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Today is the 42nd anniversary of Monty Python’s Flying Circus! To commemorate the date, I’m sharing one of my all-time favorite Monty Python sketches.

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Funny Job Listing Found on Elance.com

by GeekMom on August 31, 2011

I’ve been using Elance.com to find freelance website design work. While I was browsing the new jobs, I came across this interesting job headline. Just another example of why we should read twice before submitting something. I hope this makes you smile.

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Funny Mom Stuff: Mom, you’re shrinking!

by GeekMom on August 13, 2011

My daughter is 6 years old. She is under the impression that aging corresponds with “getting bigger.” At her age, that’s true! On the other hand, my husband and I joke around that I’m shrinking. I’m only 5 feet tall, and the last time we marked our heights on the wall, I was 1/4 inch [...]

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Stuck in the Snow… Have a Laugh at my Expense

by GeekMom on February 9, 2011

Well, here in Colorado, we had an amazingly warm December with a green/brown Christmas. I knew we’d get our winter weather eventually, and it has arrived during the last few weeks. It’s beautiful, as long as we don’t have to work outdoors. My kids have had some snow days lately, and today they were back [...]

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I was strolling through the children’s section of our local public library, and I spotted the spine of this book on the shelf. I thought, “is that really a kids’ book about Twitter?!” and grabbed it to take a closer look. As it turned out, it’s not a book about the Twitter “fail whale,” but [...]

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Really, CNN? That’s your top story?

by GeekMom on November 4, 2009

This is what I saw when I checked my CNN headlines widget a few minutes ago: Did you see the headline for the Top Story? “Jessica Simpson finds a bosom buddy…” Oh. My. Goodness. I don’t know whether to be amused and relieved that there’s nothing more important than Jessica’s bosom in the news at [...]

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“Dance Your Ass Off?”

by GeekMom on June 29, 2009

My middle child is a 7 year old boy. He is sweet, sensitive, curious, and thoughtful. We enjoy watching TV together, and we love “So You Think You Can Dance.” Recently, there have been commercials for a new program, which looks like a combination of “Dancing With the Stars” and “The Biggest Loser.” It’s called [...]

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