Author: Herb
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Thrift Stores
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Happy Father’s Day to everyone! I hope every dad gets exactly what he wants today and not exactly what he deserves. You dads know what I mean. Similar to Carter’s favored sport of Dumpster Diving is my favored sport, Thrift Store shopping. I was at the ARC store on the…
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Monday the Thirteenth
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(Okay, so I didn’t get this posted until Tuesday, yesterday WAS Monday the 13th, after all.) Greetings, fans, friends, fiends and foes. I haven’t got much to say, but as you know, that has never stopped me from saying it before. (Soosan, There was an article in the new Writer’s…
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Car Trouble Redux and A Soldier
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The van is officially going to cost more to fix than what it is worth. With the tranny, master brake cylinder, door that won’t shut and coolant leak it will cost over $4000 to fix. It was given to us for a thousand and the blue book value is not…
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25 Years
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We decided to celebrate our 25th anniversary despite of all the stupid car trouble and everything else. Yes, Carter, it’s been 25 years since you stood by Margaret’s side as her maid of honor. Well, maid is too nice a word to describe you in those days, but this is…
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American Spirit
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I was listening to the song, “The Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton the other day. Actually, I like the version with Eddy Albert singing better, but Mr. Horton was a history teacher and wrote several songs (Does anyone have his album?) like this including “The Sinking of the…
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Perfume
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Unless you are a fan of the Doctor Demento Show you have probably never heard a song that says, “Rental cars are really great/driving over speed bumps at a hundred and eight…/you can crash it/you can smash it/’cause it’s only a rental car.” We had to rent a car since…
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Writer’s Tranny
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Arrrggggghhhhh! Thanks for all the well-wishes for me to have something to write about. There I go, first thing I am ending a sentence with a preposition which everyone knows you are not supposed to end a sentence with. I cannot tell you all about everything that has gone on…