It seems like ages since we last played Word Fugue around here. It also seems like ages since I’ve had an entire day to myself, and with the Big-Eyed Boy back in school today, let’s hop on that Word Fugue train. If you haven’t played before, or just don’t have the brain cells to remember the rules, here they are:

1. I start it off with a word.
2. You look at the most recently posted comment.
3. You leave the word — and only ONE word — that comes to mind upon reading the most recent comment.
4. You may play as many times as you like, but you may not use the same word twice.

Here’s the word:

Freedom!

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It’s 95F with a heat index of 115F here. I don’t care who you are: that’s HOT!

How hot is it? It’s so hot ______ (fill in the blank).

I’ll start: It’s so hot I’m actually thinking about asking my mother-in-law if we can come visit for the second time this month, because the weather at Lake Norway is much nicer than here.

Your turn!

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As you know, if you’ve been reading this blog, pneumonia delayed the announcement of the Caption Contest winners. Fortunately, thanks to the miracle of antibiotics, it won’t be delaying my birthday celebration this coming Tuesday.

So, now that laughter doesn’t cause lung-searing coughing spells, I figured I’d go ahead and read your submissions. And the winners are:

First place: Joan of Argghh! with “Obama forgets which finger he traditionally uses to tell everyone to fuck off.”

Second place: Will Wallace with “Let’s see……One if by land, Two if by sea. Been engaged since day one. We must lynch BP.”

Honorable mention: everyone else. (That’s right, kids, you’re ALL winners.)

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Winners announced… whenever.

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