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Both you long-time readers know that I often wonder about things and do my fair share of pondering. I guess I now have something else to add to my ponder list. Some time back, I was asked to look at one … Continue reading →

Easter or Eostre is the Old English word for which Christian celebration? That’s right — Easter Lihavotted is the Estonian name for? Yep — Easter Curtis City, Nebraska holds an annual pageant on Palm Sunday and is known as Nebraska’s … Continue reading →

This is no joke. It’s April Fools’ Day. If you get any amount of satisfaction from fooling others, this day is for you. If you’re one of those gullible people that fall for most anything — well, maybe you should … Continue reading →

Nine years ago today, we moved into our house in West Virginia — Almost Heaven!!

We celebrated the Oxfort’s Wedding Anniversary with them yesterday. It was their 58th Anniversary, which means it wasn’t anything special. Of course it was special; when anyone has been married for 58 years — believe me, that’s special!! The reason … Continue reading →

Seems like in the past couple of weeks I’ve caught myself saying something like, “this is just too hard,” or “things are getting too complicated” more and more. I’m sure part of the reason is me — I seem to … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned here before that we have a (pretty much) weekly get together that we call Winter Golf. It’s the part of our regular golf where we have a few libations and solve as many of the world’s problems as … Continue reading →

You probably find it hard to believe that I, the self-proclaimed king of holidays, have been letting a significant holiday occasion slip by unnoticed — and uncelebrated — by me. I am of course referring to Pi (π) Day. A … Continue reading →

One of the lead stories in the news the past few days has been the furor surrounding the racist fraternity video that made its way to the social media from the University of Oklahoma. A video posted on Twitter showed … Continue reading →

Well we made it into Daylight Saving Time (saving is singular, not plural) again. Personally, I’m happy about it. I like the longer daylight hours in the evening. Since I usually don’t have to urgently be anywhere early in the … Continue reading →