Salem's Hompage

My good friend, Debby, who you can remember from here, here, and here, is going to visit me in Boston in September. We plan on going to the Cape, but in the case that we want to do something else at some point, I started looking around for things to do.
It's been so long since I've lived in my home state that I don't have any brilliant ideas, really. They'll come to me.

But, in researching historic shenanigans I came across the Salem, MA website and I just had to share it. The photo on the salem.org homepage changes, but I found the one I love online. I'm sorry it's so small...

Let's analyze it, shall we? First, I love the swooning woman in the middle with the blond hair. She's all (in a waif-like voice), " "No, I'm not a witch! I'm going to pass out to prove it to you!"
Then, there's the guy holding on to her. Well, coaxing her, really, who's all "Every thing's going to be OK. I'm just going to shove you in the lake quickly to check."
Then, I love the girl at the right who's lip is all curled-up. She's all, "Skip the water. I'm hungry for lunch. Let's just toss her on the stake and light the fire!" But she's saying it in pig-latin out of the side of her snarling mouth.

Well, That's Not Very Filling!

Leaving Publix grocery store today, I saw a sign outside a shop which read "two cheese slices and a can of soda - $2.99".
Considering it took me a moment to realize it was a pizza joint and not a deli, you can imagine my confusion.

Baruch Obama

Courtesy of one of my editors....

Laptop

I just bought a brand new MacBook Pro laptop.
I will not experience buyer's remorse. I will remind myself (over and over) that I don't have a laptop or computer of any kind aside from my work one. My work one, as we now know, will not be mine much longer. Neither will work.

I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag. I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag.
I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag. I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag.
I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag. I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag.
I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag. I will now not let myself shop for a neat laptop bag.

I Needed This Funny

I got this email from my friend (and co-worker, Thomas, after he received it from another coworker.

These are from a book called Disorder in the American
Courts, and are things people actually said in court,
word for word, taken down and now published by court
reporters who had the torment of staying calm while
these exchanges were actually taking place.


ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your
memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of
something you forgot?
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said
to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person
dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the
next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-one-year-old,
how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was
taken?
WITNESS: Is this a trick question?
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was
August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh.... I was getting laid!
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me? Your Honor, I think I
need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
________________________________________________


ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.
________________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning
pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your
attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
________________________________________________


ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed
on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead
people. Would you like to rephrase that?
________________________________________________


ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school
did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
________________________________________________


ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the
body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why
I was doing an autopsy on him!
________________________________________________


-- And the best for last: ---

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy,
did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was
alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a
jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been
alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been
alive and practicing law

Christian

I thought for sure he would eat them! (Thanks for sharing the video, Libby.)
Click Here to View

Little Friends

Some little ones we met during our walk on Palm Beach last night.

I Love What I Do For A Living