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I’ll Think of a Reason Later

David J. Balan
Dec 16, 2008
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I just got a lovely gift of a song called "I'll Think of a Reason Later" by Lee Ann Womack.  Maybe some of you already know it.  Here is the chorus:

It may be my family's redneck nature 
Rubbin' off, bringin' out unlady-like behavior 
It sure ain't Christian to judge a stranger 
But I don't like her 
She may be an angel who spends all winter 
Bringin' the homeless blankets and dinner 
A regular Nobel Peace Prize winner 
But I really hate her 
I'll think of a reason later

Tasty.

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May 15

"So convienent a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do."

Ben Franklin, smitten with the smell of cod, in pursuing a rational exemption from his vegetarian impulses.

Also tasty.

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