And hello again my dear friends.  I just finished off the last one, so I really don’t have anything to add to this one.

Oh wait! Yes, I do!

Tomorrow is August and it’s time to start our annual donation drive. Although I hate this time of year, let’s get this started. Here’s the deal. I do this as long as the bills are paid. I don’t put advertising on the website to raise money because I HATE advertising on websites. I don’t charge money to raise money or any of that stuff. Once a year I ask for donations. Since I’ve been doing this, every year we’ve met the expenses of this thing. As soon as we don’t, that tells me that my time has come and it’s time for me to do something else.

So, there it is. There are a couple of ways to donate. You can go to the website (dragonlaffs.com) and right at the top of the page is a donate button that will take you through PayPal.  

Some people don’t like PayPal, so if you’d like to donate by cash or check, send me an email at impishdragon@dragonlaffs.com and I’ll give you my snail mail address. No, I’m not going to print it out here because I promised the local authorities not to eat people who burn crosses on my front lawn.

I can also do Zelle, which is bank to bank, which is way cool the more I learn about it. And I could probably stumble through Venmo if Izzy Dragon helps me out. 

So, there it is. This year’s Annual Pay The Bills Fund Raiser is now officially Open

And we have one green $ because we already have one donation.  Okay, I take that back. When I went and checked PayPal (I hate the new PayPal app), I found out that we have ANOTHER donation! So, I have to fix the sign… be right back.

Okay, so we have TWO green $ because we already have TWO donations. Special thanks go out to Pop Smith and Steve H. Thank you guys! Deeply appreciated!

Well, we are well on our way! BEST START EVER!

 

That one always hits me hard!

This one is AWESOME! LOL! LOL! Very short. Very funny. Click if you want a good laugh.

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Or the people who think you park like an entitled princess.  

Chuck E. Cheese mascot busted for debit card theft in Florida: Police

A Chuck E. Cheese’s mascot has been arrested in Florida after a customer ratted him out as an alleged thief, police said.

A worker dressed in a Chuck E. Cheese costume at one of the kid-friendly pizza chain’s franchises in Tallahassee, Florida, was taken into custody Wednesday night on larceny charges and hauled out of the restaurant in handcuffs as children looked on, according to police and images of the incident that emerged on social media.

Click on the title for the rest of the article.

You sir, are a dead man.

Okay, so I had to check. Although it’s not used as much anymore, it is STILL used to instill vanilla and strawberry flavoring into foods.

31 Reasons Why Florida Is Basically Another Planet

Okay, so some of these are REALLY WEIRD and others are … so yeah … it’s Florida. Worth the read.

There is an old story about the data center of the future. 

This data center runs 24/7 with only a man and a dog. 

The man’s job is to feed the dog. 

The dog’s job is to make sure the man does not touch the computer.

My second-grade student came running up to me, whining. “Look what Robert stuck on my back!”  It was a sticky note with the words “Kick me, I’m stupid” written on it. 

I took Robert aside and lectured him on how to treat people with kindness and the importance of being polite and encouraging. 

A few minute later, I heard, “Look what Robert stuck on my back!” 

It was that first little boy, holding another sticky note. This one said, “Kick me, I’m smart.”

“If you think your boss is stupid, remember:

You wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.”
– John Gotti

This one just came in from Lynn…take if for what it’s worth.

Yeah, we’ve done that before and I’ve played the YouTube that goes along with it before…but I still like it because it brings back my childhood.

GREAT reference to another GREAT parable.

While perusing a curio shop in Texas, Harold’s eye is drawn to the skull of a horse sitting on a high shelf.

“Pardon me, but what’s this?’ he asks the shops keeper.

“That,” the shop keeper replies. “Is the actual skull of Trigger, the horse belonging to legendary Wild West hero Roy Rogers.” 

“How much is it?” Harold asks. 

“This little gem is $3,000.” 

Harold hadn’t wished to spend quite that much, so he asks the shop keeper if she had anything cheaper, upon which she reaches under the counter and takes out a smaller horse skull. “This is only $500.” 

“Well, that sounds like a good deal,” Harold replies. “Whose skull is it?”

“It’s Trigger’s skull from when he was just a colt.”

Such great truth!

Excellent Reasons to Give Pets Boring Human Names:

1. To see how long it takes co-workers to realize you’re talking about a pet and not a significant other (“Dave and I were watching a movie in bed the other night”)

1.b. or about a kid (“Maria’s not allowed to eat raisins, she’s allergic”)

2. You an use them as an excuse (“Taylor hates it when I get home late”)

3. Eventually you get to say things like “Jennifer got stuck between the wall and the refrigerator … again.”

I just ordered a special license plate for my vehicle:

BAA BAA

It should look cool on my black Jeep.

And that, my friends, puts another one to bed. I’m going to call it quits for today and probably start working on the next one slowly. I have homework to do for all my classes and trying to get things ready to go. So for now…