Author: Herb
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The Code Of The West
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22170 – 740: One of the strangest and most annoying things to me is city people who move to the country and then whine about how much better they had it in the city. Several years ago I used to ride the bus with a twerpy little…
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I Feel Sad For New Car Owners
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22169 – 739: You know, I feel sorry for some of the people who drive these brand new cars. Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them without all the niceties. If I were to…
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A Pompous MENSA Genius
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22168 – 738: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, High-Flyin’ Daredevils, and Family, Working in retail again does mean a veritable plethora of stories and anecdotes. Like the genius from MENSA that I met who came through my line. MENSA is an organization whose membership requirements include…
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Award Winning Wednesday – Herb Thinks Iseult Murphy Is Special & Would Like To Have Coffee Sometime
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22167 – 737: So, here’s the deal. I have blogs that I think everyone would, could, and should like but I also have blogs that I follow that maybe wouldn’t fit everyone’s taste. I either like the blog itself but understand that not everyone would like “that…
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Pompous People And Customer Service
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22166 – 736: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Large Flightless Birds, and Family, I have worked a number of retail jobs over the years and there are certain themes that go with it, the current one being no exception. Generally, I have a rule of not talking…
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Curmudgeonly Monday – Columbus Day, and Indigenous Peoples Day, and Cultural Appropriation
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22165 – 735: Terminology comes and goes but in all generations there are derogatory terms that are insulting and should not ever be used. Growing up in the Sixties and being one of the few white kids attending a predominantly black school there were terms and phrases…
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Short Time To Write And A Western
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22164 – 734: It’s going to take some time to adjust to the new schedule, especially during this “breaking-in” period. This week I will learn what the morning crew does so I have to be to work by 4 am. I am a morning person but I…
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The Visitor – A Repost
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22163 – 733: This is a repost from 9/13/06. I think it gives a lot of food for thought. As far as I know it is anonymous. I just wish I had written it. I have seen this around in various forms and perhaps you have, too.…
