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Just when you thought a unicycle was a small as you could - so far as cycles go - along comes the wheel.  I know it's a waste of time to re-invent the wheel, but evidently it's been done.  So if a two or three wheeled bicycle (otherwise known as a tricycle) is too pricey for you, and a unicycle is still beyond your means, behold . . . the wheel!  With the money you save you can probably pay for your medical bills when they pop a wheely.

BTW, i try to check out the sites these videos promote (before I pass them along) but this one's is in French.  So if you speak French and these guys are cursing about how good their wheel is, I apologize.

It drives me nuts that so many people have abandoned basic English in their e-mailing and online messaging.  Don't get me wrong.  I am no master of the English language and I am not one of those grammar snobs who have given up being polite to people in the the zealous quest for the proper use of semi-colons. But I still like to have the odd period thrown into text communications to allow me to know when to stop one thought and begin another.

I am also a little leary about the shortening of words by removing letters in order to save time.  For instance "im sry i dnt pss eng n sc so i tp ts wy" is far to vague to leave up to my imaginative mind (my guess would be "I'm sorry I didn't pass English in school so I type this way").

Again, I don't want to be fanatical about all of this.  Sometimes taking letters from words can be fun.  For instance, what 9 letter word in the English language continues to form another word each time you remove a letter from it?  At least I think that's how the question goes - remember I'm no master in these things.

If you can read the word "quickly" slowly, or you can say the word "backwards" forwards, you may just do well with this little exercise (which thankfully is not part of the requirements fot getting a driver's license).

I must admit this is a bit challenging for me because I have a bit of a mental tick that goes back to my speech therapy days in public school.  They were very specific about me prounouncing the thing that I am thinking about.  This has proved inavaluable when I preach - but compicates below.

Try to say the name of the colors - not what is spelled. Of course, in Canada, the UK, and many other parts of the world, try to say the name of the colours - not what is spelled. 

I am a middle of the road kind of guy.  I like my tea neither weak nor strong, I enjoy life without constant emotional extremes, I am often in the middle of people trying to sort out disagreements, and I like my New York steak medium-well (which, of course, is middle of the road between medium and well-done). 

Some people have a hard time finding balance in life.  One minute they are taking up some extreme sport and the next minute they don't even want to get out of bed (although in some cases  it's usually because they are hooked up to medical equipment).

I guess that's life.  We all have a hard time finding the middle ground. In fact, I bet you do below.  Just move the purple arrow to the middle of the line and click "was I close?"

Were you?  There's no need to get emotional about it.