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I was in a haiku mood, so here are some haikus from Noffkido's Vault. Feel free to add your own in the comments section. (Remember, 5-7-5). Noffkido's Haikus On a Thursday Morn, I wake with the rain, dripping. I hope it stays ‘while. One roommate helps life,
The other one drains that life.
Perhaps she should go. You’ve been gone two weeks…
Now I am left wondering,
“Why not the front door”? Kitty – Kitty Cat,
Sing Your Song, “Meow, Meow”.
Just don’t sing it now. To flowers, say I,
“Some weeds are beautiful too.
…but killing you still”. I wanted a poem
In iambic pentam’ter.
Guess I’ll try again. He said, “Haiku’s rhyme”.
I said, “Well, not all the time”.
Guess we both were right!
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler” – Albert Einstein We all want to save the world, right? If you can save a little money in the process, wouldn’t you want to? Well fortunately, for those of us that believe in fair-trade, organics, cooperative lifestyles, etc., numerous organizations that provide us with these globally-conscious products also want to help save us money. More and more consciously-aware organizations (including locals businesses, Dagoba Chocolate and Ashland Food Co-op) are offering coupons, discounts, sales and/or FREE products. . . . and it is safe to say they have made it quite simple. Most of the links below require that you fill out a form, download coupon printing software, complete a survey or purchase the products directly online. Each offer takes less the two minutes. Check out the links for yourselves and start saving (in both senses of the word). Organic Valley http://www.organicvalley.coop/coupons/index.html Dagoba Chocolate http://dagobachocolate.com/ Ashland Food Co-op http://www.ashlandfood.coop/common/e_coupons/e_coupons.asp?storeID=NSCQXNHREBAA8KT2UQ5PBQVVBD4T73P3 Global Exchange, Fair Trade Products http://store.gxonlinestore.org/saleitems.html FREE products from Mambo Sprouts http://www.mambosprouts.com/mambotrack/ Ashland Oregon FreeCycle (requires registration) http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/AshlandORFreecycle/
WORDSDEFINITIONSA) Dishabille1) A sculptured female figure used as a columnB) Jerboa 2) The state of being partly clothed; partial undress C) Vicissitude 3) Deceptive reasoning, subtle and misleading argument D) Caryatid 4) Any of various mouse-like creatures found in North Africa or Asia, with hind legs used for jumpingE) Voluble5) False, counterfeit, artificial; not true, authentic or genuineF) Foible 6) Talkative; characterized by a continuous and robust flow of wordsG) Spurious7) A change, variationH) Frangible8) A weak point, slight fault or flaw, particularly in one's characterI) Protean9) Readily assuming different forms and characters; extremely variableJ) Sophistry 10) Breakable, fragile, frail, delicate, easily damaged or destroyed ANSWERS A-2, B-4, C-7, D-1, E-6, F-8, G-5, H-10, I-9, J-3 YOUR SCORE  0-2: Wow...well, keep working on it.
 3-5: Not bad. Not great either. So, that's good. Right? (Incidentally, you never finish a crossword puzzle).
 6-8: Better than average. Much better actually. You probably talk a lot at parties and write for a living.
 9-10: You are either an editor or an SOU professor. Or maybe, you are just a talented linguist? Either way, CONGRATULATIONS!
MORE NEXT MONTH! THANKS EVERYONE!!
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