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Apparently An Opposable Thumb Isn’t All That Important
Many years ago I worked in Michigan but lived in Indiana. My path to work took me on a two hour trip driving, for the most part, on back roads. I did that for over a year and it was during those...
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My Inner Self
I typically don’t participate in any of the goofy games or quizzes on facebook but, when my son posted that he was matched with Khan in a “Which Star Trek character are you?” quiz I couldn’t resist....
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Some Things Just Don’t Compute
April 5, 2014 Update – After five months, my friend Rich finally got his refund from Avengate. While his issues finally were resolved, the fact that it took five months is deplorable. I stand by my...
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Honey, Do You Want Me to Get a Dozen Loaves of Bread on the Way Home?
Snowmageddon 2014 is over in North Carolina. Well, it’s mostly over. Electric power is restored, the roads are clear and the shelves in grocery stores are fully stocked with milk and bread again....
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The Heart of a Tiger
The telephone conversation happened over ten years ago, but I still remember it well. Linda and I were living in Indiana at the time and our daughter Kristin had graduated from Clemson and was...
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What Wine Goes Best With Grilled Giant Ground Sloth?
Talking to your wife is a little like having a conversation with an IRS agent…volunteering information can be dangerous. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that it’s prudent to give either of them...
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Me and Robby Forever!
I’ve mentioned Robby, my little Ranger pickup truck more than once one these pages. Robby’s been my trusty sidekick for sixteen years and in all that time he’s never let me down. There have been a...
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Best Friends Often Have Four Feet
When the man waked up he said, “What is Wild Dog doing here?” And the woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and...
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Who Says I Have to Grow Up?
My daughter is an early childhood teacher. Typically she teaches first grade, but the last couple of years she’s taught kindergarten. This has been a crazy busy end of the year for all four of the...
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A Tiger’s Roar
What a season’s it’s been for my son-in-law, Anthony Gagliardi. As I mentioned in February, after he inadvertently broke a practice rule before the first tournament of the year on Florida’s Lake...
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Wanted to Buy: Large Wooden Mallet
I’m at war. Well, war might be a slight exaggeration. Let’s call it a localized skirmish between me and my lifelong nemesis…ground moles. I thought that I had driven them out two years ago when I waged...
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Faith, Determination and Persistence Got It Done.
Most of you know that my son-in-law, Anthony Gagliardi, fishes professionally on the FLW bass fishing tournament trail. Most of you also know that this was a challenging season for him that had a...
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The End of An Era
People tend to throw the word iconic around pretty easily these days. Athletes are iconic because they’ve had a few stellar years in a row on the field. Cars are iconic because they look good or have a...
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Me and Fifteen of My Friends
I try to save enough vacation time for the end of the year so that, when I leave for Christmas, I don’t have to come back until after New Year’s day. This year was no exception. Of course, some of...
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Every Grandpa Should Have a Train
It’s been decades since anyone used my name and the description “spring chicken” in the same sentence. The truth is, if I actually was a chicken and a farmer strolled by looking for a likely candidate...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
A busy work schedule has kept me absent of late, but it’s March and being a son of Ireland, how could I not find the time to write a post as St. Patrick’s Day approaches? My friends who know me well...
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Some Guys Never Learn
You know, after forty-one years of marriage, you’d think a guy would learn when to keep his mouth shut. But apparently, my system for tracking lessons learned isn’t very effective. A case in point is...
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World, meet Emily !!
So, Linda and I are with child again. Breathe, breathe. I didn’t say that we are HAVING a child; I said that we are with one. Young adult might actually be a better description. We are hosting another...
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Some Escape Artists Have Four Legs
I received an excited phone call from my two oldest grandchildren this week. They each got a pet hamster. Laken named hers Taylor and Cruz named his Charlie girl. Both names are nice, but I like...
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Blue is a Good Color
I just achieved a milestone in my home improvement career. I completed a project that involved a ladder and fell off of it exactly ZERO times. Admittedly, this was a relatively simple project and the...
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