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  • Interrobang‽‽

    Interrobang‽‽

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 21839: Ah, that much maligned, hated on, non-punctuation mark, the combined exclamation point and question mark, the interrobang. One of my favorite marks of punctuation, it is not accepted as standard. “What?!” You may exclaim wonderingly, but, much to your…

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  • Another Answer To “Which Critter”‽‽‽

    Another Answer To “Which Critter”‽‽‽

    I received an email and a comment from Brothers Campfire regarding the test he took about which mythical creature he was. He was a dragon. So, today, I decided to take the same quiz. “This will be interesting,” thought I, “I wonder…

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  • Which Critter‽‽‽

    Which Critter‽‽‽

    Everyone knows that I really like bears. Especially now since they can’t make a huge mess out of my trash. I have a collection of bear stuff. Not like my Coca-Cola collection, of course, but I do own some bearaphenalia. This is…

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  • Back In The Saddle

    Back In The Saddle

    For some reason, anything hosted under my account, herbthiel.com, was blocked by Xfinity. I’d spent 3 hours with Godaddy figuring out it was my ISP then 3 more hours with Comcast/Xfinity trying to get the problem fixed. I woke up this morning…

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