Category: Rantings
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Double Dog Satisfied & Dislikes
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The double-dog dare from yesterday was satisfied completely and honorably. This is not the dislike part. In fact, I’m so proud of him that I think that if Ben wants to have some coffee with a little froo-froo creamer once in a while, he’s probably earned that right. You can…
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Curmudgeonly Monday – Cognitive Dissonance
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Cognitive dissonance is very grumpificating to me. It means my brain muscles are being forced to turn the gears and I may have to admit that I have more thinking to do about something. This happened to me tonight. Before I explain that, I want to say that I have…
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Essential Employee – Me
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I was reading about how Walmart and some other big retailers are providing bonuses and/or hazard pay to employees on the front lines. I asked what we were going to get. “Oh, we just get that letter from the CEO.” “What letter?” “You didn’t get the letter?” “No.” “Well, it…
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Whoops! Time Out!
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I got nominated for two more “awards” today. Even if I do them like I did yesterday’s award there are still a total of seventeen questions to answer. I will answer them tomorrow, I think. A couple of the questions actually intrigued me. As you all should know and remember…
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Children’s Classics?
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As I sat reading The Cat in the Hat Comes Back to the grandson who lives here I realized that this Cat person is really nothing more than a vandal. And while he may not fit the complete definition of a bully his clearly boorish behavior absolutely categorizes him as…
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Curmudgeonly Monday – Urban Legend Spreaders
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I almost forgot that today is Curmudgeonly Monday and started acting almost sort of close to pleasant to people today. Pheeww! good thing I caught that. So, here’s something that makes me feel like a curmudgeon. Myths and urban legends don’t belong in the mouths or emails or social media…
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Guest Post – Car Repairs Gone To Murphy
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I don’t recall the exact catalyst that caused me to invite some people to write a guest post on my blog. There are a couple of people I invited early on after I decided to do this because I am really curious as to what they would have to say.…
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Talkin’ About My Generation
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Before the situation became dire or desperate, I decided to go down to the local King Soopers and get in line. They open these days at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. They were a 24-hour store and then went to being open from 5 a.m. to midnight but…
