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Category: My Life

  • Happy Birthday, Mom!

    Happy Birthday, Mom!

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    Herb

    On Sunday our church will be having a combined Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Service. Today is my mom’s birthday. She would have been 82 years old today. She passed away on August 16th, 2006. She had suffered with a lot of physical ailments as well as many mental health…

  • Cars Can Be Aarrggh

    Cars Can Be Aarrggh

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    Herb

    one adage of the old-time retailers was under-promise and over-deliver. well, as I sit here waiting for the tow truck to come and get my car, I have been thinking about that. These guys were going to be here in an hour and they are getting here in 20 minutes…

  • Some Stuff I Learned And Father’s Day

    Some Stuff I Learned And Father’s Day

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    Herb

    I get a lot of good things by serendipity. I was reading that the Dumbest Blogger Ever and he said he was going to start numbering his posts. He said that one of his favorite podcasts does that, too. I know that Bruce over at Weave A Web does this…

  • The Anniversary Present

    The Anniversary Present

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    Herb

    A few days ago I told you about my wife’s favorite tool, her trusty rusty smoker/grill/fire pit, and how she finds it relaxing to have a fire. Son, Tong, had given it to her a few years ago and she has made it earn its keep around here. In that…

  • Treasure Hunting

    Treasure Hunting

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    Herb

    One of the things we enjoy doing on our adventures is treasure hunting at thrift stores, second only to dumpster diving and curb surfing. Well, to define dumpster diving a bit, if we see something that is potentially valuable in a dumpster we will pull it out and take a…

  • Fraying Society’s Edges

    Fraying Society’s Edges

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    Herb

    And now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his roomOnly to find Gideon’s bibleGideon checked out, and he left it no doubtTo help with good Rocky’s revival From: Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles …it included Gideon’s Bible, which I’ve seen in every hotel I’ve ever been in. You open the…

  • Back To The House

    Back To The House

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    Herb

    For our 40th anniversary, we were originally going to go somewhere out of town but not knowing what might be opened or not, we decided to avoid potential disappointment and play the tourists in Colorado Springs. We got a cheap room to avoid the distractions of being at the house…

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