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Category: My Life

  • Leaving The Big Blue Box The First Time

    Leaving The Big Blue Box The First Time

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22172 – 742: I had originally posted this at the end of May of 2015 when it originally happened but I thought it kind of fit in here after the several retail stories from the same place. It’s kind of hard to wrap my head around the…

  • A Pompous MENSA Genius

    A Pompous MENSA Genius

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22168 – 738: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, High-Flyin’ Daredevils, and Family, Working in retail again does mean a veritable plethora of stories and anecdotes. Like the genius from MENSA that I met who came through my line. MENSA is an organization whose membership requirements include…

  • Pompous People And Customer Service

    Pompous People And Customer Service

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22166 – 736: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Large Flightless Birds, and Family, I have worked a number of retail jobs over the years and there are certain themes that go with it, the current one being no exception. Generally, I have a rule of not talking…

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

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

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    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 Aliens Who Live In Our Walls

    The Aliens Who Live In Our Walls

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22162 – 732: A blog I follow regularly is the award-winning Weave A Web, by Bruce. I’ve mentioned him here before and given him an award. His writing may not appeal to everyone in my audience but then sometimes neither does mine. This week he has been…

  • Not Too Much Tonight

    Not Too Much Tonight

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22160 – 730: Sorry, not too much tonight. Going to try working on making sure the comments work from the Reader as they’re supposed to. I never like to rush through Award Winning Wednesday and at the moment I am too drained physically and mentally to try…

  • The Much Promised, Highly Vaunted Villanelle – I Did It And It Was Okay – Also A Tiny Bit About An Old DOS Game I Enjoyed

    The Much Promised, Highly Vaunted Villanelle – I Did It And It Was Okay – Also A Tiny Bit About An Old DOS Game I Enjoyed

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    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22148 – 720: I sat down and wrote this and I feel pretty good about it. I am highly honored to know that there are, in my very audience, at least two actively working school teachers, one of who is an English teacher. Along with them is…

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