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I know some things that I wonder about don’t seem important to a lot of people, but they must be important to me. Why else would I wonder about them? One thing I’ve wondered about for a long time is why … Continue reading →

One of my favorite TV shows was the Big Bang Theory. It was on for a number of years and is still being re-run on various channels today. I thought it was a pretty funny show, but the Big Bang … Continue reading →

Over the years I’ve written a lot about China. China is one of the most unique places I’ve ever been, and their history is absolutely fascinating. They also have quite a cast of characters that have made their impact on … Continue reading →

Over the years, we moved around quite often. One good thing about those moves is that the government took care of packing and shipping our belongings. Maybe one of the bad things about those moves is that the government took … Continue reading →

You may find this hard to believe, but a bank in Vernal, Utah, was built from bricks delivered by the U.S. Postal Service — in 1916. The builders discovered that it was cheaper to mail them than to ship them … Continue reading →

Abraham Lincoln said you can fool all of the people some of the time and and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all of the time. After listening to the news … Continue reading →

This story is hard to believe, but as they say —truth is stranger than fiction, sometimes. During my tour in Vietnam, I was assigned a jeep and I owned a motorcycle. So you’d think I didn’t lack for transportation. But … Continue reading →

My apologies for this entry — it’s just one of those days…..I never meant for this to be a whining blog. I’ve tried to make it about something that has happened or whatever happens to be on my mind when … Continue reading →

The Olympics in Paris just concluded and I was reading an article about memorable Olympics. It was interesting — a lot of the Olympics mentioned, I remember. In 1972 I was in Jakarta, Indonesia during the Olympics and was in … Continue reading →

As grandkids are prone to do, they usually leave something behind when they visit. Not long ago, I ran across a pair of tennis shoes. I noticed that they didn’t have laces — they used Velcro. II appears that even … Continue reading →