This anecdote takes a little bit of set up: Our three year old has interesting names for her imaginary friends. She had a "boyfriend" named Jacob Brownie. When she broke up with him, she got Jacob Marshmallow. There's even a Jacob Sundae.
My wife's Grandfather's name was Whilbert Langholdt. For years and years he ran a cafe and bowling alley in Ricketts, Iowa that bore his nickname, "Whip's Lanes."
Recently, although she never knew him (he passed away decades ago), Annamarie tried to explain to us that "Grandpa Whipped Cream isn't dead, he just had to go to his other house."
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But please feel free to email them, print them and pin, tape, or magnetize them to office cubical and doors or refrigerators.
All material posted here that wasn't created by Ted is stuff that he promises to delete as soon as he gets a chance. He just posted it here because, you know how it is, blogs are kind of like office cubical walls or refigerator doors where you hang stuff up that you thought was funny or interesting and you want other people to see it. No harm was meant and not monitary profit was taken- so please cut Ted some slack and don't sue him. He doesn't have any money anyway.
I'd love for some syndicate to pick me up one of these days, but then, so do a gazillion other amateur bloggers. So if you happen to be an editor, publisher, syndicate executive or literary agent and you'd like to hire me or publish some of my work- by all means, PLEASE feel free to contact me. While I'm happy at my job, who wouldn't love to make their living by dooing their hobby?
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