Author: Herb
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What's An Ode?
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We’re not really talking about when the guy pays you back and says, “Here’s the money I ode you.” That would actually be owed, not ode. Of course if you were paying him to write poetry for you then you might be owed an ode. But that’s o’d news. Nowadays…
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Short About Pets
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It always makes me sad. One of our eighteen year old cats, Fee-Foe, The Gentle Giant, the smallest of the four we had, needed to be put down. She was one of the first two cats that daughter got when she was twelve, a brother and sister duo. She developed…
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The Tie
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I have a hard time at some of those hoity-toity joints, too. A traveller became lost in the desert region of Algeria. Realizing his only chance for survival was to find civilization, he began walking. Time passed, and he became thirsty. More time passed, and he began feeling faint. Reduced…
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Waiting Room
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While sitting in a waiting room this morning, I took advantage of the modern technological miracle of Wi-Fi to research a project that I am working on for you. At my fingertips I was able to read medical documents about anything, including why coffee is so awesome. I don’t think…
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The Olden Days
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There are a few blogs I try to follow on a regular basis. Their lives or stories or life stories are compelling and some people can make anything interesting. In an earlier post, called, interestingly enough, A Few Sites I Frequent, I showed you a few of the morning sites…
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The Bottle
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I visited a new blog today, simply named Ellie894, presumably after the author. I haven’t delved into it too deeply, and as with any other link that goes off my site, it seems obvious that I would not have any control, good, bad, or ugly, over their content. That being…
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Another Test
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Sometimes these little fillers come in handy to help me keep my commitment provide something a little entertaining to read. There are hundreds of these quizzes on How Stuff Works – Play but I don’t do them all the time. Some of them I wouldn’t even get and a few…
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Dropping Comments
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I always check my Spam folder before I empty it because I have had both Akismet and Clean Talk filter comments incorrectly. I really like to get comments and I try to reply to every one, but sometimes a legitimate one will slip through the cracks. It bothers me when…
