How’s your week going? I’ve been dealing with a set of run-around tasks, but I made progress.
We were supposed to get a good dose of rain today, but who knows what happened. On the plus side, golf league went on as scheduled. It was a fun night scramble in between the end of the first half and the start of the second. We finished second, which was good considering we beat teams with more talent.
It seems I got the notifications issue corrected by clearing a box that mysteriously got checked.
Courtesy of The Onion’s archives, last week’s satire featured headlines about parenting. During my wandering through the depths of the archives, I found other interesting collections around the same theme. The first one is the graphic below, but for more, see the linking below the graphic. Do any of these readings capture your attention?
Image from The Onion
Bonuses from The Onion – Any favorites in these lists?
Have a good rest of the week!
A Frank Angle 
So it’s YOUR rain we got here in NE Ohio. Thanks a lot. 😉
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Carrie,
Yep … I saw that the central and northern parts of our state we getting more than us …. I think even the SE corner got some!
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This might be a good parenting book.
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Jim,
That’s a good title!!!
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Hilarious is all I can say. lol
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Southern Gal,
Welcome first-time commenter … Laughter from satire is the theme in this series (Tuesday night/Wednesday).
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Okay Frank, that graphic is certainly the funniest I have seen in a while.
“I know you want to hit him but don’t”
Please, may I?
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Val,
All credit goes to The Onion …. but it was my decision to use the graphic instead of a link. …. and Yes!
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I’m a huge fan of rain when it washes away the humidity. Good going on your golf game.
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Lame,
Oh yes … totally agree …. Seems we are going to get some pleasant weather, but I don’t expect too much, after all, it’s July going toward August.
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Don’t remind me. Ugh.
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When the time comes … hang in there.
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A good parenting book “How to give them away for short periods, without feeling guilty”
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Bulldog,
LOL … I’m not even going to ask how that book fits in your life. 😉
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My kids have us babysit while they go overseas etc… I love the chance to have the children all to myself (teach them a few bad habits to get back at my kids) But why did I never think of this when they were small…
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Ah ha … grandparenting! … enjoy them, spoil them, and teach them to get back at the parents as payback …. and then give them back!
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Maybe I should rethink that book title…lol
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🙂
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Lol for those parenting guides! Off to check out the Dire Straits one – always knew there was more to Mark Knopfler than plain old musical genius 🙂
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Pauline,
Cheers to a Dire Straits fan!
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Congratulations on your golf team!
I hope the rain finds its way to you for a little cooling down. [I wouldn’t mind some over here, either!] 😉
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Marina,
Although we didn’t get any rain, the weather front moved through – which brings several very nice days. After that, who knows. Many thanks on the golf kudos.
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I think if parents actually read books on real life parenting they may have questioned whether or not to have children.
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Catherine,
The world could use a few less bad parents.
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Very true, but you don’t know if you will be a bad parent until you are a parent.
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True …. and some that we think would be good aren’t … and others surprise all by being good parents.
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I think we got all your rain Frank. We had almost a full day if it!
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Colline,
Yep … the bulk of the rain was to the north and along your path. Outstanding weather today! 🙂
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Congrats on your golf game! Sure wish we could have some of your rain down here in TX.
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Mary,
The rain was to my north and south … thus we missed it … but I imagine you may be drier than me. Stay cool!
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Only 100 today –
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Ouch … and I presume dry as well. Stay cool.
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Ha – if that book is real – it would make for a great first time parent gift!
And – for the record – if you came in second – it’s because YOU ARE THAT GOOOOD! 😉
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The Waking Dead: When Children are Little Sleep Depriving Zombies
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Joe,
I could say, “Say it ain’t so, Joe” … but I won’t.
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It’s OK because I am definitely not going anywhere with a gun in my hand.
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Frank, it sounds like you’re doing OK — but no word on the eye problem!
The most confusing piece of parenting advice I ever got was: If your child is rotten around you but behaves with other people, you’re a great parent. Ummmmmmmmm….
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Elyse,
Doing OK, but no news about the MRI series … but I see the retina specialists on Friday. Thanks for asking.
Now that’s interesting advice.
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Oh it made me feel like the perfect mother! Reason enough to buy the book!
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Of course you were.
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Rain seems to be going around, Frank. We’ve had lots here, for a change. Sounds like you enjoyed the golf scramble. 🙂
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Sylvia,
Golf scrambles are fun …. plus I was playing for nice guys. Cheers to your surprise rain!
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How timely. And yet. . . yeah . .how timely. When does the Onion get their own cable channel? We NEED this kind of real news . . .
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Cayman,
Great idea … FYI: The Onion does have a video channel (online)
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Nah, I’m being greedy here. i want them on the tube. And if that happens, they are probably gonna be looking for a couple of anchors to work weekends. I’m there if you are . . .
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It’s a deal!
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We will be THE team.
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YES!
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I wonder how many would buy these titles?
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GFB,
This list reads like a NY Times Best Seller List.
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All afternoon clouds but rain flies into the city instead of here…must be summer.
Ha! Using the picture much better than just the link.
(Have your costume ready for Cow Appreciation Day? It’s Friday….better get a mooooo on)
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Mouse,
Good description of summer … so friend & I celebrate with a lunch of good BBQ.
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Yummy tummy! Have a great weekend! It’s gonna be a roaster here ahead of that arctic vortex
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Oh … next week’s cool weather is going to make it to you?
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pretty good placing 2nd in the golf game, Frank. Yay! rain? yes, it would be nice to have some rainfall but not too much at one time. 😛
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Sun,
Well … we were second out of 5 … nonetheless, we were happy … plus we each won $8. 😉
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These parenting items from the Onion are just hilarious, Frank. I laughed so hard at the two slideshows. I couldn’t possibly choose a favorite. They are all fantastically bizarre! I think parenting tips may be my favorite Onion lists yet! 🙂
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Debra,
“Fantastically bizarre” is a wonderful description of The Onion! Cheers to your LOL.
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