Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Protesters
America, especially the president, gets dinged a lot for their supposed war mentality. It’s pretty much a lose-lose situation, damned if you do, damned if you don’t, the why-are-you-in-Iraq-why-aren’t-you-doing-anything-about-Darfur-what-about-Liberia-and-Somalia-and-the-genocide-in-Africa-you-got-no-business-sticking-your-nose-in . . . point-the-finger-at-and-blame-the-American-bastards mentality, and so it goes. Not my point here.
What is my point? People like to point and wag their tongues and take [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thanksgiving Weekend 2007
For I don’t know how many years now, the midwest Coblers manage to get together, either here or there, depending at least for the last 6 years on the Michigan volleyball schedule. This year will be no different, the Chicago gang coming to Michigan in two phases. One of the volleyball players and [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is my favorit fruitcake recipe. I make this every few years and hand them out at work and to friends. I usually make 10-15 mini loaf pans and then wrap in foil. If I’m really energetic I’ll wrap with ribbon and put a bow on it. Not sure how it will go this year. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Got this from my mother – don’t know the source or reliability but it sounds reasonable. The part about vapors seems a bit much. How much vapors affects the amount of gas you get is probably miniscule. But, the tips aren’t too hard to live by so, why not.
“Subject: Tips on pumping gas A friend [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Have you noticed that lately all my blog titles end with three dots . . .
Well, Randy convinced me of the value (don’t know the quantification of value yet) of facebook. He had used it to set up an “event” where people could express interest in going with us (Becky, Larry, Randy, and Chip) to [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I knew one of my children (to remain unnamed, hint E) had reached adulthood in my eyes when during a discussion about their sadness following a difficult decision NOT to purchase a dog I recommended SEX to overcome the sadness. The immediate response was, “DAAAAAAAAAAAAD!”
Well, it works for me . . . every time I decide [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The following poem was sent to me via email, the authorship attributed to Maya Angelou. Dr. Angelou, a great writer in her own right, may become one of those people, i.e. Mark Twain, who sometimes have other people’s words attributed to them through no fault of their own. I think it happens something like this:
Person 1, “I heard this great poem but [...]
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