Author: Herb
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Place Your Fingers On The Home Keys Homeboy
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22122-693: A re-written piece from Jan 14, 09 Herbdate 17876: He sat staring at the blank screen the way the old-timers had stared at a blank sheet of paper in a typewriter. He couldn’t move. Paralyzed by depression and fear of rejection he minimized the word processing…
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Bear Back (Not horses)
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22121-692: I purchased a couple of bearproof trashcans last year from Ace. We have a large (400 pound, maybe) male black bear and at times we have had a sow and two cubs, that roam the neighborhood once in a while. They’ve done everything from throwing it…
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Semi Truck Versus Pt Cruiser = Ouch!
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22120-691: I was really glad that I had a post scheduled yesterday. Mrs. Herb and I were in a car accident yesterday and it was only the graceful hand of God that it wasn’t worse. We were in the 2003 PT Cruiser on our way to a…
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Even Steven
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22119-690: I had written this originally in January of ’09 but I don’t think I ever posted it until December of 2019, before the advent of Covid-19. The character of Steven is loosely based on my personality, but I have never pummeled someone in the grocery store,…
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Award Winning Wednesday – You, My Readers
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22118-689: As this feature has become more and more a spotlight on blogs I like and know and trust; blogs I would not be ashamed for people to know I read, I try to take careful thought on where to send you. This started out as kind…
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Dave Gets What He Deserves – Rewrite-Repost
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22117-688:I had originally posted this last year on September 19, 2019, which would have been Herbdate 21778. I don’t know the original number. That had been a total rewrite of a piece that never saw the light of day but was in the ’09 folder. When I…
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Retail Faux Pas 1976 – By Yours Truly
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22116-687: I was over at A.J. McGregor’s blog Saturday night and read her post called, “Other Things # 7 – One of My Most Insensitive Moments“. I felt her pain and understood how it feels to say something and as soon as it escapes from between your…
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Repost – Encounter – 10/18/04
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22115-686: As I was going through the archive and numbering and dating posts I came upon one where I had accidentally posted the wrong one. I had posted the October 17th, 2004 twice and had not posted the October 18th, 2004 post. This was in the time…
