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Tit, bit nipply!

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NO. This isn't Kelly. This is the most bosomy dummy I've ever seen in a store. Odd, I didn't think it was particularly cold in the woman's running section.

Then again, what else would you expect from Dick's Sporting Goods?

A beautiful house for sale, in Columbus...

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After my exam on friday (it went well) I spent some time driving around the campus of OSU (my alma mater) and looking at houses for sale. This beaut lists at $459,000 and is just south of campus in the Victorian Village.

The monthly mortgage payment on this house across 15 years at 5.8% would be $3,793.17.

There goes that idea.

It's go time!

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To anyone who cares, I'm sitting for my PS exam this Friday. I've spent the last few weeks studying when I could, but now it's "go" time. I took the week off from work to cram and I'm 42 pages into my crib notes, lots of boundary control principles, lots of survey history, and lots of title definitions. In three days I read all 602 pages of Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location as a refresher, today I worked through most of Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles and tomorrow I get to Writing Legal Descriptions and a refresher on Ohio Surveying Laws.

The Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) exam is Friday in Columbus at Vet's Memorial and will last 6 hours, 100 questions. Woot!

My #1 choice for embalming fluid

Living next door to a funeral home has been a non-issue so far. They're really quiet neighbors. When I got the mail on Friday, I noticed that we had accidentally gotten a piece of their mail, specifically a catalog entitled "The Meaningful Funeral". This issue featured funerals for children and child-size caskets. I chuckled at the oddity of such a catalog and started flipping through it. When I got to page 3, things got a little uncomfortable (see above image).

The next time I'm embalming someone and end up s#!t creek without a paddle, I'll be sure to try out '36 Plus' fluid to get over my 'wall'. I just have to wonder, what makes one embalming more difficult than the next? What causes tissue to not absorb the fluid?

Ick. Why am I even thinking about this??