Monday, March 18, 2024

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice


If circumstances make it necessary to take a hostage, do your best to avoid taking a child. Children will demand too much of your attention, asking lots of annoying questions and needing to use the bathroom every fifteen minutes.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home


This morning when I got to the Birch Street Nursing Home, Mrs. Henley was already at the poker table with a stack of forms and a stack of plates in front of her. She told me she had made sure that all the patients watched Mr. Tanaka throughout the week to see if he would scratch that spot under his chin, and then stood watch as they filled out those data collection forms. The plates were for the pizza party Mrs. Henley was hoping to have since all the forms were completed. I reviewed the forms, and then decided to order pizza for all the patients. As we were finishing the pizza, I let Mr. Tanaka know we'd be resuming his treatment next week.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice


If circumstances make it necessary to take a hostage, choose one that doesn't require a lot of food. You don't want to have to foot a high food bill if the situation drags on for days.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice


If circumstances make it necessary to take a hostage, remember that you can appear to be rough without actually being rough. Hostages that suffer injuries are less likely to be able to move quickly when getting in the trunk of your car.

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home


After all the blood last week, Mr. Tanaka asked me to hold off on the experiment this morning at the Birch Street Nursing Home. I told him we'd see how the day went, and then I kept a close eye on him, even when he left the poker table. And not once did I see him scratch that irritated spot under his chin. Could my experiment already be a success? Grandmother has taught me not to leap to conclusions, so I handed out data collection forms to the other patients and asked them to watch Mr. Tanaka during the week for me. Mrs. Henley asked if there would be another pizza party if she made sure everyone filled out the forms. I told her I'd think about it.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice


If circumstances make it necessary to take a hostage, be warned that the more attractive the hostage is, the more news coverage you'll receive.

Monday, March 4, 2024

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice


If circumstances make it necessary to take a hostage, keep in mind that larger people make better shields, while smaller people fit more easily in the trunk.

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home


I got home late last night from the Birch Street Nursing Home because I had to stay until Mr. Tanaka stopped bleeding. While I was sopping up the blood, he asked me to put a hold on the experiment for at least a couple of weeks. I told him we'd see how things look next Saturday.

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Cindy's Job At The Birch Street Nursing Home


Today we had a couple of visitors at the Birch Street Nursing Home. Two girls from my class came by late this morning to sell boxes of cookies. Mrs. Lieberman didn't buy any, but invited the girls to join the poker game. It wasn't long before each of the patients had at least one box of cookies, and Mrs. Lieberman had all the money the girls had made on their route. After the girls left, I took Mr. Tanaka down to my basement laboratory to continue my experiment to put an end to his scratching. I turned on the machine, but waited until he had swallowed the cookies before sanding away more of the irritated skin under his chin.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Grandmother Winsome's Legal Advice


Before you attend to certain activities, stop in at a few clubs that offer valet parking to get some extra sets of fingerprints on the getaway vehicle.