*"There are no easy ways to break up with someone but an email is only better than a sharpie scrawled note wrapped around a rock and thrown through a bedroom window" -- Bob Salsbury/Random Shallow Thoughts.

*Phil Corless/A Family Runs Through It has a list of familiar things he's tired of hearing himself say to his kids (and you'll recognize many of them) here.

*Mebbe it's me, but I really enjoy CDADave's train-of-consciousness riffs on a variety of subjects, including this take on Michael Jackson, which he filed at 4:57 this morning, here.

*In her wonderful way, Marianne Love/Slight Detour shares memories of a friend who just died in Portland here.

*Dang! While I wasn't watching, Henry Johnston/My 2 Cents signed up to be a mortician's assistant, and he's excited about it here.

*On his Old Goat Trail blog, Phil Corless claims bragging rights for UI sports, which fielded the smartest team, among those who are going to make up the WAC next year here.

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