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With the passing of the Christmas holiday season most of us are sitting back surveying the financial damage and taking comfort in the knowledge that the big gift giving season is over for the year.

Sadly, this could not be more wrong.

I say this because if you'll take a look at your calendar you will find that February 14th is now only a month away. This means that time is getting short for coming up with gifts for that special someone to remind them of how you feel about them.

Now I know full well that it really *IS* the thought that counts but the problem is that not everybody feels this way. To many people the failure to give some appropriate gift is tantamount to saying "I don't really care about you." Sad but true.

Fortunately it's not necessary to go to hideous expense to get something good. Something as simple as some roses and a box of chocolate will go a long way. You can even kick it up a notch by getting a a personalized vase online to add that personal touch to the message of the flowers without having to spend a holy fortune doing so.

Guys, I know that like me, it doesn't necessarily make a whole boatload of sense to most of you but I assure you that it'll mean loads to the Lady in your life. Just like failure to do *something* special for her can land you in the doghouse faster than you can say "I screwed up"

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At least if you believe even a tenth of the so-called "clues" that I've heard and read about Bob since he disappeared two months ago.

For example I've seen reports of him showing up at a museum in Seattle, a beach in Los Angeles, a gym in richmond, and Texas Stadium, all within the span of three hours *IF* you believe all of the reports and that their times are all accurate.

The thing is that I doubt that even one in a thousand of those reports are actually legitimate.

Yet they still pour in.

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Yet another "Bob rumor" has surfaced. This is of course no surprise, in the two months that he's been gone there must have been a few hundred rumors about him.

According to the latest rumor it seems that Bob has developed a severe allergy. The problem is that while he's sneezing his head off the austin allergy doctor that he's allegedly been seeing has not found any clues as to exactly what it is that he's allergic to.,

Because of this the sneezing continues. The part where the rumor gets really bad is where people have claimed that his sneezing is causing severe wind damage to whatever neighborhood that he's in at the time.

Witnesses claim that he's blowing down entire houses. Obviously this whole thing is woefully blown out of proportion.

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Have you ever thought about how some words get their meanings? Especially when it has more than one meaning or the word does not at all sound like what it means?

Take for example the word casters. Technically a "caster" is a type of wheel assembly that is used in furniture construction. The wheels on an office chair are called casters for example.

Yet looking at the word casters that doesn't quite ring true to me. At first glance it sounds like a caster is something that casts. But which meaning of cast are we talking about?

One definition of 'cast' is a group of people involved in the production of a movie, tv show, or play. In that sense a 'caster' could be the person that decides who plays what role.

Another is to throw or toss, when fishing you cast your line into the water. In the Book of Revelation the devil and his angels are cast into the lake of fire. A "castoff" is something that's been thrown away. A "castaway" is somebody that's been thrown from their ship (or plane), usually ending up on a deserted island somewhere.

I realize that there's probably not a lot of point to questions like this but that doesn't stop me from thinking about them once in a while just simply because a word will suddenly sound strange to me, even if it's one I use a lot.

At the very least it's something to think about.

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The Christmas holiday is over, the new year has begun and you've finally started to relax from all of the holiday gift giving frenzy and begun to concentrate on paying off the extra bills that come with the season.

Then you look at the calendar and to your dismay you realize that it's not over. No, not by a long shot. February 14th is now just a month away and you know what that means. You're once again under the gun trying to come up with gifts for her on that day which most guys don't take all that seriously but, as we all know, the ladies in our lives take it most seriously indeed.

To those guys that are less experienced at buying gifts for this particular holiday I have one piece of advice.

When buying a gift for valentine's day, do not, I repeat DO NOT buy any kind of gift that is even remotely "Practical" or "Useful". This is the time to cater to her likes and go out of your way to show her how much she means to you. Roses are almost always a winner, a night out away from the family and daily life and of course, chocolates. Just try to make 'em something special. Nothing says "I sorta almost care" like a box of Hershey bars. Something like that shows that you don't care enough to go the extra mile and it'll put you in the doghouse faster than a speeding bullet. If you instead think "Russel Stover", you'll be a lot closer to the right track.

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