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  • Dead Drunk

    Dead Drunk

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    Herb

    I wrote the original piece in ’05 when the thing happened. I found the re-post I did in ’08. When I saw the title in the archives I re-read and recalled the whole sad, sickening thing. My question is still valid. Why isn’t alcohol a prescription drug? Why do I…

  • Accountability

    Accountability

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    Herb

    A few years ago I started to try to challenge some of our young people to read the Bible through in a year with varying success. Some really took up the challenge and did it that first year. A couple of them had a false start that year but picked…

  • What Do You Represent?

    What Do You Represent?

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    Herb

    Life is full of symbols and representations. My work uniform represents something. People see it and form ideas, right or wrong, about me based on what they have seen or been exposed to previously. I have always been conscious of this whenever I have had a job that had a…

  • My Favorite Sunday School Student or The Tapestry of Life

    My Favorite Sunday School Student or The Tapestry of Life

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    Herb

    Special Thanks to Russ Foster for mentioning this title There are people who say that any use of the word proud is wrong. I guess because it is wrong to have a boastful, unsubstantial pride in your own abilities. “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every…

  • Jeptha Berengar

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    Herb

    I’ve started following a sort of vlog thingy on Youtube by a person called Jeptha Berengar. Is it possible to be both esoteric and eclectic at the same time? Most are 1 or 2 minutes long, with the longest so far being around 5 minutes. Search Youtube for the name.…

  • Yakkin’ With A Razor (Or an explanation of my writing style)

    Yakkin’ With A Razor (Or an explanation of my writing style)

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    Herb

    I was over at Seth Godin’s Blog, I read it every day, and ran across a very interesting turn of a phrase.  He is some sort of motivational marketing maven and all-around business guru.  I’ve seen a video of him talking to top IBM officials, presidents, vice-presidents and their upper-echelon…

  • Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia With A Philadelphia Trait

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    Herb

    Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Family and Followers, Here is a young girl named Bella whom my daughter babysat for last year at different times.  Intelligent and witty with a kind and tender heart, she was immediately likeable.  Apparently, Cancer likes her too.  But we don’t like it. I know…

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