Monthly Archives: November 2004

Several instances of deja vu through out the day. Nothing to really make me stop and go “hmmm” unlike the comment made by the ‘King of the Hill’ character, Dale Gribble, at Hank and Peggy Hill’s 20th marriage anniversary comparing … Continue reading →

Welcome to “Bud Bowl” MMMCCLXVII. This year’s match-up pits the Panama Reds against the Columbian Golds and it’s sure to be a real smoker. This game will weed out the winners from the losers, but to be blunt, both teams … Continue reading →

One year ago this week, the day my “20 year career” ended just in time for Thanksgiving and (when I eventually went back to work three months later) it became just a “job”. Not that I don’t have much to … Continue reading →

Retrieving today’s newspaper I immediately noticed its bulk. After reading the usual sections of interest (headlines, local, opinion, obits and comics) during breakfast, it crossed my mind to weigh this prize catch to see if it would qualify as the … Continue reading →

I’m a ‘Dale Carnegie Course’ drop-out. I hated it. My boss at the time suggested I sign up and attend. Of the four to five dozen students, I was the only person to successfully demonstrate their ability to memorize then … Continue reading →

If women (until men are able to get pregnant, carry a child to term then give birth, we should have no say in the debate) were to decide in favor of abortion, would they make it retroactive?

(this comes from “The Writer’s Almanac”, a daily email newsletter from Minnesota Public Radio) “Pre-Holiday PMS,” by Ginger Andrews, from An Honest Answer I don’t want to be thankful this year. I don’t want to eat turkey and I could … Continue reading →

As I was using the ‘random search’ feature it crossed my mind that I may have chosen to not dig deeper into a journal (for any number of subjective reasons) of someone that I actually know without realizing it. Blowing … Continue reading →

Sort thru all your accumulated magazines, removing the cologne peel & sniff samples, opening then placing them in a closed room in your house that is rarely used then wait for the next person to walk in.

Came across an article from an old (OLD) issue of Esquire I cut out and saved. The title? “Did There Come a Point in Time When There Were 43 Different Theories of How Watergate Happened?” Ah, the good old days … Continue reading →