Stuff and other stuff

I bought a Dyson vacuum cleaner. It wasn't cheap. But I had new carpet on the stairs and didn't want to use the heavy Kirby. So I bought this Dyson.

It's portable, cute, has the famous ball. Only one problem.

It doesn't vacuum anything up from my new carpet. I'd say it sucks. But it doesn't.

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I drove by the bus stop near my home. Three young people sat waiting for the bus. A girl about 17, a boy about 14, another boy about 10. I don't know if they were related. They were not sitting close to one another, but that doesn't mean anything.

It's what they were doing that interested me.

The girl was thumbing on her electronic device--cell phone, I think. The older boy was reading from a Nook or Kindle or maybe an Ipad. The young boy actually had a book on his lap, a book with a hard cover, and he was reading it. Deep concentration showed on his face. And he was turning pages. Did my heart good. No particular reason.

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I just made two batches of yum-yums. The ones I made in my old 9x9 pan are great. It's the best pan for yum-yums. The second batch I made in a new pan, 7x11. But it's not the size; it's the stuff the pan is made of. It's just not as good, and the yum-yums aren't as good either. The edges burned, too. Makes me mad.

I knew it ahead of time. There's only one true yum-yum pan.