comedy Fran Moments

I get it honest

And by “it,” I mean The Crazy. Behold, some of the notes left around my parents’ house while they were out of town for the weekend: I kid; we’re not crazy. We just adore words and really like leaving incredibly long, detailed notes and voice mail messages. She’ll kill me if she finds out I’m broadcasting this stuff on the internet. Krissie, no snitching!

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Don’t know about you, but this is going to be a major timesuck for me

Well, butter my biscuit and call me a clogged artery! Someecards.com now lets you make your own cards. Has this feature always been available? Because I just noticed it. Back when I made these things, I just aped the design and used whatever weird clipart I could find by Googling. I felt a marked sense of accomplishment cobbling those cards together, but the lazy part of me (roughly 94 percent of me) appreciates Someecards taking…

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Topical humor: Olympics edition

(Like everyone else, all we can talk about in the newsroom lately is Michael Phelps.) Intern, just after Phelps’ win last night: I bet he’s on steroids. Metro editor: Did you see what he eats every day*? Intern: Steroids? *According to Wikipedia, it’s either 6,000 or 12,000 calories a day. YOW.

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It’s Friday. Yay.

Only it’s really my Thursday. Harumph. Somehow I managed to escape a post-election hangover, despite all the tequila I befriended last night. I was so jittery by the time I left work at midnight that I needed the stuff just to help me sleep. Election night can be especially unkind to newspaper folks, but this one went more or less smoothly on our end, and went according to script (and yes, I mean that in…

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comedy it's true — I'm crazy the internet is fun

Yet another outlet for the awful thoughts my brain produces

Lately I’ve been having some pretty epic conversations with my friend T-bagz (I hesitate to use his real name because he is scared of the internet) via someecards.com, because, damn, that place has a card for every flatulent sentiment in existence. Well, almost. Here are a few that would be useful but that I’ve not found on the site, so feel free to click and download and send to your pals if the occasion arises.…

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