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Category: My Desk

  • I’m Gonna Ride Around In Style (But Not Like Johnny Cash)

    I’m Gonna Ride Around In Style (But Not Like Johnny Cash)

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22585 – 898 Here’s the haps: When I took my 15-minute break today I found the breakroom occupied by my store manager, a store manager from Pueblo, and the District Manager. I texted out to our family’s tribal text and to a couple other friends: When you take…

  • Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – finale

    Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – finale

    Back in October of 2004 I was in a quandary about a couple of things. I had been writing all my life, especially after my tenth grade English teacher, Mrs. Sonja Maas, encouraged me and made me think I could offer something to the world. I wrote and still write…

  • Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the seventh

    Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the seventh

    Many of you know or know of, my friend Carter, especially if you’ve read any of the back posts. He survived being blown up in an IED incident in 2006 which I attempted to chronicle here. That article had originally been posted on a previous blog site I used to…

  • Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the sixth

    Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the sixth

    The top of my desk is large but I think I am about to the wrapping up point with this particular series. The sad part is that it means I will have to clean another section of it and the rest of the cleaning the desk is just work, I’m…

  • Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the fifth

    Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the fifth

    My dad really was a great guy. Of course, growing up, especially in my teens and twenties, I didn’t always appreciate him, to say the least, but the older I get the more I learn. I think the times he lived in and grew up on the farm in were…

  • Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the fourth

    Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the fourth

    My daughter suffered with Lyme disease for many years. The medical establishment couldn’t and wouldn’t diagnose her as having it. Medical mindsets can be the worst because many of them get a “God” mentality. At one point during her trial she could not knit or crochet because she hurt so…

  • Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the third

    Take It From The Top – Cleaning My Desk – part the third

    As I go through the things I have left on top of my desk I must make a quick mention of this sign. Miss Glenna would have enjoyed it immensely. I was walking through a store and saw this and laughed out loud and said, “I have to have this.”…

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