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Category: Rantings

  • Let The One Who Answereth The Phone Beware – Don’t Get Scammed

    Let The One Who Answereth The Phone Beware – Don’t Get Scammed

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23608 – 1220 (NB: If you’re not reading this on https://thehapswithherb.com/ or on the WordPress Reader from that site, you’re reading an unauthorized copy.) Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, First-Time-Visitors, and Frogs, Here’s the haps: First of all, I don’t hate any people but as I get…

  • Wrapping My Brain Around Some Things

    Wrapping My Brain Around Some Things

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23211 – 1150 My Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, and Frothers, I apologize a lot on this blog. I believe people stop by here to see what I have written and when I haven’t, I feel guilty. At one point I was going to quit apologizing but then…

  • Lovin’ It In Loveland

    Lovin’ It In Loveland

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23133 – 1135 Here’s the haps: Down the road from Estes Park is a town called Loveland. It has a cool name and is a great place to have Valentine’s Day cards postmarked from. Places in other towns offer services to drive your piece of mail up there…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday – A Rant About A Few Ways Youtube Annoys Me

    Curmudgeonly Monday – A Rant About A Few Ways Youtube Annoys Me

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23062 – 1088 Here’s the haps: Okay, so this is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list. There are a number of things that I have left off either purposely or because I have a short memory. But since my calendar said that today is Curmudgeonly Monday (I know…

  • Old Bags & New Charges

    Old Bags & New Charges

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22998 – 1062 Here’s the haps: Well, 2023 has brought with it changes this year already. Colorado’s Democrat-controlled government has passed CO HB21-1162, Management Of Plastic Products which has gone into effect and is guaranteed to be costly and outright annoying. Retail stores will now be charging ten…

  • The Question Nobody Asks

    The Question Nobody Asks

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22976 – 1053 Here’s the haps: Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the psychoactive part of marijuana. In small amounts, it can cause euphoria as well as mild psychoses. In 1975-ish my buddies encouraged me to smoke some marijuana with them. I tried it and unlike Bill I-Would-Never-Tell-A-Lie Clinton I…

  • Seven Questions Award – Tag Me Tuesday On Curmudgeonly Monday

    Seven Questions Award – Tag Me Tuesday On Curmudgeonly Monday

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22941 – 1030 My dear and beloved Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Frogs, Foundlings, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages, and Creatures From All Galaxies, Here’s the haps: It has become my policy over the years that when I am tagged for an “award” I…

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