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Category: Ravings

  • Caveman Barbershop

    Caveman Barbershop

    I had to go to the V.A. lab this morning to be experimented on have a routine blood draw. Of course, going to the V.A. clinic for anything, especially something that is both routine and on a walk-in basis, involves a wait time. Over the years my military training has…

  • The Ultimate Penultimate Pen

    The Ultimate Penultimate Pen

    People who’ve known me for any length of time know that I like pens, especially fountain pens. I have been this way for a long time and in fact, Carter and I coined a term, SPIP. Standard Pen In Pocket. I have, over the years, discovered a new term that…

  • Some Things I Like

    Some Things I Like

    Back in the olden days of blogging, many of the blogs I would visit (many are not blogging anymore, but they used to) would have events like Silver Lining Saturday or Thankful Thursday and I really enjoyed that. I think I may take one of those up on a regular…

  • Re-Re-Posted

    Re-Re-Posted

    I reposted this because I found that even though I had reposted it on 4/6/2015 I could not find the original anywhere. Not in any folder on any backup drive anywhere. That worried me because this was really special to me. Subscribers should receive the original and this post. I…

  • My Daughter The Teacher

    My Daughter The Teacher

    Sometimes the way things happen and the timing of events is an interesting thing to me. I was just reading the entry from my parents’ final visit, https://thehapswithherb.com/day-5-060706/, and my dad was talking to the girls about Abigail’s report card, all A’s and one A-, compared to his, 75% in…

  • VOTE!

    VOTE!

  • Just Wait

    Just Wait

    The retail world is crazy and they have taken a time of wonder and beauty and turned it into something crass and vulgar.  Or at least they have tried.  No matter how much Mad Ave, Hollyweird and the rest of the entertainment industry try, it is still the fact that…

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