I love salad! Then again, I tend to love salad more when it includes either feta cheese or avocado or--even better--both, so salad rarely seems like a viable way to minimize calories to me.

They will get there, I am sure- it sounds like they WANT to, it will just take some time. In the meantime, though, I share your UGH.

Agreeing with the other Nora. And also with the hugs.

Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.

Nice. I mean the whole thing, but this last line is perfection.

Love this letter written August 7, 1865, from a former slave to his former master re: the former master's invitation for the man to return back to the plantation with his family. As the blogger says, "one of the all-time great examples of the cheerful and elaborately polite 'screw you.'"

Oh man, that letter is amazing.

Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.

What a perfect ending.

I love salad! Then again, I tend to love salad more when it includes either feta cheese or avocado or--even better--both, so salad rarely seems like a viable way to minimize calories to me.

I'll be having salad for dinner tonight. No feta cheese, but plenty of avocado and bacon. Mmmmmmmm.

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That letter is brilliant.

And I like salads fine, but to me a meal needs more fat and/or protein than I had in my lunch-from-home.

No feta cheese, but plenty of avocado and bacon. Mmmmmmmm.

Yes, mmmmmm.

That's a great letter.

I love this blogger's occasional posts about long walks in Chicago. The latest is his ten-mile hike along 79th Street, through the heart of the South Side.

As one of the walkers says, the day ends up being a tribute to mom-and-pop stores.

That's adorable, DJ.

Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.

Who knew there were Buffistas back in Civil War times?