I was researching the hours away one morning when my mini decided to join me to “write her blog” as she put it. No idea where she got that.

As her little fingers diligently found home row keys with her warm skin pressed against mine, I marveled. She typed away while we talked about the things she’d been learning in computer class. At least they still learn proper typing techniques.
This same day my research consisted of a case study on Amelia Earhart. I brainstormed ways to bridge statesmanship with her love of flying. Really, I wanted to publish an author’s note about how I was going to tie these two seemingly wildly different concepts together but decided against it when I couldn’t come up with any phrase other than “let me land this plane”. My professor probably wouldn’t see the humor in such wording. Or maybe he would. Best err on the side of caution.

Squirrels: overgrown, bushy-tailed rodents. The one in this photo above buried his nuts in all the pots. You’re not a teenager, stop laughing. So he goes around uprooting everything searching for his lost nuts. Still laughing, aren’t you? If I owned a slingshot, he wouldn’t look there for his nuts. Cracked myself up. Get it, get it.

As most people do, I wear many hats in the office. Recently I was a baby lizard wrangler. My incredible co-worker, Ms. P., doesn’t like me to dispose of any living creature we find. Even the crickets but I do it anyway. However, I make exceptions for lizards. I relocated him outdoors. Funny how I got her a flyswatter and she’ll use that thing on anything. Hmmmmm.
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I ask you –
Do your children copy what you do?
Are you an animal saver?
From 1 to my-humor-is-wildy-inappropriate, where do you fit in?! I’m a 10!
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My son can copy me on occasion, but he’s his own ball of mess and fun.
I usually save animals, unless my wife instructs me to kill them. When I worked as a groundskeeper, I was called, “The Animal Whisperer”. I used to free the raccoons that were trapped in the dumpsters all the time.
I’m pretty tame with humor, so I’m probably a 3. Dry humor is my favorite along with sarcasm.
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How did you free the raccoons in the dumpsters?
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Pallets. Or, I had a “secret branch” that I used to hide an reuse when I had one stuck, and no spare pallet around. “Lar! We have a live one behind the library. Get your stick thing.”
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I’ve never heard you speak before but I definitely read this in your voice!
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Welp, that’s why I have my YouTube channel! You can hear me there! 😁
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…which I listened to after replying to you. I think I nailed it!
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