Category: My Life
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Pens, Pencils, People – From Pretentious Pretenders To Poetry
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22895 – 1001 Greetings Graphophobes and Graphophiles, Herbophobes and Herbophiles, Here’s the haps: I used to stick an apology in this part of an entry for not updating, with promises to do better and be more consistent, and I do feel bad when I don’t post on a…
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Banned Book Week – Books Can Be Beaten Down
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22874 – 998 Here’s the haps: I was over at Author Sarah Angleton’s blog today and was reminded that it’s Banned Book Week. If you’ve never visited Sarah you are missing out. She takes strange, sometimes esoteric incidents from history and weaves them into a post about modern…
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Breaking News – Something Sweet‽ Is Augustus Gloop Really A Nincompoop‽
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22868 – 997 Here’s the haps: Well, I somehow missed a major, significant news story in June. Two employees at an M & M Mars factory fell into a vat of chocolate. Now I want to know, how does something like this happen? I mean, I know what…
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You Are About To Open 16 Tabs or I Have Decided AI Is Too Stupid To Be Feared, Yet
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22833 – 994 Here’s the haps: I got this new journal from Amazon the other day because I really liked the cover. It was one of those things that just jumped right off the page and said, “BUY ME!” I worked for a big-name insurance company in the…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: Y is for You, Youse, You Guys, Youse Guys, You All, Y’all, and All Y’all, et al.
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, Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22726 – 975 Here’s the haps: I know I probably missed a few but these few colloquialisms in the title are meant to indicate that I have a widely varied audience, not just in the U.S. but in other countries, as well. You. You are important to…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: W is for Writers’ Cafes
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22724 – 973 Here’s the haps: The other day when I was visiting Brother’s Campfire there was a guest post there, by Cassa Bassa of Flicker of Thoughts blog, called Community. She had written a six-sentence story, also called Community, on her own blog and it was about…
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2022: S is for Some Stuff About Me Because Of Scheduling Conflicts
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Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22719 – 969 Here’s the haps: Dear Respected Habitué, Beloved Cronies, little trolls, Regarded Rivals, Clever Clansmen, Terrific Tribesmen, Super-Duper Supporters, and Everyone Else, I hope this blog post reaches you in the best of health, that it is meet for your mettle and finds you in fine…
