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Lost hearing in my left eye.</strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;">***</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Accidentally rubbed ketchup in my eyes. Now I have Heinzsight.</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;">Sign of the Month:</strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14489881" height="425" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/d28e2a17-ced0-01a0-48ba-d2ce66efb030.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 425px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Advice of the Month:</strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: black;">Carrots may be good for your eyes, but booze will double your vision.</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Good/Bad News of the Month:</strong></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14489889" height="320" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/868aedc8-bd55-9bfd-c6ea-d4b2e082cc58.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 320px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Pun of the Month:</strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>A couple of cows were smoking a joint and playing cards. 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Scotch Fitzgerald <br /><br />* The Catcher in the Rye<br /><br />* Malt Whitman<br /><br />* Ernest Hemingway</strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Wise Words of the Month:</strong></span></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14482313" height="541" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/242af345-d3b3-b127-fe15-f8829ea30f85.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 541px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Conclusion of the Month:</strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>If thieves wear sneakers, and artists wear Skechers, then linguists must wear Converse.</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Faces in Odd Places of the Month:</span></span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><img data-file-id="14482293" height="657" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/6d1022ca-62d5-0977-767c-4fc3a7d403d1.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 657px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></strong></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span><br /> </div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Song of the Month:</strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">"Looking for My Glasses"</span></strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch993THMi4U" style="color: #336699;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch993THMi4U</a></span></span><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; 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You scream.<br />The police come. It's awkward.</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Faces in Odd Places of the Month:</strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><img data-file-id="14473853" height="518" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/ed981872-9dca-fb7b-c173-c5c464ec5d34.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 518px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Thought of the Month:</strong></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Being an adult is having an entire cupboard filled with cups and mugs that you never use but can't get rid of.</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Reminiscence of the Month:</strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14473913" height="474" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/c9e12b20-5b3c-38bd-b95d-25e16280d232.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 474px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span><br /> </div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Memo Pad of the Month:</strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Start the Year with Good Cheer<br /> <br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CwX20OQs9TO/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/CwX20OQs9TO/</a></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Event of the Month: </strong></span></span></span><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">Free online event starting January 17<sup>th</sup>.</span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">FROM MOURNING TO LIGHT</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Join me, and 19 other top experts, in an impactful series of interviews. Their stories will reveal not only their ability to endure the most devastating circumstances but the power to cultivate joy and purpose in the face of adversity. The best news is that you too can embark on this journey towards a happier and more meaningful life.<br /> <br />In Allen Klein’s interview, on <u>Monday, January 22, 5pm EST/2pm PST</u>, he will talk about how he dealt with the loss of his wife when she was 34. That journey was the basis for his book, <span style="color: red;"><em>Embracing Life After Loss</em>,</span> which has 5 steps for going from loss to laughter, and which he’ll be sharing in this inspiring and heartfelt session.<br /> </span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Register now for this Free event here:</span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://frommourningtolight.com/FMTL4_Allen" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://frommourningtolight.com/FMTL4_Allen</a></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><img data-file-id="14473841" height="450" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/ec5f9f81-0d1a-18ed-bee6-c9202a809146.png" style="border: 0px; 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And the not-s</span><span style="font-size: large;">o-great stuff as well, for they can be your greatest teacher.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">5- <b>Keep a Joy List:</b> Write down three things that brought you joy in the past few days. Repeat them when needed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">6- <b>Don't Let Anyone or Anything Ruin Your Day: </b>The choice is yours. You have the power to focus on the positive or the negative.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">7-<b> Want What You Have:</b> In Buddhist thinking, suffering comes from non-acceptance. Stop resisting, start enjoying your life right now.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">8- <b>Be Still:</b> Meditate, take a walk in the garden, sit quietly for a few minutes. Real happiness comes from your own inner joy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">9- <b>Be Around Children: </b>Young kids find happiness everywhere. Observe them at play and some of that might rub off on you.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">10- <b>Don't Forget Your Sense of Humor: </b>A little laughter can change your perspective and lift your spirits.</span></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>*****</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Allen Klein is the author of </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Embracing Life After Loss</i>, <i>Healing Power of Humor</i>, and, <i>You Can't Ruin My Day</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(c)Allen Klein, 2024 </span></p><p><br /></p>Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674656938298469177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749919618554911895.post-17562455781125493542023-12-15T13:29:00.000-08:002023-12-15T13:29:02.057-08:00MidMonth Mirth Memo, December 2023<p> </p><div id="awesomewrap" style="color: #444444; 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font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Christmas Miracle of the Month:</strong><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Jesus must have been here.</span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><img data-file-id="14467321" height="463" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/95eea9ed-28e8-2711-effa-3c228569c85a.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 463px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></strong></div></div><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Christmas Shopping of the Month:</strong></span></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>I asked a worker in the supermarket where they kept the pumpkin pie mix.<br /><br />They replied, "I'll see," and walked away.<br /><br />I asked another and they also said, "I'll see," and walked away.<br /><br />In the end, I found it myself... in Aisle C.</strong></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Literal Interpretation of the Month:</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Put some shrimp on the barbie.</strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><img data-file-id="14467309" height="602" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/04f859b4-4f89-84d4-9ea1-9a0f85353b16.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 602px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Notice of the Month:</strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">NO SENIOR DISCOUNTS<br /><br />You have had twice as long to get the money.</span></strong><br /> </div></div><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Travel Surprise of the Month:</strong><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Shipboard staff's towel animal.</span></strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><img data-file-id="14467333" height="525" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/d19b54b4-ff0a-e402-2e24-086a433f991b.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 525px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Warning of the Month:</strong></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>IN CASE OF FIRE:<br /><br />Please leave the building before posting it on Facebook.</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Faces-in-Odd-Places of the Month:</strong></span></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14467301" height="328" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/eb5851f5-5483-3734-3c0c-ff3f7a6f5115.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 328px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Interview of the Month: </strong></span></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>5 Ways to Get More Laughter in Your Life </strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; 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display: inline; height: 386px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /><br /><br /><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Confession of the Month:</strong><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>I had the slowest, most rude, and nasty cashier at the supermarket today.</strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>I'm done with using self-checkout. </strong></span></span><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="color: red; font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Sign of the Month:<br /> </strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><img data-file-id="14457033" height="600" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/00d5a926-34b7-0dbf-a203-99739fdd0b76.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 600px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></strong></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>Funniest Performer of the Month: </strong></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=635183927206057" style="color: #336699; 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font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">www.nextavenue.org/making-time-for-awe-and-laughter-enhances-life/</a></span></span></strong><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><img data-file-id="14457265" height="375" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/fd05c8ba-c3c9-68e8-e84c-23d4382c19ef.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 375px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></strong></span></div><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span></h1><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> <span style="font-size: 22px;">Want to get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month?</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">SUBSCRIBE</span> yourself or a friend to the<br />Free MIRTH MEMO<br /><a href="https://allenklein.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc&id=cf3e8b68e5&e=dc4f510855" style="color: #336699; 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To test my selling skills, the manager handed me a laptop and said: I want you to try to sell this back to me."</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>So I put it under my arm, left the building and went home.<br /><br />Shortly afterwards, he called and demanded: "Bring my laptop back."<br /><br />I said: $200 and it's yours!"</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Invention of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14436421" height="562" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/224b29b6-e025-ce00-df35-228421fc2743.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 562px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Joke of the Month:</span><br /><br />Three guys, stranded on a desert island, find a magic lantern containing a genie, who grants each of them one wish.</strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>The first guy wishes he was off the island and back home.<br /><br />The second guy wishes the same thing.<br /><br />The third guy says, "I'm lonely. I wish my friends were back here."</strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Contractor of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14436425" height="450" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/31100c66-0c57-3f66-7b65-4ccb4771aaa7.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 450px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></div> <h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span></h1><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Fun Art of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;">What Barbie's Dreamhouse<br />Looks Like in Every U.S.State</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahaspler/barbies-dreamhouse-in-50-us-states?" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahaspler/barbies-dreamhouse-in-50-us-states?</a></span></strong></span><br /><br /><strong style="color: red; font-size: 22px;">__________________________________________</strong></div><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> <span style="font-size: 22px;">Want to get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month? </span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">SUBSCRIBE</span> yourself or a friend to the<br />Free MIRTH MEMO<br /><a href="https://allenklein.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc&id=cf3e8b68e5&e=dc4f510855" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" title="https://allenklein.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc&id=cf3e8b68e5&e=dc4f510855">https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7</a></strong></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">__________________________________________</span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Book of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">Last month I posted information about my book, YOU CAN'T RUIN MY DAY. I like to change what I write about each month in this section but having received a glowing unsolicited email just a few days ago from a reader, about YOU CAN'T RUIN MY DAY, I had to share it. The slightly edited email, is below.</span></span></h1><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Subject: LOVE your book!<br /><br />Dear Allen,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">You Can’t Ruin My Day is one of my favorite books of all time – and I read a lot! (My master’s degree is in reading.) I first borrowed a copy from the library, but like it so much I bought my own copy to keep, highlight, mark, and reread.<br /><br />You wrote like a genius. I can’t imagine all the time, research, effort, and love you put into that book, but I sure do know how much I appreciate it!<br /><br />I already ordered a copy for a good friend – she deserves your wisdom. But then, so do many of my friends.</span> 😊</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Your writing is remarkable:<br />• The chapter title tells us what to do<br />• You have a celebrity quote about the subject<br />• You stories illustrate your point so beautifully<br />• Your follow up reenforces your point<br />• You find a Lighten Up joke that illustrates your point.<br />• You include so many resources that fit in with your points<br />• Your personal stories are especially appealing<br />• You have stories about others that illustrate as well<br />• 52 main ideas, and each fully contained so the reader can easily read one in a short 5 – 6 minute time<br />• I could hardly put your book down!<br />NOW do you see why I believe your writin</span>g is remarkable, and you are a genius??</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">You are amazing, Allen.<br /><br />Thank you so MUCH for your beautiful gift to the world – your caring to share what you have learned, and the huge effort you put into it to make the world a better place. 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margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Groaners of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-Why don't some couples go to the gym?<br />Because some relationships don't work out.<br /><br />-What do you call fake spaghetti?<br />An impasta.<br /><br />-I'm reading a book about anti-gravity.<br />It's impossible to put down.</span></strong></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"> </h1><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Apparel of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">When the invitation says to dress accordingly.</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; 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display: inline; height: 532px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Thought of the Month: </span></strong><br /><br /><strong>The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that it's difficult to determine whether or not they are genuine.</strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>—Abraham Lincoln</strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Sexy Zipper of the Month: </span><br /><br />Check out the "hooks" at the top and bottom of the zipper.</strong></span></span><br /> <h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; 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I said I was afraid that Mark Zuckerberg might be listening.<br />My friend laughed. I laughed.<br />Siri laughed. Alexa laughed.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Similarity of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Flying Taxi... <br /><img data-file-id="14407529" height="450" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/cf4dff82-ea15-8c08-8651-ccfee3ad9d01.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 450px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Fidget Spinner... <br /><img data-file-id="14407533" height="532" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/6df9c7fb-71de-8c66-d63e-4910ee14ed19.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 532px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Pun of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Today I saw a person of small stature climbing down a prison wall. I thought to myself, that's a little condescending.</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Label of the Month: </span></strong></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Lock up the relish?</span></strong></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14407557" height="340" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/2cd44dff-31a1-c760-aa73-a265881aa5d0.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 340px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /><br /><br />Neologisms of the Month:</span></strong><br />Some of The Washington Post's winning submissions to its annual contest of common words with alternate meanings.<br /><span style="color: black;">-</span> Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.<br />- Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.<br />- Flabergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: red;">Face-in-Odd-Place of the Month:<br /><img data-file-id="14407561" height="622" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/634ff65a-3104-9b65-1c91-d01358eb8582.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 622px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 450px;" width="450" /></span></strong></span></span></h1><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________\</span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Article of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;">"Four Funny Ways Laughter is Good for You"</span></strong></span><br /> </div><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_funny_ways_laughter_is_good_for_you?" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_funny_ways_laughter_is_good_for_you?</a></span></span></strong><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">__________________________________________</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> <span style="font-size: 22px;">Wanna get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month? </span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">SUBSCRIBE</span> yourself or a friend to the<br />Free MIRTH MEMO<br /><a href="https://allenklein.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc&id=cf3e8b68e5&e=dc4f510855" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" title="https://allenklein.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc&id=cf3e8b68e5&e=dc4f510855">https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7</a></strong></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">__________________________________________</span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Book of the Month:</span></strong><br />Therapist? 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It is brought to you by best-selling author, award-winning speaker, </em></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>"Jollytologist" ® Allen Klein</em> </span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">www.allenklein.com</span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">JUNE 2023</span></span></span><br /> </h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">Court Encounters of the Month:</span><br />ATTORNEY: All your responses must be oral, OK? What School did you go to?<br /><br />WITNESS: Oral </span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">***</h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">ATTORNEY: How many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?<br /><br />WITNESS: All of the them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.</span></span><br /> </h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">***</h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? <br /><br />WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.</span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>-<em>Disorder in the American Courts</em></strong></span></span></h1> <blockquote type="cite"><blockquote><blockquote><strong> </strong></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 616.242px;"><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Clever Solution of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14397341" height="439" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/18fdd5f9-c98a-1d21-c07c-6f3b65c4abc3.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 439px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 641.922px;"><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">Book Dedication of the Month:</span></strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>To my wife Marganit and my children<br /><br />Ella Rose and Daniel Adam without whom<br /><br />this book would have been completed two years earlier.</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"> </div><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Photo of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14397349" height="391" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/a91d3a15-d778-58a3-60ef-ee61e7d8947a.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 391px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></span></strong></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Sign of the Month:</span><br /><br />The sign said, "Tip Jar".<br /><br />So I put it on its side.</strong></span></span><br /><br /> <span style="font-size: 18px;"> -<strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Allen Klein</span></strong></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Faces-in-Odd-Places of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14397353" height="375" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/86944b21-fa18-6029-37c4-ad43f2160c65.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 375px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> <br />AI Generated Joke of the Month:<br /><br /><span style="color: black;">Why did the AI go on a diet? <br /><br />Because it had too many bytes!</span></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">____________________________________</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Video of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; 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margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">Answer of the Month:</span><br />As a kid, I used to watch The Wizard of Oz and wonder how someone could talk if they didn't have a brain.<br />Then I got Facebook.</span></span></h1> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;">Pho<table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 537.594px;"><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Fashion Statement of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 537.594px;"><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14390225" height="484" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/e7f193bc-e635-4b6d-77ff-bd599ca0f049.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 484px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></span></strong></span></span></h1><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Groaner of the Month:</span><br /><br />Do you know what propaganda actually is?<br /><br />It's when a British person takes a good look at something.</strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>-BuzzFeed</strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Foto of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: black;">Placement is everything.<br /><br /><img data-file-id="14390229" height="500" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/d46d5b4a-1292-6d16-1034-3afeee6eb43a.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 500px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 500px;" width="500" /></span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Requirement of the Month:</span><br /><br />Sorry, but your password must contain:<br />At least 8 characters, <br />upper and lower case letters,<br />a symbol or number, <br />a hieroglyph,<br />a haiku,<br />a musical note,<br />the feather of a hawk,<br />and a drop of unicorn blood.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Sign of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; 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Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses...except for that gentleman over there."</strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div>Pho <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 537.594px;"><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Photo of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14373261" height="502" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/84318799-65a0-0b86-024b-ddd46c958e78.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 502px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div> <div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Groaner of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time. As a result, it produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and, with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.<br />Thus he was, a super callused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis</strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">Sign of the Month:</span></strong></div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> <img data-file-id="14373265" height="541" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/5d8e3633-569a-00ba-f70d-872450532bbd.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 541px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">Q<span style="font-size: 22px;">uestions of the Month:</span></span></strong></div><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?<br /><br />Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these pink dangly things and drink whatever comes out?'<br /><br />Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">Sign Placement of the Month:</span></strong><br /> <div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14373277" height="300" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/d5043b50-1971-0e41-a710-4396f46a102e.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 300px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div> <div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> </div></div></div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></u></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Artist of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">FUN FOLIAGE <br /><br /><img data-file-id="14373289" height="500" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/5149c336-5eef-8307-ad4a-5bb6df22486d.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 500px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;"><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/fallen-leaves-hirotaka-hamasaki/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://mymodernmet.com/fallen-leaves-hirotaka-hamasaki/</a></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></u></span><br /> </div> <div style="color: #505050; 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It is why I treasure comments from readers of how my books have influenced their life. Just heard from one such person who experienced a recent loss. She told me that, <u>Embracing Life After Loss</u> has been "the best and most helpful thing she has read for grief." She said that she often just flips opens the book and reads a page, "which always helps."</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">And that is exactly the way I meant for the book to be used<br />...open anywhere for comfort and inspiration.</span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><img data-file-id="14373337" height="560" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/3f39e645-02a7-d49e-7256-8d1c8c316d09.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 560px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Life-After-Loss-Growing/dp/1642500062/ref=sr_1_1?" style="color: #336699; 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font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Jokes of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></h1><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What did the French groundhog see on February 2nd?<br /><br />His chateau. </strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>***</strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">What do you say when someone dies between February 19 and March 20?</strong></div><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Rest in Pisces.</strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Life Lesson of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14362125" height="472" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/cb961c5d-12d3-b221-2128-996f4b6432f1.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 472px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 537.594px;"><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Definition of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Bernadette:<br />The act of torching a mortgage.</strong></span></span><br /><br /> <div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;">Sign of the Month:</span></strong><br /> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14362117" height="356" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/37cefeb1-599a-5d58-93bb-c8b563456246.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 356px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></div><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;">Q<span style="font-size: 22px;">uote of the Month:</span></span></strong></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>"Just be good and kind to your children. Not only are they the future of the world, they're the ones who can sign you into a home. </strong></span></span><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>—Dennis Miller </strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Laugh of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14362121" height="530" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/cc8770ed-0a29-5647-f1c7-f9fab9cc9277.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 530px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></u></span><br /> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>HAPPY ALLEN KLEIN'S DAY</strong></span></span></span><br /> </div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Did you know that today is Allen Klein's Day?<br /><br />Here's why:</strong></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://allenklein.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-allen-kleins-day_11.html" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">http://allenklein.blogspot.com/201</a></strong></span></span><br /> </div></div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></u></span><br /> </div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Video of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>LAUGHTER ON THE TRAIN</strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAyvvDQrgY" style="color: #336699; 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Which do you want to hear first?<br /><br />Can you do both at the same time?<br /> <br />Sure. Grandpa stopped snoring.</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advice of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14347145" height="501" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/9ce521c0-cac4-0999-b9cb-208a2986ef6b.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 501px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Airplane Announcement of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 96%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 537.594px;"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Captain: "The weather ahead is good. We should have a smooth and uneventful flight. So sit back and relax....OH, MY GOD!"<br /><br /> <br />Silence followed, and after a few minutes, the captain came back on the intercom and said,“Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so sorry if I scared you earlier." <br /> <br />"While I was talking to you, the flight attendant accidentally spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" <br /><br /><br />A passenger in coach yelled out,“That's nothing. You should see the back of mine!”</span></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Second Joke of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></strong></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Man: When is your birthday?</span></strong></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br />Woman: March 1st.</span></strong></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><em>Man walks back and forth a few seconds.</em></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Man: O.K., now tell me when's your birthday.</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Mistake of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14347149" height="397" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/1664c095-e82d-68cc-6296-904758b7d20c.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 397px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Third Joke of the Month:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Back in the day, excessive use of commas was considered a serious crime.<br /> <br />It usually resulted in a long sentence.</span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Bargain of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14347153" height="427" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/c4a939f7-aae4-44b2-6db1-d8512881e106.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 427px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Song of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">"Are You Having Any Fun?"</span></strong></span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gnYCznvYs" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gnYCznvYs</a></span></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;">Meeting of the Month</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Sometimes the beginning of the year is a sad time when we think about those who are no longer with us. 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The pharmacist won't tell me because of patient privacy. And she won't tell me because she is a dog.</span></span></h1> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Funny Face of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14273089" height="533" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/8dd2f17d-a4d2-4b4c-2f4b-507baddecad5.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 533px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Questions of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">-Why do people point to their wrist when they want to know what time it is, but don't point to their behinds when they want to know where the bathroom is?<br /><br />-Why do people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every couple of hours? <br /><br />-Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advice of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></h1> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14297585" height="402" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/82fc8e06-e328-144d-bb18-4214edca5796.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 402px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><strong style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Groaner for the Month:</span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Amal and Juan are identical twins. Their mom only carries one photo, because when you've seen Juan you've seen Amal. </strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Misspelled Sign of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14297641" height="484" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/023a7a8d-a5cf-c437-a496-7e2404ce86ec.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 484px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Lesson of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Barbie didn't give me a poor body image. Barbie taught me that you can't reattach a head once it's removed from a body.</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Fun Fotos of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Ben Robins Photography<br /><br /><a href="https://www.benrobinsphoto.com/photomanipulation" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://www.benrobinsphoto.com/photomanipulation</a></span></strong></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> <img data-file-id="14297657" height="312" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/ca309f8f-4be1-85e3-9435-9062308769d0.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 312px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 250px;" width="250" /><img data-file-id="14297721" height="311" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/7b8c5760-843b-0114-3485-577d30e46d8b.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 311px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 250px;" width="250" /><img data-file-id="14297725" height="311" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/c4c057e3-867f-0526-eda6-e7d5b77ed76b.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 311px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 250px;" width="250" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Wanna get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month?</strong></span></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>SUBSCRIBE yourself or a friend to the<br />Free MIRTH MEMO</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7</span></a></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>In honor of November's <br />National Hospice and Palliative Care Month</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Book of the Month</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">EMBRACING LIFE AFTER LOSS:<br /><br />A Gentle Guide for Growing Through Grief </span></span></strong></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">When my wife died at the age of 34, I was devastated. I sought a therapist who told me that life was tough. I already knew that; I fired him. I read grief books to ease my loss. The authors told me about all the bad things I might experience—lack of appetite, loss of sleep, feeling depressed. I stopped reading.<br /><br />What I needed was a book that inspired me, that lifted me up, that comforted me and was easy to read. Not finding that, I wrote my own. That book, <em>Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying</em>, is now available here:</span></span></strong><br /> </div><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Life-After-Loss-Growing/dp/1642500062/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cHij7&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=C0XPJH6D9Q0XHKC473XV&pd_rd_wg=YluaW&pd_rd_r=e0b2fc30-204c-460f-af93-457e306d25fd&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Life-After-Loss-Growing/dp/1642500062/?_</a></span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><img data-file-id="14297749" height="504" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/90d212fa-0914-9495-2afd-9a5773ccd8f0.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 504px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /> </strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>One Reader’s Comment</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><em>"Allen's book resonated deeply in me. 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font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>The Mid-Month Mirth Memo is a short amusing tidbit to brighten middle of the month monotony. 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The walk from the bar to my house is 35 minutes. The difference is staggering.</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Funny Face of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /> <img data-file-id="14273093" height="533" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/33ad1fb4-b4a0-bf94-2936-8c2c2dcc278e.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 533px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advice of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Confuse your doctor. Put on rubber gloves at the same time he/she does.</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Machine of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">The Lunch Feeder</span></strong></span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jruLdkHhi4" style="color: #336699; 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margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Groans of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">As I suspected, someone has been adding soil to my garden.<br />The plot thickens<br /><br />I used to work as a soft drink can crusher.<br />It was soda pressing.<br /><br />How do you keep a person in suspense?<br />I'll tell you tomorrow.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Sign #1 of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></h1><img data-file-id="14239109" height="533" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/6a001d38-d387-53d9-0767-d679a16dd3c3.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 533px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advice of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>"Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night."</strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>—Dave Barry</strong></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Sign #2 of the Month:<br /><br /><img data-file-id="14239101" height="533" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/fd5c8ea3-959c-16e9-d7ad-fe5b0381282d.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 533px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Thought for the Month:</span></span></strong></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>I hate it when people try to act intelligent and talk about Mozart when they have never seen one of his paintings.</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Sign #3 of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="14239117" height="431" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/9a24e332-0fe5-15bb-6f2a-a801eee7015b.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 431px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Exercise of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Think of a number between 1 and 10.<br /><br />Add 22 to it.<br /><br />Multiply the sum by 2, and then subtract 1.<br /><br />Now close your eyes. It's dark, isn't it?</strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Handymen of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><img data-file-id="14239113" height="467" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/95f10835-e504-4033-5c09-052c136bafdd.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 467px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Silly Trick of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Go to Google.com and type "Flip a coin" into the search engine. Then hit enter.<br /><br />You'll see an animation of a coin flipping in the air. <br /><br />See if you get heads or tails, or, clip "Flip again" to try your luck a second time.</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Awesome Art of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14239177" height="477" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/14fd8a08-304f-6217-07c0-144969efec69.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 477px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;"><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/11/faig-ahmed-rugs/?mc_cid=de6afb920e&mc_eid=75f11f554a" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/11/faig-ahmed-rugs/?mc_cid=de6afb920e&mc_eid=75f11f554a</span></a></span></strong><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Wanna get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month?</strong></span></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>SUBSCRIBE yourself or a friend to the<br />Free MIRTH MEMO</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7" style="color: #336699; 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display: inline; height: 466px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Sample Quotations</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Every day, tell at least one person something<br /><br />you like, admire, or appreciate about them.<br /><br /><em>-Richard Carlson</em><br /><br /><br />The trouble with nude dancing is that<br /><br />not everything stops when the music stops.<br /><br /><em>-Sir Robert Helpmann</em><br /><br /><br />I'm tired of all the nonsense about beauty being<br />only skin-deep.<br /><br />That's deep enough. 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There is no such thing as algebra."</strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>—Fran Lebowitz</strong></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Things to Think about This Month:</span></span></strong></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Just before you die...<br /><br />Swallow a bag of popcorn kernels.<br /><br />Your cremation will be epic.<br /><br /><br /><br />After your funeral...<br /><br />Have one of your friends use your cellphone to text everyone,<br /><br />"Thanks for coming."</strong></span></span><br /><br /> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Artwork of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14228229" height="528" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/5b6fdaed-8c60-df2a-b865-82e418b48a17.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 528px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 375px;" width="375" /></span></strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Groaner of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>CINDY: "Did you hear about the guy who fell onto the airport baggage carousel?"<br /><br />MINDY: "No. Did he get knocked out?"<br /><br />CINDY: "Yes, but he came around slowly."</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>-AARP Bulletin, May 2022</strong></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Fun Watch of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4BfXMgpJRM" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4BfXMgpJRM</a></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Awesome Art of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px;">Chalk It Up</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbPhTGu5BDw" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbPhTGu5BD</strong></span>w</a><br /> </div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Wanna get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month?</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>SUBSCRIBE yourself or a friend to the<br />Free MIRTH MEMO</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7</span></a></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Book of the Month: </span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">CHANGE YOUR LIFE!</span></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">A Little Book of Big Ideas </span></span></strong></span><em><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></span></em><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;">Excerpts:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><em>Can you imagine experiencing the world as a great sandbox given for us to play in like we did as children?</em></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;">-Judith-Annette Milburn</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><em>We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence is play.</em></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;">-Conrad Hyers</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><em>If my heart can become pure and simple like that of a child, I think there probably can be no greater happiness than this.</em></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;">-Kitaro Nishida<br /><br /><br /><img data-file-id="14228257" height="466" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/4694f56a-0889-3992-72ff-b96e3a5977bf.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 466px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 24px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Get It Here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Life-Little-Ideas/dp/1573444073/ref=sr_1_2?" style="color: #336699; 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It is brought to you by best-selling author, award-winning speaker, </em></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>"Jollytologist" ® Allen Klein</em> </span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">www.allenklein.com</span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">JULY 2022</span></span></span></h1> <h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Siri Answer of the Month:</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;">“Hey, Siri, how many people are there in the world?”<br />Siri: “I’ll get back to you. I’m still counting.”</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Warning of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Be careful where you shop online.<br />We ordered a German Shepherd and now this guy lives with us.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><img data-file-id="14218633" height="367" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/67bd2f9e-5d28-2114-22b0-024b562d741b.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; float: left; height: 367px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span><br /> </h1> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Tweets of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>"Selling my degree. Still in good condition. Never been used."</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">@ChrisExcel03</span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>"At my funeral, take the bouquet off my coffin and throw it into the crowd to see who is next."</strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">@Margoandhow</span></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>"The paper towel by the gas pump is for wiping away tears after filling the tank." </strong> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">@krystaunclear</span></span></div> <br /> </div><br /><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Photo of the Month:<br /><br /><img data-file-id="14218637" height="584" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/1f56023a-9927-9996-bccc-aefcb39896b9.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 584px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Something to Think about This Month:</span></span></strong></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Nothing in the English language starts with an N<br /><br />and ends with a G.</span></span></strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Fun Watching of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><h1 style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Live Cam of brown bears catching salmon.<br />Brooks Falls - Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA</span></strong></span></h1><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls</a></span></strong></span></div><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> </h3></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Celebrity Video of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Tom Cruise & James Corden Skydive<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1wsCworwWk" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1wsCworwWk</a></strong></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; 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I just can't put it down.<br /><br />-Velcro...what a rip off!</span></strong></span><br /><br /> </div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Pride Story of the Month:</span></span></strong></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">At a charity event I attended, one of the items to be auctioned was a stay in a New York City apartment.<br /><br />During the bidding, someone in the audience yelled out how great the location was because it was near the renowned food store, Zabar’s.<br /><br />Unfamiliar with the iconic places in the Big Apple, the auctioneer enthusiastically announced, “And it’s near gay b</span>ars.”</span></strong><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Toilet of the Month:<br /><br /><img data-file-id="14208825" height="600" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/ebd86489-39ea-4c24-6d66-9b292c3567d9.jpeg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 600px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 600px;" width="600" /></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Invention of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Wish we could crossbreed mosquitoes and lightening bugs.<br />Then we could see them coming.</span></strong></span><br /> </div><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"> _______________________________</span></span></u></span></h3><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Art of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">EMBROIDERED VEGETABLES<br />GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT<br /><br /><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/konekono-kitsune-vegetable-embroidery/" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://mymodernmet.com/konekono-kitsune-vegetable-embroidery/</a></span></span></strong><br /><br /><img data-file-id="14208853" height="600" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/e909ed53-a056-7995-c79c-c7387cc318a0.jpg" style="border: 0px; 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font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7</span></a></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">AWE Update of the Month: </span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;">AWE & ART</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">A Yale student who developed virtual museum tours for elders, found that the art tours were more than just pretty pictures. Those that took them felt more positive afterwards and an increased sense of awe.</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Now available in Kindle</span><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Awe-Factor-Difference-Inspirational-Personal-ebook/dp/B08N3XWQDD/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Awe-Factor-Difference-Inspirational-Personal-ebook/dp/B08N3XWQDD/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_</a><br /><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><img data-file-id="14177537" height="463" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/_compresseds/ea66ebfb-90ec-fca7-7f83-ceb0640008de.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 463px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 300px;" width="300" /></span></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0" mc:hideable="hideable_repeat_1_1" mc:repeatable="repeat_1" mc:repeatindex="0" mc:variant="content with left image" mchideable="hideable_repeat_1_1" style="width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/653153ae841fd11de66ad181a/images/transparent.gif" style="border: 0px; 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font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>The Mid-Month Mirth Memo is a short amusing tidbit to brighten middle of the month monotony. It is brought to you by best-selling author, award-winning speaker, </em></span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><em>"Jollytologist" ® Allen Klein</em> </span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">www.allenklein.com</span></span></h1><h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">MAY 2022</span></span></span></h1> <h1 class="h1" style="color: #202020; font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advice of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Never trust an electrician with no eyebrows.</span></span></h1> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Misspelling of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="14177521" height="330" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/9c3609c0-2048-fab9-2036-5f00e7a9508f.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; float: left; height: 330px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Laugh of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">A cop stopped me for speeding.<br /><br />He said, “Why were you going so fast?”<br /><br />I said, “See this thing my foot is on? It’s called an accelerator. When you push down on it, it sends more gas to the engine. The whole car just takes right off. And see this thing? This steers it.”</span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"> <br />-Stephen Wright</span></span></strong></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Comparison of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">If you get a loan at a bank, you pay for it for 30 years.<br /><br />If you rob a bank, you get out in 10 years.</span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Photo of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><img data-file-id="14177525" height="479" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/a601ee16-5af7-14a2-a8db-8044869e6215.png" style="border: 0px; display: inline; float: left; height: 479px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /><br /> </h3><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Creative Video of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">One of the last fore-edge </span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">painters.</span></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4_2xGZy6Jk" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4_2xGZy6Jk</span></a></span></strong></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"> <br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"> _______________________________</span></span></u></span></h3><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Podcast of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">JOY IS NOW<br /><br />Three Life Lessons</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/these-three-things-with-allen-klein/id1528452936?i=1000559230161" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/these-three-things-with-allen-klein/id1528452936?i=1000559230161</span></a></span></span></strong><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><u style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong> _______________________________</strong></span></span></u></div></div> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 22px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Wanna get the MidMonth Mirth Memo every month?</strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>SUBSCRIBE yourself or a friend to the Free MIRTH MEMO</strong></span><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yb9939v7" style="color: #336699; 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You may have the<br /><br />Carownervirus.</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Experience of the Month: <br /><img data-file-id="14146172" height="400" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/853f8df1-0d35-bc6d-a23c-b39afe642958.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 400px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span><br /><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Tax Tip of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">SIMPLIFIED 1040 FORM </span></span><br /> </h3><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">How much money did you make last year? $______<br /><br />Send it in.</span></span></h3><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Fun Places of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong>Umbrellaed Streets </strong></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="https://www.travelpirates.com/others/umbrella-streets-around-the-world?fbclid=IwAR2U1ZU17XdX9SjL6br-w9Th9dLdNNK1Qhmt8g_hw8MOqZA7uu9DTzapaeE" style="color: #336699; 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margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Thought of the Month:</span></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">Instead of going to Starbucks, I make my coffee at home, yell my name out incorrectly, then light a $5 bill on fire. </span></span></h1> <div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Covid-related Photo of the Month: </span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><img data-file-id="14111004" height="533" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/0aeb47de-c57c-3858-6ed5-898a6819ed23.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 533px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Experience of the Month:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="color: black;">The cashier told me "Strip down facing me."<br />By the time I realized they meant the debit card, it was too late.</span></strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Doormat of the Month: <br /><br /><img data-file-id="14111012" height="270" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/d525b201-67fa-2bbe-4f8a-71a9c49de5d2.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 270px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 340px;" width="340" /></span></strong></span></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Advice of the Month:</span></strong></span></span></h3><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">If you are paying $3.00 for a bottle of smart water...it isn't working.</span></span></h3><div style="line-height: 21px;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Recipe of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Banana Bread</span></span></strong><br /><br /><img data-file-id="14110988" height="480" src="https://mcusercontent.com/35ae21a48f0d5ab8f59a4c8fc/images/19ce64f5-71b2-5f29-1860-1d5199ba6c53.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline; height: 480px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; width: 400px;" width="400" /></div><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: center;"> <h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 26px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;"> _______________________________</span></span></u></span></h3><div style="line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 22px;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms", "marker felt-thin", arial, sans-serif;">Article of the Month:</span></span></strong></span><br /> </div><div style="line-height: 21px;"><strong><span style="color: black; 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