Category Archives: thinking about stuff

Versailles… part 2… Lifestyles of the rich and French…

If you want to live like a French king, there are certain standards that you have to meet, and certain steps that you must take… Step 1. Commission a famous artist to make a statue of you dressed as an … Continue reading →

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Versailles… part 1… (or); There is a reason it it pronounced ‘ver-sigh’…

Our second day in Paris and my wife, daughter and I took a day trip to Versailles… another stop on Mollie’s well-thought-out dream list. I had never been to Versailles before… wait… wow… my nostrils are really uneven, aren’t they? … Continue reading →

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Have you ever considered…?

Have you ever considered the fact that if we cured all diseases, then the larger population would cause food shortages that would lead untold numbers of people to die of starvation? If we stopped all kinds of violence against one … Continue reading →

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A poem for Donald Trump… and I should probably apologize for this one right here at the top…

Donald, may I call you Don? Or would you prefer Mr. Trump? Into the primaries you have been drawn You say America is in a slump As much as I would love to end up as your pawn I’m afraid … Continue reading →

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A story… about a guy… with some pictures thrown in…

Once there was a guy who had a dream, a dream of conquering the world… with nothing more dangerous than a silly blog… He was sure that people would follow him… But he began to have doubts. What if his head was … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about Kim Kardashian’s butt… (or); Hey, you know what would really be sexy? A girl with a hugely overdeveloped brain!

But this post isn’t about brains. It is about butts. Once again, I am not setting myself up as a judge of what is ‘right’ or ‘good’ or ‘normal’… That being said, I would like to have a serious discussion … Continue reading →

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We have ended up with the politicians… and the elections… we deserve…

My joke for the last presidential election was; If you experience an election lasting more than four months, consult your physician immediately. But as much fun as it is to make jokes about electile dysfunction… and to rant about how … Continue reading →

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And about that whole ‘you have to call me Lord Arthur’ thing…

My official papers have arrived… There is the master title deed to my land in Scotland… There is my official declaration of Lordship… There is my official ID card that doth proclaim me to be a Lord! And if that … Continue reading →

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Yeah… because what I needed was another silly art project to get involved with… but I have now decided that Eric Idle is so nice to help me with my book, that I am going to make a silly picture for him and send it to him in Twitter everyday… since he is now following me on Twitter… and keep doing it until the crack squirrels in my head get bored or he begs me to stop…

I call this one; The Queen’s new earrings… It’s funny if you anything about the Monty Python movie; The Life Of Brian… Always look on the bright side of life.

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The long and sordid tale of how and why I started stalking celebrities on Twitter and how it led to me being followed by Eric Idle of Monty Python fame and Dana Carvey from Saturday Night Live…

It all started, as a surprising number of things in my life do, as a harmless joke. A little more than a year ago, when my older daughter Jessica was still in college, I found out that she was on Twitter. … Continue reading →

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