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Author: Herb

  • July 4th Festivities

    July 4th Festivities

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    Herb

    We had the whole family here and so I am almost out of time. Let me share my favorite Sousa March with you, The Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa, performed by the US Army Field Band. The lyrics appear in the Closed Captioning. My favorite line is,…

  • Arrgghh – Plumbing

    Arrgghh – Plumbing

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    Herb

    I had a post prepared, I thought, but as I went through and re-read it, there were several points I wanted to make clearer. While I was pondering on how to do the rewrite my wife said, “I think the floor looks like it’s getting warped from water.”“I don’t see…

  • Throw It Back Thursday – BLT

    Throw It Back Thursday – BLT

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    Herb

    It was a fearsome sight to behold. The ancient looking woman so elderly yet so strong, rose out of the sea covered in kelp. She looked like she was covered in sea lettuce from head to foot but her voice was other-worldly as she spoke. “Do not be afraid young…

  • Award Winning Wednesday – Gerry O’Brien Photography

    Award Winning Wednesday – Gerry O’Brien Photography

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    Herb

    This turned out to be kind of more difficult than I first thought it would. I mean, there are a lot of great blogs out there and it’s hard to pick one. I gave consideration to putting the whole list into an excel spreadsheet and I still might do it.…

  • Award Winning Wednesday – Intro

    Award Winning Wednesday – Intro

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    Herb

    The other day I gave a special award to the Dumbest Blogger. As I got to thinking about it after a while, I thought I could, in fact, create a blog award of my own. Not all this complicated nonsense with click-back and links and answer 947 questions and then…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday

    Curmudgeonly Monday

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    Herb

    It is one thing to see and visit with and make goo-goo eyes at your 9-month-old grandson when his mom is healthy and you can hand him back at those times when, as the patriarch of the great Thiel tribe, you suddenly find something else that needs doing and can…

  • A New Award

    A New Award

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    Herb

    I was at The Dumbest Blog Ever – Stupidity on [Stare]oids and read his 12-word post, knowing full well that I hadn’t written anything for today yet. So, I pressed his “Reblog” button and I share with you the friendly post with which I was greeted: 244: You Haven’t Written…

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