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Down With Love In the mid-90’s I dated a girl who’s family did not own a television. This wasn’t too odd to me, I’d grown up that way too. But they did have a VCP (video cassette player). It looked like a TV, but was just a 19 inch CRT with a video player built […]

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who could put a quarter all the way into each nostril. Why would anyone do this? It was at camp, and he was a counselor for 7-10 year old boys. And they thought he was a god (little g). After that, they were always orderly and obedient. Never underestimate the value of a skill, no […]

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That’s a line from a very old hymn, describing things in winter. Summer is not my favorite season. It’s hot, and uncomfortable. Sure, there are benefits. July is nice. It has the 4th, the 11th (anniversary), the 17th (my birthday). But June is pretty empty, and August is just too hot. Fall on the other […]

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I should have posted about this movie when I saw it, but I’m a lazy blogger lately. Ah well. I took my wife to see this movie because it looked like a good chick flick. That term sounds a little derogatory, but I think it well defines a genre my wife likes. I took her […]

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But the caravan passes on. That’s an old Arab saying, believed to have come from Somalia. I read it first in a Louis L’Amour book, and the context was that despite the words and actions of naysayers, jerks, and antagonists, Right And Good will continue. The older I get though, the more I see it […]