Friday Focus

Bristol, England: kids celebrate ‘best Christmas present ever’ — bionic arms. Photo by Tom Wren/SWNS, posted at theguardian.com:

Help! Headline from nypost.com: “Wholesale inflation comes in hotter than expected as food prices surge before Fed rate decision.” And we thought it was over.

Tom Stiglich cartoon:

Seemed like a good idea at the time. From NYP: “A Thing Not To Do: Lily Phillips Breaks Down In Tears After She ‘Sleeps With’ 100 Men in One Day.” Imagine the soreness.

Among today’s celebrations, it’s National Ice Cream Day. Rocky Road, please.

Here are some quips about Friday the 13th from jokesoftheday.net:
What’s a good pasta to make on Friday the 13th? — Fettuccine Afraid-O.
I don’t have to be Freddie Krueger…to be the man of your dreams.
Monday the 13th sounds much worse than Friday the 13th.
Photo from Google Images:

I find this headline from foxnews.com very telling: “Biden commutes sentence of official who stole $53M from small Illinois town, sparking outrage.” Honor among thieves?

Much less windy today at the Anti-Inflation Book Shop, cold despite full sunshine. I packed up a half hour early. My thanks to the woman who donated three stellar titles, and to the gentleman who delivered a CD and a pictorial; and to the woman who bought two romances in Russian; and to the gentleman who purchased a piece of 3D art and two kids’ books.

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