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The First [of Already Had Enough] Day[s] of School

A brief glimpse into our tax dollars trying to work: Me: "So how have your first few days of school been going?" Nic: "I hate it! They're always saying 'No' to me. I just want to sit in the front of the class and tell jokes." Wifie: "Well, now. There aren't many places that aren't going to say 'No' to that." Nic: "Well, then I say they're all fired!"

The other side of name recognition

I'm loving Burns RV Park. Or I had way too much caffeine on today's road trip that things are firing on extra cylinders (two posts in one day). OK, both. Anyhoo, something caught my eye. When Reno-based Washoe Health System spent lord knows how much time, energy and money on re-branding itself a few years back, "Renown" rose to the top. I don't know who pitched it, but maybe it was somehow, somewhere etched in his memory. (Why "his"? Read on.) OK, national brand, but different industry. We can get around that legally and still leverage a national name. And an adjective in the dictionary. It's a win-win, right? Oh... My... I'm torn between two parting thoughts, so here's both: I can now see why "Renown" was the "#1" recommendation Perhaps the focus groups just didn't include enough men to answer that "What's the first thing that crosses your mind when I say..." question

Paradox

Saw a sign in the men's bath at Burns (Ore.) RV Park. Since I heard that The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks has quite the backlog for approving/posting submissions, I'll put it here with my 2c: So...you (sign scribe) are going on record for directing us (readers) to refrain from touching the switch but are actually paraphrasing someone because if it were you, you would turn out the light? Regardless, if you are just being emphatic about the importance of not touching the switch, that red box does the trick all by itself.