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Tag Archives: loogootee indiana
Cold? Hell, it ain’t cold. I remember back when…
This morning, I got out of bed, walked down the hall to where our smart thermostat is mounted on the wall and looked at the settings. The function indicator was set to ‘cool’ where it had been since late May … Continue reading
One man’s knick-knack is another man’s Bric-a-brac,
Last week I sat down to write my weekly column about a visit to a thrift store and wondered if describing it as ‘an upscale thrift store’ would be considered oxymoronic. I never came to any conclusion but decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged curmudgeon, History, humor, loogootee indiana, nostalgia, senior citizens
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Fool me once…. #32.
A week or so ago, my wife, Susie and I trekked our way North from Florida to Indiana. I did get a column for my weekly effort as well as an aggravated backbone out of the ride. We left our … Continue reading
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Tagged curmudgeon, food, gross stuff, humor, loogootee indiana, nostalgia, old folks, there's one born every minute., travel
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Father’s Day
I’m putting my Father’s Day column out here on my Weblog because because I like how it turned out. Normally, when I sit down to write something for these pages, I don’t expect to hear from anyone about what I … Continue reading
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Tagged History, loogootee indiana, nostalgia, old folks
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Mother’s Day.
Once in a while, I will reprint my weekly column on this site. I kind of run hot and cold on this practice and my mood usually centers around whether or not I think I might eventually get up the … Continue reading
Surprise. Surprise.
The medical community has recently discovered that differences between sexes are more pervasive than previously thought. This difference was discovered after much research. I could have saved these people a lot of time and money. All they would have had … Continue reading
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Bad breath blues.
On Thanksgiving day, I was on my way to my hometown and mulling over a subject for my weekly newspaper column. I was also worried about my breath since Susie had told me it smelled horribly. Of course, she has … Continue reading
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Ahhhh, what the hell??
In this week’s newspaper column, I spent some time bemoaning the loss of many Thanksgiving traditions, especially the theme of family togetherness being replaced by crass commercialism in the form of Thanksgiving day retail shopping. Today is Friday and I spent part of … Continue reading
Eight little known facts.
I was recently asked to participate in a survey over on Facebook in which I would list 8 little know facts about myself. Because I am a person who can’t just state the obvious, I started listing the eight things … Continue reading
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sex education 101
Last week’s newspaper column included the word ‘anathema’, a new word for me. Well, It’s not new as in having never seen it before, I am pretty worldly, you know, but new in the sense that I have been looking … Continue reading
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Tagged grandchildren, humor, loogootee indiana, nostalgia, senior citizens
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