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A misspelling of Ms. Winfrey's name, which is kinda ironic because she's explained that her name was spelled "Orpah" on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck.

I'll take NORMAN LEAR SHOWS For $1000, Alex... All In The Family Maude The Jeffersons The Powers That Be

DEAR ABBY: How can I tactfully tell an elementary school teacher in whose class I assist that she uses poor grammar and words that aren't words (i.e., "I boughten this yesterday," or, "Her and me went to the soccer game.")? I am fond of this teacher but feel she's doing a disservice to her pupils. Other than that she's a devoted, energetic teacher. It is really difficult to bite my tongue. -- TACTFUL IN THE EAST DEAR TACTFUL: Children model their behavior after the example the adults around them provide. That a teacher would consistently do what she's doing in a classroom setting is shocking. How could she have become a licensed educator with such poor English skills? Politically speaking, I don't think that as her subordinate you should take it upon yourself to correct the woman. I do think this is something you should discuss with the school principal.

I've never watched the show, but I read somewhere that wrestler John Morrison ( https://www.companyofmen.org/threads/a-reason-to-watch-wrestling.73484/#post-650508 ) is on. Methinks the man needeth a jockstrap:

Man dies after injecting silicone in genitals, mom blames sex ‘cult’ master A Washington kink enthusiast died last month after silicone injections in his genitals led to fatal bleeding, but his mom believes a gay sex “cult” is to blame. Jack Chapman, a 28-year-old Australian living in Seattle, died from “silicone embolism syndrome” resulting in hemorrhaging in the lungs, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office told The Stranger this week. Chapman — who went by “Tank Heathcliff Hafertepen” and “Pup Tank” — was an active member of San Francisco and later Seattle’s gay BDSM community. Chapman served as one of several slaves to master Dylan Hafertepen, known as the nickname “Noodles and Beef.” Hafertepen, who has thousands of followers on social media, is known for posting salacious photos with his slaves, whom he calls his “pups.” Several of Hafertepen’s “pups,” including Tank, appear to have artificially enlarged genitals as well as extremely muscular bodies. Chapman’s mother Linda is blaming Hafertepen for turning her son on to the dangerous body modification that resulted in his death. She likened her son’s relationship with his master to a cult. “It was devotion, it was like some sort of clan, family, like a cult. And to prove their devotion to him they had to change their bodies,” Linda said on the Australian talk show The Project, which aired on Channel 10 this week. “He was not the Jack that I sent over there. He had no self-esteem, he’d lost himself in this cult. This was a disturbed boy,” she added. Linda detailed a contract her son signed with Hafertepen which promised his master total control over his mind and body. She said her son was required to take Hafertepen’s last name, give him his salary, wear a chain around his neck and cut off contact with anyone outside his BDSM circle. Hafertepen deactivated several of his accounts after Chapman’s death. It is not known who injected silicone into Chapman’s scrotum. Chapman’s death in mid-October was caused by a viral inflammation of the lungs called pneumonitis, which progressed to acute respiratory distress syndrome, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office said. The syndrome eventually resulted hemorrhaging in the lungs. Three weeks prior to his death, Chapman signed over all his money to Hafertepen in his will, something Linda said she finds unsettling. “Three weeks before he dies he writes a will and leaves everything to Dylan. If that’s not suspicious I don’t know what is,” she told The Project. Linda said her son Jack and his autistic brother Ben each received $200,000 after her late husband’s death. Jack’s money was intended to go to Ben’s medical care if anything were to ever happen to him, she explained. Linda confronted Hafertepen about the will on The Project. “You didn’t think of his autistic brother, on a disability pension. $200,000 is a pretty good price, isn’t it?” she said to him. “I was intending to give that to Ben,” he replied. Linda then asks him to put that in writing. “Not with this animosity,” he said. A Facebook post on a memorial page for Chapman praises his relationship with Hafertepen. “Tank’s greatest passion was for his partner, Dylan. Together for over eight years, their love overcame challenges the size of continents, and persisted as an unbreakable bond. Tank’s devotion and love for his partner was absolute. Tank’s final words to Dylan were ‘Thank you for allowing me to serve you,’” the post read. The Facebook memorial also says Chapman died of “an undiagnosed lung ailment,” which contradicts the coroner’s statement. Linda said she plans to go to the police over her son’s death. “The Seattle Police Department and King County Medical Examiner’s Office have reviewed the medical file related to this death, as well as concerns from the community. There is no criminal investigation at this time,” the department told The Stranger.

Dorothy Bruns, 44, was found dead in her Staten Island home by a friend late Tuesday afternoon, sources said. Bottles of prescription pills and an apparent suicide note were found nearby.

Starring the ex-Mr. Wednesday Addams!

I was pointing out that, as cute & talented as you think the son is, his father is nothing special to look at, nor was he anything special as a pitcher.

Daddy is nothing special. Former Twins pitcher Pat Mahomes arrested while watching son's college football game OCTOBER 31, 2016 — 7:16PM BRIAN PETERSON – STAR TRIBUNE FILE Police say the father of Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes, former Twins pitcher Pat Mahomes, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication during the Red Raiders' game at TCU over the weekend. Officer Tamara Valle of the Fort Worth Police Department said Monday that former major league pitcher Pat Mahomes was arrested about 5:45 p.m. Saturday by an off-duty officer working the game while the elder Mahomes was in the TCU student section in the stands of Amon G. Carter Stadium. Public intoxication is a Class C misdemeanor. Valle was not sure when Pat Mahomes was released from jail. Pat Mahomes was taken to the Fort Worth jail before the end of the game, which Texas Tech won 27-24 in double overtime. His son scored on a 15-yard touchdown in the first overtime. Mahomes, 46, was drafted by the Twins in 1988 and pitched for the team from 1992-1996. He pitched for five other teams in a major league career that lasted until 2003.

That's the one my super gave me, though it doesn't have the bag under the seat. The hand brakes make me laugh... I'd feel like the Lance Armstrong of the walker crowd.

I have a walker from when I had back surgery in 2012. It looks like this without the tennis balls. I have the basket with a little plastic insert that has a cup holder. Once or twice a year my back locks up for a few days to a week and I have to use it to get around my apartment. I keep it next to my bed so in the morning I can step into it, grip it for support, and stretch a bit. Last summer when I was doing laundry one night I saw a sign in the laundry room that the super had a walker he was giving away if anyone wanted it. I figured, why not have a spare (I have plenty of room) since everyone in my life is getting older (as I remain younger than springtime), and maybe somebody will need one. It turns out the one he had was like the one with a seat at the start of this post, only blue, and without a basket. Not bad for free!

A British fisherman has been rescued after fleeing an aggressive colony of about 50 gray seals and their young pups. The angler was plucked from a cliff face by a coast guard team. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said Monday the fisherman was walking on a beach in northern Scotland when he came across the seals, who became agitated and aggressive. He climbed up a cliff face but became trapped before reaching the top and used his phone to call for emergency aid. Rescue teams were able to lower the man into a lifeboat and take him to safety. He is being treated for exposure to the cold. Coast guard officer Jonathan Mustard said people walking along the coast should beware of seals protecting their young.

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Fishing for compliments, are we?

...where I forgot what I went in there for, so I went back to my computer and posted "Was Alexander The Great Gay?" :D;) I hope you get comfortable and secure with having more mobility and that it brings you some contentment.

Sometimes a friendly prank between two football rivals can go too far. That seemed to be the case recently when one of the Air Force Academy’s real-life falcon mascots was seriously hurt during a prank before the annual rivalry football game against Army, in upstate New York, according to an Air Force Academy official. The falcon, a 22-year-old bird named Aurora, suffered unspecified injuries to both wings after being “stolen” by Army cadets, the Gazette of Colorado Springs, Colo., reported. The injuries were described as “life-threatening.” Aurora was being flown back to Colorado to see a specialist at the Air Force Academy, according to Troy Garnhart, associate athletic director for strategic communications at the school. “We have specialists at the academy who have the best training and facilities for her care. She is part of our academy family and we are all hoping for her full and speedy recovery,” another Air Force official, academy spokesman Lt. Col. Tracy Bunko told the Gazette. But given Aurora’s advanced age, the bird may have to be euthanized, an Air Force official who requested anonymity told the newspaper. Falcons in captivity tend to live about 25 years, according to the Teton Raptor Center in Wilson, Wyo. According to the Gazette, the Army cadets had taken Aurora from an Army colonel’s house as part of a prank during the week leading up to Saturday’s game at Michie Stadium in West Point. Adding insult to the mascot’s injury, Army’s football team defeated Air Force, 17-14. Ghouls and goblins painted the town last week, but bats were few and far between this Halloween — because a skin-eating fungus has wiped out 90 percent of them in New York state. The state Department of Environmental Conservation revealed the stunning number of dead bats during National Bat Week, and warned people exploring caves and other possible hibernation sites “that even a single, seemingly quiet visit” can kill infected bats. The Little Brown Bat that’s common in New York City is among the species that have been decimated by the disease, according to Fordham University Biological Sciences professor, J. Alan Clark, who has researched the city’s bat population using acoustic monitoring. “The Little Brown Bat was at one time thought to be the most common bat,” he said. “But it took us four or five years to record one.” White-nose syndrome — first discovered in Schoharie County in 2006 — is a highly contagious fungus that appears as a white fuzz around the bats’ noses and mouths, and carves tiny holes in their skin, Clark explained. New York is home to nine bat species, and six live in New York City, according to Clark. Three have been known to hibernate here: the Hoary, Eastern Red and Silver-Haired Bats. “Tree crevices, attics, little holes in bark, those are places they might be,” Clark said. Clark said the worst of the white-nose plague could be over, as about 5 percent of bats “seem to have some natural resistance and are breeding.” And while bats typically get a bad rap as blood-sucking, rabies-carrying menaces, Clark said the resurgence of the world’s only flying mammal will help keep pests under control. “The Little Brown Bat can eat 3,000 insects per night, and one colony can eat 250,000 mosquitoes in a night,” he said. “They have been both revered and reviled throughout history but they are such an important part of our ecosystem.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WplTSTAUEU4

My likes had overtaken my posts. This will even them out at 3231 apiece.