Category: My Life
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The Art Of The Apothecary
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22142 – 714: When I got that first job at the drugstore back in 1974 (see the entry “Changed”), I learned a lot. I don’t know how much I knew I was learning at the time, but I think back and a few things stand out. I…
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Changed or Pardon Me, Do You Have Two Tens For A Five?
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22142 – 714: This has been posted by me a couple of different times but the last time was 11 years ago, I think. The events took place in the summer of ’06 I believe. I entered the work force in 1974 when I was 14, as…
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Who’s To Blame For Herb’s Poetry Habit
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22138 – 709: As you may or may not recall I have at times fancied myself something of a poet. I think some of my stuff is okay while some of it is mind-rotted drivel of the lowest sort. And some in between. I have read books…
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100 hours or 1,000 hours – A Concept That Has Been Bothering Me
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22131 – 702: Many of you may remember that this whole streak of making at least one post per day, even if it is just one sentence, started with a blog post I read by a marketing maven named Seth Godin. He had been blogging for 11…
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Dog Or Cat Or Whatever
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22124-695: I’ve grown up around critters. Mostly cats and dogs and cows. As a parent, I’ve been exposed to more variation. When my son was growing up he had snakes and turtles and an iguana and rats and I don’t know what all. Another child had a…
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Bear Back (Not horses)
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22121-692: I purchased a couple of bearproof trashcans last year from Ace. We have a large (400 pound, maybe) male black bear and at times we have had a sow and two cubs, that roam the neighborhood once in a while. They’ve done everything from throwing it…
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Even Steven
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Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22119-690: I had written this originally in January of ’09 but I don’t think I ever posted it until December of 2019, before the advent of Covid-19. The character of Steven is loosely based on my personality, but I have never pummeled someone in the grocery store,…
