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January 21,
A to F of Medical Definitions

Anti-body -- Against everyoneArtery -- The study of fine paintingsBacteria -- The back door of a cafeteriaBarium -- What you do after CPR failsBenign -- What you are after you be eight and before you be tenCardiac arrest -- Taken into custody after stealing a coupe devilleCardiology Advance -- study of poker playingCAT Scan -- […]

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January 14,
'Twas the month after Christmas

'Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the houseNothing would fit me, not even a blouse.The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d tasteAt the holiday parties had all gone to my waist.When I got on the scales there arose such a number!When I walked to the store (less a walk than a lumber).I’d remember […]

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January 7,
Why God never got a PhD

Please don't read this if you are easily offended. 1. He had only one major publication.2. It was written in Aramaic, not in English.3. It has no references.4. It wasn't even published in a refereed journal.5. There are serious doubts he wrote it himself.6. It may be true that he created the world, but what […]

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January 1,
The question is "Do"

Do witches use spell checkers? Do penguins have knees? Do older people read the Bible more as they get older because they're cramming for their final exam? Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? Do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of the water? Do Typhoo Tea employees take coffee breaks? Do landowners own […]

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January 1,
Silly Poems and Rhymes # 8 - Little Birdie

Little Birdie  Little birdie flying by Drops a message from the sky Angry farmer wipes his eye But then thanks god that cows don't fly.

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January 1,
The Serpent's Story - January's English Story of the Month

The Serpent's Story

by Leonid Andreyev

Hush! Hush! Hush! Come closer to me. Look into my eyes!

I always was a fascinating creature, tender, sensitive, and grateful. I was wise and I was noble. And I am so flexible in the writhing of my graceful body that it will afford you joy to watch my easy dance. Now I shall coil up into a ring, flash my scales dimly, wind myself around tenderly and clasp my steel body in my gentle, cold embraces. One in many! One in many!

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