Author: Herb
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Against The Wall
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It’s been a while since I have let myself get into the position of not having a post ready to go. I had a couple of ideas and then when I started to work on them I couldn’t get them to work on paper as well as they did in…
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Curmudgeonly Monday – Likers
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I joined the WordPress.com community a while ago using the Jetpack plugin on my self-hosted site. I think I like the reader for the most part. I have it set up so people can comment on posts by visiting my site or by following me in their readers. This is…
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Genie in the Ology
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As some of you know, my wife is working on compiling our genealogy and spends hours tracking down distant relatives on both sides and knows a lot more than most of the family about it. Most of the people were respectable, hardworking folks like farmers and machinists along with other,…
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World Poetry Day
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So, I saw a couple of different places that today is World Poetry Day. This was at the same time I was going through some old junk in my saved folders. I look at stuff I’ve written and a lot of it’s not suitable for publication here. Some of it…
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Things To Do Online
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If you don’t have Erratic Engineeress on your blog reader or in your subscriptions, please allow me to recommend her site. As with any link that goes off my site, I obviously can’t control what happens or what their content is, but I can say that every post of hers…
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Throw It Back Thursday – Al
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“Hey, Al! Al Dente!”I couldn’t believe it. It was my old pal, “Lenny! Lenny Guinne! How are ya these days? Still making a pesto yourself?”“Nah. I’ve been seeing this shy little noodle. Although she’s really come out of her shell, lately.”I elbowed him. “I suppose she’s a saucy little tortellini?”“You…
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The Math Of Toilet Paper
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Before I get started, please don’t drink bleach to prevent Covid-19. You will seriously injure and possibly kill yourself. Apparently, this has become enough of a thing in Virginia that a poison control center had to issue a warning on the news. Now, I know that the people who read…