He is now tonsil-free.

After 20 years of strep throat, severe allergies and throat abscesses, my youngest finally had his tonsils removed today. And while he is not overly thrilled right now, I expect that he will soon discover that his throat will now behave itself.

And that, is a good thing.

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In the "When it rains, it pours" department, our refrigerator started acting up last week and, as luck would have it, our freezer chest started acting up this week.

Guess it's time to call a repair guy which could turn into time to buy a new refrigerator.

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Here's a picture of a dog who was stung by a bee:

I hope you found it as funny as I did...

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I'm going to watch the Red Sox play baseball.

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• My son, the musician, envies the music of my generation. He says we had the best music. What he doesn't know is we also had some pretty funny comedians.



• And if you haven't seen this yet, you should. Apparently it's great.



• Yes, alcohol was involved.



• This sounds almost as bad as battery with an empty sock.