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Shyra Lynn

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Most people worry about their own bellies, and other people’s souls, when we all ought to worry about our own souls and other people’s bellies. – Yisroel Salanter Aging Cajun. Small-scale philanthropist, bracelet-maker, and occasional wit.

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 3h

BOLD!

Thieves steal jewels of 'incalculable' value in seven-minute heist at Louvre museum in Paris

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 3h

I understood your intent.

Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 3h

Two in a row!

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 4h

First drink and prison that I thought of!

Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 4h

This Week's Challenge: Think of something to drink in two words. Rearrange the letters to spell a famous prison and a means of getting out of prison. What words are these?

Hint from me: I’ve never had the drink, but it sounds just Grand.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz!

Sunday Puzzle: Anagrams from a hotel room

NPR's Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with Minnesota Public Radio listener Matt Walsh of St. Louis Park, Minnesota and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 5h

Two in a row, y’all

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 5h

Two in a row, y’all

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 6h

Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it. - Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885 – February 23, 1968)

Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 20h

In time for All Saints’ Day, Joan of Arc Change-a-Charm bracelets are available at Zèle. You can still get Owl’oween and Hematite bracelets, too.

Zèle NOLA
2841 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70115

Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 21h

I choose to believe that, since Paul Nicholas and Aerosmith are in the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" movie, this song belatedly inspired "Love in an Elevator."

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Paul Nicholas - Heaven On The 7th Floor (video)

YouTube video by RUBEN ROCK GOMEZ

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 22h

10 or 11 year old Billy Preston, with Nat King Cole

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11-Year-Old Billy Preston & Nat 'King' Cole - Blueberry Hill 1957.flv

YouTube video by davidepilloni1

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 1d

My second cousin Clement Clement gave his grandson Ricky Richard a monitor lizard. Ricky said “Paw-Paw, all it does is stand around in the hall!”

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Training is useful but there is no substitute for experience. - Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981)

Mack The Knife - Louis Armstrong & Lotte Lenya

YouTube video by Fernando Garcia de Andoin

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 1d

My second cousin Clement Clement said, of the woman he’s dating, “I can’t take her nowhere!”
I asked “Why? Is she ill-mannered?”
“No,” he said “She got one of them ankle monitors!”

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 2d

Rest in Power, Susan Stamberg

Celebrating the life and career of NPR 'founding mother' and arts champion Susan Stamberg

NPR's Susan Stamberg was a longtime champion of visual arts coverage, but she had to invent new ways to do it on the radio.

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Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. - Arthur Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)

Shyra Lynn @shyralynn.bsky.social · 2d

Spending several decades singularly dedicated to making the lives of most Americans markedly worse has two effects on the general public: 1) People will passionately hate you; and 2) they will laugh as your body fails you.