potentially dangerous? Yes.
Illegal? Of course.
Dumb? Absolutely.
But in the same galaxy as a 20-year prison sentence? Please …
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