Monthly Archives: April 2014

Hello, mystery followers…

I am really very curious about you. You don’t leave comments, so I don’t know much about you. I often wonder if perhaps you happened upon one of my posts on one of the topic pages and it just struck … Continue reading

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It’s about time I told you about my about page, and what my about page is all about…

I was about to tell you that my about page is all about what my blog is all about. Except my about page isn’t about that, it is about a bunch of stuff that isn’t about what my blog is … Continue reading

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Saloon At The Edge of Everywhere – A Review

Originally posted on A Mixed Bag:
Saloon at the Edge of Everywhere is a book very much along the lines of Pratchett or Adams. It has humour in it at just the right moments, and the descriptions of some of…

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Why Trent Lewin is my best friend in the whole world… that I have never actually talked to face to face…

In the first place, he is my head minion. Maybe that doesn’t sound like a compliment to you, but trust me, it is. It means that he is more loyal than a Golden Retriever. Okay, that sounds a little dismissive … Continue reading

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I raise my kids right…

This morning, Mollie, my 15-year-old, was making me pancakes while she listened to Behind Blue Eyes by The Who. She then went shopping with Grandma and came home with a Pink Floyd t-shirt. Then, just a while ago, I got … Continue reading

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I am starting to feel guilty about how good my life is…

Am I the only person on WordPress that hasn’t suffered some horrible trauma, or been ravaged by some debilitating health issue? I have been doing this silly little comedy blog for a couple of years now, and I have met … Continue reading

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Knowledge is a lifelong task for all of us, and it’s never too late for learning something new…

That is a line from one of my songs… it is called: Lessons Never Learned, and it is under that button on my header bar called: ‘my original song videos’ It is also one of those deceptively simple truths that … Continue reading

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I know what I want for my birthday!

And it will be cheap and easy for you to do. I want everybody… no, not everybody who follows me… I mean everybody on the planet… to read one of my old posts at random. You can go to the … Continue reading

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You know when cops do that ’round robin’ thing…

You know… they turn on their lights and start swerving back and forth on the freeway, slowing down and bringing all traffic to a halt. It usually means something bad has happened farther up the road. Mollie and I were … Continue reading

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Okay… it might be my birthday today…

Or it might have been yesterday… or it might be one of the next two or three days… take that, identity thieves trolling for my personal info!!! Yes, we went out to dinner, and I opened presents, and then wore a … Continue reading

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