Frightening Fridges
Does anyone else remember a long time ago when we were warned about refrigerators? It…
Frightening Fridges
Does anyone else remember a long time ago when we were warned about refrigerators? It was back in the 1980s. Adults wanted us to be careful. Otherwise, when we were outside playing hide and seek, we might climb into an old, abandoned fridge, not be able to get out, and suffocate in there. It was…
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Severely Underemployed Is Hopefully Better Than Unemployed
I have been unemployed since June. It’s been terrible. It’s embarrassing and emasculating. I just can’t seem to get a job anywhere. I’ve been sending out five to seven applications a week and I’ve gotten exactly two interviews. Neither one panned out even though I felt like both interviews went well. The worst part is,…
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Eighth Grade Winter Concert
I went to my kid’s eighth grade winter concert tonight. It was really good. And it was only the eighth grade, so the whole thing took about an hour. It started with the band. They played Dominion, Forge of the Vulcan, and March to Castle Rock. They sounded good. As my grandmother used to say,…
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A Gift Idea
One of the hard parts of the holiday season is deciding what gifts to give everyone. Just this afternoon, I had a whole conversation with my aunt about what to get my kid for Christmas. I didn’t have a clue. I don’t even know what I’m getting him this year. We finally settled on a…
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Comfort Reading
How many of you reread books? I certainly do. There are certain books that I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read them. Those are my comfort books. I bring this up because for the last year and a half, I have been unable to read. I think I read a total of three…
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Cashless Venues
There’s a trend going around that I don’t like at all. More and more venues are refusing to take cash. Everything has to be paid for with a debit or credit card. You see it at concert venues and sporting events. If you’re lucky, they have a reverse ATM. That’s a machine that will take…
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Some Thoughts about the 2024 Election
Now that I’ve had a chance to digest the results of the 2024 election, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts about it. I want to avoid just saying it was a disaster (although it was) and I want to avoid just saying we’re screwed (although we are). I hope my thoughts are more…
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A Quick Post for a Lousy Day
You ever have one of those days? Well, I had one today. I really didn’t feel like posting anything today, but blowing my streak on the fourth day of the month would make me feel even worse. So, what made it a lousy day? It’s hard to explain. I did get a terrible night’s sleep…
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Fond Memories of Holidays Past
It’s kind of amazing how much my holiday traditions have changed over the years. There are always reasons for the changes, and I like the new traditions, but sometimes I get nostalgic for the old traditions. For example, when we were kids, my family always decorated the tree on Christmas Eve. That fell away when…
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My Favorite Historical Baseball Players
Who is my favorite historical baseball player? That’s an easy and difficult question at the same time. First of all, what do we mean by historical? Technically it could be anyone who played baseball in the past. That’s far too broad, though. It should be obvious that active players, even though they’ve played in the…
