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Category: Beliefs

  • Curmudgeonly Monday On Saturday – Putting The “X” Back In Xmas & My Holiday Theme Song

    Curmudgeonly Monday On Saturday – Putting The “X” Back In Xmas & My Holiday Theme Song

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22191 – 755: Here’s the haps: Last year on Christmas Day I posted “Merry Xmas!” and was able to reason with the torch-bearing mob by explaining that putting an “X” in Christmas has been going on for a long time and in and of itself is not…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday – Columbus Day, and Indigenous Peoples Day, and Cultural Appropriation

    Curmudgeonly Monday – Columbus Day, and Indigenous Peoples Day, and Cultural Appropriation

    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…

  • The Visitor – A Repost

    The Visitor – A Repost

    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.…

  • The Slave-Free Business Certification Act (H.R. 7824)

    The Slave-Free Business Certification Act (H.R. 7824)

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22158 – 728: This is another update on this important issue. I got an email from Dumbestblogger today that let me know that Representative Ken Buck of Colorado has introduced The Slave-Free Business Certification Act into the House of Representatives. The text of his bill can be…

  • The Slave-Free Business Certification Act (S. 4241) – One response So Far

    The Slave-Free Business Certification Act (S. 4241) – One response So Far

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22146 – 718: You may recall the post I wrote about the Communist Chinese using the Uighur Muslims as slave labor making name brand products. That post is here. In that post, I told you about a bill by Sen Hawley (D-MO) which is listed in the…

  • Throw Back Thursday – The Mayflower Sailed Yesterday 400 Years Ago – Lackadaisical Larry

    Throw Back Thursday – The Mayflower Sailed Yesterday 400 Years Ago – Lackadaisical Larry

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22140 – 711: I mentioned on Tuesday James of the world-renowned James Proclaims did a Villanelle as one of his filler pieces instead of a Haiku and the form fascinated me. I am working on it but that’s not what you are getting at the moment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯…

  • My Rant About Your “Beloved Pet” – Buy A Leash Or Kill Your Pet

    My Rant About Your “Beloved Pet” – Buy A Leash Or Kill Your Pet

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22137 – 708: (Warning: This post is too gross for some of you and you probably should not even read it and learn its very important lesson.) If you are approaching me on a trail and pull out a bow and arrows and just start randomly shooting…

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